Case Name: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert E. SMITH and John Michael Smith, a minor, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-02-01
Citations: 257 So. 2d 90
Docket Number: No. O-434
Parties: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert E. SMITH and John Michael Smith, a minor, Appellees.
Judges: SPECTOR, C. J., and WIGGINTON and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 257
Pages: 90–91

Head Matter:
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert E. SMITH and John Michael Smith, a minor, Appellees.
No. O-434.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 1, 1972.
Robert P. Gaines, of Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, for appellant.
R. P. Warfield, of Levin, Warfield, Graff, Mabie & Rosenbloum, Pensacola, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In Mullís v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 252 So.2d 229, the Florida Supreme Court held that exclusionary clauses in automobile liability insur- anee policies having the effect of restricting the circumstances under which an insured, as defined in the policy, is afforded uninsured motorist coverage are not permissible under the provisions of Section 627.0851, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and therefore against public policy.
Accordingly, the declaratory judgment reviewed herein which declares that a similar exclusionary clause contained in appellant's policy is invalid must be affirmed on authority of Mullís, supra.
SPECTOR, C. J., and WIGGINTON and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.