Case Name: SEA WINDS OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, INC., Appellant, v. OSCEOLA MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., and Equity General Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-05-31
Citations: 450 So. 2d 910
Docket Number: No. 83-1133
Parties: SEA WINDS OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, INC., Appellant, v. OSCEOLA MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., and Equity General Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: DAUKSCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 450
Pages: 910–910

Head Matter:
SEA WINDS OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, INC., Appellant, v. OSCEOLA MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., and Equity General Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 83-1133.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 31, 1984.
W.C. Hutchison, Jr., of Hutchison & Má-mele, Sanford, for appellant.
Leslie King O’Neal of Markel, McDo-nough & O’Neal, Orlando, for appellees.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
The trial court dismissed an insurance carrier, Equity General Insurance Co., as a party defendant herein pursuant to section 627.7262, Florida Statutes (Supp.1982). The order of dismissal was entered on August 1, 1983. Subsequently, the Florida Supreme Court, while upholding the constitutionality of the statute, held that it did not apply retroactively. VanBibber v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Ins. Co., 439 So.2d 880 (Fla.1983). The incident giving rise to the instant suit occurred prior to the October 1, 1982, effective date of the statute.
Accordingly, the order dismissing Equity as a party is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DAUKSCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.