Case Name: FIBAH INSURANCE COMPANY, Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellants, v. Santiago CARMONA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-05-20
Citations: 488 So. 2d 171
Docket Number: No. 85-673
Parties: FIBAH INSURANCE COMPANY, Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellants, v. Santiago CARMONA, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 488
Pages: 171–172

Head Matter:
FIBAH INSURANCE COMPANY, Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellants, v. Santiago CARMONA, Appellee.
No. 85-673.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 20, 1986.
Marlow, Shofi, Smith, Connell, DeMahy & Valerius and Joseph H. Lowe, for appellants.
George F. Taylor, Jr., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The final order is affirmed on the merits on the authority of Troy Desk Manufacturing Co. v. Troy, 448 So.2d 46 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). The award of prejudgment interest and penalties under section 440.-20(8), (9), Florida Statutes (1985) is, as against FIGA only, vacated. Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Gustinger, 390 So.2d 420 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Affirmed as modified.