Case Name: Peter COSTA and Clara Costa, Appellants, v. KENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-06-05
Citations: 452 So. 2d 619
Docket Number: No. 83-1169
Parties: Peter COSTA and Clara Costa, Appellants, v. KENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ., and J. TILLMAN PEARSON (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 452
Pages: 619–620

Head Matter:
Peter COSTA and Clara Costa, Appellants, v. KENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 83-1169.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 5, 1984.
Rehearing Denied July 16, 1984.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold Ginsberg; Gilmour, Morgan & Rosenblatt, Miami, for appellants.
English, McCaughan & O’Bryan and Robert J. Schaffer, Coral Gables, for appel-lee.
Before HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ., and J. TILLMAN PEARSON (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse and remand for a new trial upon a holding that the trial court erred when it instructed the jury that the subject insurance policy would be "voided by the misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact . even though [the insured] intended no fraud_" (Emphasis added.) Absent intent there can be no fraud. In re Estate of Donner, 364 So.2d 742 (Fla.3d DCA 1978).
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.