Court Opinion

ID: 7625167
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 18:08:13.702871+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:25:07.532551
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WOLF, Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur solely because I believe that this case is indistinguishable from and controlled by Dixie Ins. Co. v. Gaffney, 582 So.2d 64 (Fla. 1st DCA1991). While a prior judgment which exceeds the policy limits is an essential element of a bad-faith action (Fidelity Casualty Company of New York v. Cope, 462 So.2d 459 (Fla.1965)), I do not believe that the failure to allege and prove this element rises to the level of a jurisdictional defect which cannot be waived.