Case Name: Irene Mae KADAR, Appellant, v. IOWA NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-08-15
Citations: 374 So. 2d 1075
Docket Number: No. MM-214
Parties: Irene Mae KADAR, Appellant, v. IOWA NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: SHIVERS, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 1075–1076

Head Matter:
Irene Mae KADAR, Appellant, v. IOWA NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. MM-214.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 15, 1979.
James N. Davis, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Monroe E. McDonald of Sanders, Mc-Ewan, Mims & McDonald, Orlando, for ap-pellee.
Associates Judges, sitting by assignment pursuant to Supreme Court administrative order filed July 17, 1979.

Opinion:
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.
Appellant sued her automobile insurer for uninsured motorist coverage benefits of $50,000, the limit of appellant's liability coverage. The insurer answered that appellant's uninsured motorist benefits were $15,000 only, as shown by the policy. Appellant filed a purported reply saying she wasn't given an opportunity to purchase uninsured motorist coverage equal to her liability coverage. After summary judg ment was entered for the insurer, there being no doubt that the policy was written for only $15,000 of uninsured motorist benefits, appellant timely sought rehearing, Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.530, and an opportunity to amend her complaint, Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.190, to seek reformation of the policy for the insurer's asserted failure to offer uninsured motorist coverage equal to appellant's liability limits. That relief was denied.
A motion for rehearing and for leave to amend after entry of an adverse summary judgment, though permissible under the rules, is at best a precarious practice. Roberts v. Braynon, 90 So.2d 623 (Fla.1956); Inman v. The Club on Sailboat Key, Inc., 342 So.2d 1069 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). Yet considering the limitations on summary judgments and this plaintiff's prior allegations in the purported reply to the insurer's answer, the timely motion for leave to amend should have been granted. If on remand plaintiff amends and ultimately prevails, no award on account of attorney's fees will be made for this appeal.
REVERSED.
SHIVERS, J., concurs.
MILLS, J., dissents.