Case Name: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Annita D. MIDDLETON and James E. Middleton, her husband, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-12-26
Citations: 802 So. 2d 516
Docket Number: No. 3D00-1879
Parties: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Annita D. MIDDLETON and James E. Middleton, her husband, Appellees.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 802
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Annita D. MIDDLETON and James E. Middleton, her husband, Appellees.
No. 3D00-1879.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 26, 2001.
Luis E. Ordóñez & Associates and Frances F. Guasch, for appellant.
Ginsberg & Schwartz and Arnold R. Ginsberg; Jon W. Burke, for appellees.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals from a final judgment. For the following reasons, and based upon the appellees' proper and commendable confession of error, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
The trial court erred in denying the insurer's motion to set off liability pay ments made to the plaintiffs/appellees prior to trial. See Allstate Ins. Co. v. Morales, 533 So.2d 952 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988); § 627.727(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment awarding damages to plaintiffs, but reverse the trial court's denial of the motion for set-off and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.