Case Name: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-10-03
Citations: 556 So. 2d 1122
Docket Number: No. 89-1278
Parties: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 556
Pages: 1122–1123

Head Matter:
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.
No. 89-1278.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 3, 1989.
Rehearing Denied March 13, 1990.
Gaston & Snow and Lee H. Glickenhaus, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson and William E. Sadowski and G. Alan Howard, Miami, for appellant.
Keith, Mack, Lewis, Allison & Cohen and R. Hugh Lumpkin, Miami, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
ON MOTION TO DISMISS
PER CURIAM.
An order resolving a coverage issue between insured and insurer is not appealable under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iv) because such an issue does not resolve liability in favor of a party seeking affirmative relief and because the purpose of the rule is to restrict interlocutory appeals in order to curb piecemeal litigation. Travelers Ins. Co. v. Bruns, 443 So.2d 959 (Fla.1984); see also Logozzo v. Kent Ins. Co., 464 So.2d 605 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). Furthermore, "the theory underlying the more restrictive rule is that appellate review of non-final judgments serves to waste court resources and needlessly delays final judgment." Bruns, 443 So.2d at 961.
Motion to dismiss granted.
NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ., concur.