Case Name: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Daniel McCARTHY, Jr., Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-09-12
Citations: 679 So. 2d 772
Docket Number: No. 87123
Parties: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Daniel McCARTHY, Jr., Respondent.
Judges: KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 679
Pages: 772–772

Head Matter:
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Daniel McCARTHY, Jr., Respondent.
No. 87123.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 12, 1996.
G. Michael Burnett and Christopher P. Boyd of Taylor, Day & Rio, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.
Jack M. Ross, Gainesville, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We review State Farm, Mutual Automobile v. McCarthy, 664 So.2d 317 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), in which the court affirmed on the authority of Warren v. Travelers Insurance Co., 650 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), and certified conflict with Bulone v. United Services Automobile Ass'n, 660 So.2d 399 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). The court also certified the question which created the conflicting decisions as one of great public importance. McCarthy, 664 So.2d at 317. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.
We recently quashed the decision in Warren and approved the result of the decision in Bulone. Travelers Insurance Co. v. Warren, 678 So.2d 324 (Fla.1996). Therefore, we quash the decision below.
It is so ordered.
KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., dissents.