Case Name: CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Mario DIAMANTOPULOS and Arie Diamantopulos, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-10-15
Citations: 148 So. 3d 547
Docket Number: No. 2D14-1006
Parties: CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Mario DIAMANTOPULOS and Arie Diamantopulos, Respondents.
Judges: DAVIS, C.J., and WALLACE, J., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 148
Pages: 547–548

Head Matter:
CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Mario DIAMANTOPULOS and Arie Diamantopulos, Respondents.
No. 2D14-1006.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 15, 2014.
Kara Berard Rockenbach and Lauren J. Smith of Methe & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.
George A. Vaka and Nancy A. Lauten of Vaka Law Group; and Joseph E. Burnett and Marshall Thomas Burnett, Tampa, for Respondents.

Opinion:
SLEET, Judge.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation ("Citizens") seeks certiorari review of the trial court's order sustaining Mario and Arie Diamantopulos' objection to Citizens' notice of automatic stay on the basis that Citizens waived its right to neutral evaluation. Citizens also seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to stay the proceedings during neutral evaluation. For the reasons expressed in Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Trapeo, 136 So.3d 670 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014), we grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the trial court's order to the extent that it prohibits Citizens from invoking the neutral evaluation process. We also grant the petition for writ of mandamus and direct the circuit court to stay the underlying proceedings pending completion of the neutral evaluation process. See Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. King, — So.3d — (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Bellas, 147 So.3d 1019 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Hanos, — So.3d — (Fla. 2d DCA 2014).
Certiorari petition granted; order quashed; mandamus petition granted with directions.
DAVIS, C.J., and WALLACE, J., Concur.