Title: American Home Assurance Company v. Apac-Florida, Inc., Etc.

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC03-207 
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AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
APAC-FLORIDA, INC., etc.,  
Respondent. 
 
[September 22, 2005] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review American Home Assurance Co. v. APAC-Florida, Inc., 
834 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), which relied upon American Home Assurance 
Co. v. Plaza Materials Corp., 826 So. 2d 358 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002), review granted, 
842 So. 2d 842 (Fla. 2003), which was pending review in this Court, and certified 
conflict with Florida Crushed Stone Co. v. American Home Assurance Co., 815 
So. 2d 715 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3)-(4), 
Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 1981). 
  
The Court has determined that it should summarily accept jurisdiction in this 
case.  It is ordered that the petition for review is granted, the Second District Court 
 
 
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of Appeal's decision in American Home Assurance Co. v. APAC-Florida, Inc., 834 
So. 2d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), is quashed, and this matter is remanded for 
reconsideration upon application of this Court's decision in American Home 
Assurance Co. v. Plaza Materials Corp., 30 Fla. L. Weekly S553 (Fla. July 7, 
2005).  No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court. 
 
It is so ordered. 
 
PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, JJ., concur. 
 
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Direct Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Second District - Case No. 2D01-4613 
 
 
(Polk County) 
 
Robert E. Morris and Robert A. Bauman of Robert E. Morris, P.A., Tampa, 
Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Dana G. Toole of Dunlap and Toole, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent