Case Name: Norman VERNICK and Florence Vernick, wife, derivative claimant, Appellants, v. John Paul BENNETT, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, individually and jointly, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-04-04
Citations: 558 So. 2d 541
Docket Number: No. 89-0161
Parties: Norman VERNICK and Florence Vernick, wife, derivative claimant, Appellants, v. John Paul BENNETT, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, individually and jointly, Appellees.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 558
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
Norman VERNICK and Florence Vernick, wife, derivative claimant, Appellants, v. John Paul BENNETT, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, individually and jointly, Appellees.
No. 89-0161.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 4, 1990.
Edward A. Perse of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, and Carroll & Halberg, P.A., Miami, for appellants.
Vernis & Bowling, P.A., Jupiter, and Richard H.W. Maloy, Key Biscayne, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed upon authority of Queen v. Clearwater Electric, Inc., 555 So.2d 1262 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), and remanded for further proceedings.
We certify the following question to the Supreme Court of Florida as one of great public importance:
DO SECTIONS 95.11(5)(d) AND 631.68, FLORIDA STATUTES (1983), CONSTITUTE A BAR TO A SUIT ON A TORT CLAIM AGAINST AN INSURED ARISING OUT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCI DENT AS TO ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE APPLICABLE LIMITS OF AN INSURANCE POLICY ISSUED BY AN INSOLVENT INSURER WHEN SUIT AGAINST THE INSURED IS COMMENCED MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR FILING CLAIMS, OR ANY EXTENSION THEREOF, WITH THE RECEIVER OF THE INSOLVENT INSURER?
HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.