Case Name: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. William and Ada HOTALING, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-02-16
Citations: 750 So. 2d 774
Docket Number: No. 3D99-2368
Parties: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. William and Ada HOTALING, Respondents.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., FLETCHER, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 750
Pages: 774–774

Head Matter:
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. William and Ada HOTALING, Respondents.
No. 3D99-2368.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 16, 2000.
Powers, McNalis, Moody and Groelle and Pamela S. Moody, Lake Worth, for petitioner.
Mintz, Truppman, Clein & Higer and Keith A. Truppman, North Miami, for respondents.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., FLETCHER, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order below, which refused to stay a bad faith claim against the carrier pending the resolution of an underlying coverage dispute, is quashed. See Blanchard v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 575 So.2d 1289 (Fla.1991); Doan v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 727 So.2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).