Case Name: Helen PHILLIPS and Ronald Phillips, husband and wife, Appellants, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-12
Citations: 577 So. 2d 718
Docket Number: No. 90-02074
Parties: Helen PHILLIPS and Ronald Phillips, husband and wife, Appellants, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 577
Pages: 718–719

Head Matter:
Helen PHILLIPS and Ronald Phillips, husband and wife, Appellants, v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 90-02074.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 12, 1991.
M. David Shapiro of Michael R. Karp, P.A., Sarasota, for appellants.
L. Floyd Price of Price, Price & Prouty, Chartered, Bradenton, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of appellee insurance carrier ruling that appellants were not entitled to recover under their uninsured motorist policy for injuries sustained in an automobile accident with third party tort-feasors with whom appellants settled without the carrier's consent. On the authority of Rafferty v. Progressive Am. Ins. Co., 558 So.2d 432 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) and Watherwax v. Allstate Ins. Co., 538 So.2d 108 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), we reverse. We conclude from the record that a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether appellee's subrogation rights had been prejudiced from the settlement.
Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent herewith.
RYDER, A.C.J., and LEHAN and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.