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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

John Reed BAKER, Appellant, v. PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
    No. 3D00-3284.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    July 5, 2001.
    Bill Hoppe and Eric M. Ellsley, Miami, for appellant.
    Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans & Abel and Hinda Klein, Hollywood, for ap-pellee.
    Before GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Zebrowski 706 So.2d 275, 277 (Fla.1997)(third party is authorized to “file a bad-faith claim directly against the liability insurer without an assignment by the insured upon obtaining a judgment in excess of the policy limits”); Cunningham, v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co., 630 So.2d 179 (Fla.1994)(excess judgment unnecessary when insurer and injured third party agreed to try bad-faith action before underlying negligence claim; if no bad faith found claim would be settled for policy limit, and insured would not be exposed to excess judgment).