Case Name: INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Jacques LUGASSY and Debra Ann Lugassy, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-02-21
Citations: 538 So. 2d 550
Docket Number: No. 88-2540
Parties: INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Jacques LUGASSY and Debra Ann Lugassy, Respondents.
Judges: Before NESBITT, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 538
Pages: 550–551

Head Matter:
INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Jacques LUGASSY and Debra Ann Lugassy, Respondents.
No. 88-2540.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 21, 1989.
Arthur Morburger; Weinstein, Bavly & Moon, Miami, for petitioner.
Ferrell, Williams, Miami, Friend & Fleck and Richard Friend, South Miami, for respondents.
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Lugassys brought an action against their insurer seeking coverage for a fire loss and damages under section 624.155, Florida Statutes (1987), for the insurer's bad faith failure to settle the claim. Shortly before trial, the insurer filed a motion to abate the bad faith claim until the coverage claim was resolved; the motion was denied. The insurer then petitioned for a writ of certiorari. We grant certiorari and quash the order denying the motion to abate the bad faith claim for the reasons and authorities expressed in Colonial Penn Ins. Co. v. Mayor, 538 So.2d 100 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), as well as Allstate Ins. Co. v. Lovell, 530 So.2d 1106 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).