Case Name: INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, for the Use and Benefit of DADE COUNTY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-05-10
Citations: 431 So. 2d 689
Docket Number: No. 82-1568
Parties: INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, for the Use and Benefit of DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 431
Pages: 689–690

Head Matter:
INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, for the Use and Benefit of DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
No. 82-1568.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 10, 1983.
Rehearing Denied June 8, 1983.
Bernard Berman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., and Gary A. Siplin, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the final judgment of forfeiture on a holding that a surety may not claim impossibility of performance (production of defendant) where, as here, the surety itself created the impossible condition. See Public Service Mutual Insurance Co. v. State, 135 So.2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1961); ch. 903, Fla.Stat. (1982).