Case Name: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Gerhard S. BERGMAN, et al., Respondents; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. James M. WALTER, etc., et al., Respondents; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Linda T. SMITH, Respondent; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. May WHITE, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-01-07
Citations: 408 So. 2d 1043
Docket Number: Nos. 59706, 59908, 60235 and 60236
Parties: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Gerhard S. BERGMAN, et al., Respondents. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. James M. WALTER, etc., et al., Respondents. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Linda T. SMITH, Respondent. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. May WHITE, Respondent.
Judges: SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, ALDERMAN and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 408
Pages: 1043–1043

Head Matter:
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Gerhard S. BERGMAN, et al., Respondents. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. James M. WALTER, etc., et al., Respondents. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Linda T. SMITH, Respondent. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. May WHITE, Respondent.
Nos. 59706, 59908, 60235 and 60236.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan. 7, 1982.
James O. Driscoll and Thomas G. Kane of Driscoll, Langston, Layton & Kane, Orlando, and Edwin P. B. Sanders of Landis, Graham, French, Husfeld, Sherman & Ford, DeLand, for petitioner.
Anne C. Conway of Wells, Gattis, Hal-lowes, Holbrook & Conway, Orlando, for Gerhard S. Bergman, et al.
David M. Hammond of Meyers, Mooney, Adler & Hammond, Orlando, for James M. Walter, etc., et al.
W. M. Chanfrau of Chanfrau & Chanfrau, Daytona Beach, for Linda T. Smith.
Robert W. Elton of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, Daytona Beach, for May White.
Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The decisions of the district court of appeal, 387 So.2d 494; 388 So.2d 1082; 392 So.2d 267; 392 So.2d 268, in the above-styled cases are approved on the authority of Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Lackore, 408 So.2d 1040 (Fla.1982).
It is so ordered.
SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, ALDERMAN and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.