Case Name: U.S. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Fedorah E. DOSS, Wayne Doss, her husband, and Lynn Doss Ceccanese, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-08-09
Citations: 764 So. 2d 885
Docket Number: No. 4D99-2570
Parties: U.S. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Fedorah E. DOSS, Wayne Doss, her husband, and Lynn Doss Ceccanese, Appellees.
Judges: WARNER, C.J., STONE, J., and GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 764
Pages: 885–885

Head Matter:
U.S. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Fedorah E. DOSS, Wayne Doss, her husband, and Lynn Doss Ceccanese, Appellees.
No. 4D99-2570.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 9, 2000.
Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., John J. Bulfin of Wiederhold, Moses, Bulfin & Rubin, P.A. and Kenneth M. Rubin of Wiederhold, Moses & Rubin, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Salvatore Scibetta of Fetterman & Associates, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appel-lees-Fedorah E. Doss and Wayne Doss.
Todd R. Schwartz of Ginsberg & Schwartz, Miami, and Eric H. Luckman, West Palm Beach, for Appellee-Lynn Doss Ceccanese.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm a judgment as to coverage in favor of the plaintiffs (insureds) on an uninsured motorist claim. It is undisputed that the insureds did not sign a written rejection of uninsured motorist coverage incident to Mrs. Doss' application for a new liability policy subsequent to expiration of the insureds' prior policy. See § 627.727(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1996). A review of the record supports the trial court's conclusion, in directing a verdict in favor of the insureds, that the insurer failed to meet its burden to prove, absent a written rejection, that there was an informed knowing rejection of uninsured motorist coverage. See Travelers Ins. Co. v. Spencer, 397 So.2d 358 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)(insuranee company presented insufficient evidence of an informed knowing rejection of uninsured motorist coverage).
WARNER, C.J., STONE, J., and GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S., Senior Judge, concur.