Case Name: Wendell SLATER, Charmell Slater, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-11-18
Citations: 450 F. App'x 809
Docket Number: No. 11-10937
Parties: Wendell SLATER, Charmell Slater, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 450
Pages: 809–811

Head Matter:
Wendell SLATER, Charmell Slater, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-10937
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Nov. 18, 2011.
John D. Hadden, Turkheimer & Had-den, LLC, Glenn Loewenthal, Glenn Loew-enthal, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Laura Ann Murtha, Michael H. Schro-der, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This case involves an insurance coverage dispute between plaintiffs Wendell Slater and Charmell Slater and defendant, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company. The district court granted State Farm's motion for summary judgment and the Slaters then perfected this appeal.
In 2008, a fire destroyed the Slaters' house in Hampton, Georgia. At the time, the Slaters' property was insured with State Farm. The policy provided coverage for certain insured losses with respect to real and personal property owned by the Slaters, subject to the terms, conditions, and exclusions of the policy and applicable Georgia law. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of State Farm on the basis that no reasonable jury could conclude, based upon the facts of the case, that either Wendell Slater or Charmell Slater was residing at the dwelling when the loss occurred. Accordingly, the district court found there was no coverage afforded by the policy.
This court reviews the district court's grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same legal standards as those that govern the district court. Capone v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 592 F.3d 1189, 1194 (11th Cir.2010). After reviewing the record and reading the parties' briefs, we agree with the district court that because neither of the Slaters was residing at the dwelling when the loss occurred there is no coverage afforded by the insurance policy. Moreover, the Slaters' claim for loss of personal property should not be treated separately from their claim for the loss of the dwelling because the Slaters failed to raise that issue in the district court. Even if, however, we consider this argument raised by the Slaters for the first time on appeal, we would conclude that this issue is without merit because Georgia courts have previously disposed of an insurer's entire claim based on the insurer's violation of the residency condition. Lastly, we conclude the Slaters are not entitled to bad faith penalties because there is no coverage owed under the Slaters' policy with State Farm.
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of State Farm.
AFFIRMED.