Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, STATE OF FLORIDA, and Bill Gunter, Insurance Commissioner, Appellants, v. TEACHERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-07-23
Citations: 404 So. 2d 735
Docket Number: No. 60573
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, STATE OF FLORIDA, and Bill Gunter, Insurance Commissioner, Appellants, v. TEACHERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees.
Judges: ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 404
Pages: 735–743

Head Matter:
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, STATE OF FLORIDA, and Bill Gunter, Insurance Commissioner, Appellants, v. TEACHERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees.
No. 60573.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Order May 12, 1981.
July 23, 1981.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 6, 1981.
Daniel Y. Sumner and Edward L. Kutter, Dept, of Ins., Tallahassee, for appellants.
Leon H. Handley and Martin B. Unger of Gurner, Gurney & Handley, Orlando, for Teachers Ins. Co., Horace Mann Ins. Co., Cincinnati Ins. Co., and Queen City Indem. Co.; Earl B. Hadlow, John K. Aurell and Eleanor M. Hunter of Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Tallahassee, for Maryland Cas. Ins. Co., et al. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, et al.; and Raymond Ehrlich and J. Stephen O’Hara, Jr. of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman and Cobb, Jacksonville, for Travelers In-dem. Co., et al., for appellees.

Opinion:
ORDER ACCEPTING JURISDICTION
The District Court of Appeal, First District, has certified, pursuant to article V, Section 3(bX5) of the Constitution of Florida, that the order of the trial court passes upon a question of great public importance requiring immediate resolution by this Court. We accept jurisdiction.
ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
ENGLAND, J., dissents with an opinion with which SUNDBERG, C. J., and ALDERMAN, J., concur.