Court Opinion

ID: 9408339
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Date Created: 2023-07-12 15:06:20.355333+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:43.397111
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Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida

                          Opinion filed July 12, 2023.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                             No. 3D21-1677
                        Lower Tribunal No. 18-1761
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                               Daisy Tapia,
                                  Appellant,

                                     vs.

         State Farm Florida Insurance Company, etc.,
                                  Appellee.

     An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Barbara
Areces, Judge.

      Legal Armor The People's Law Firm, Inc., and Alian M. Perez, for
appellant.

     Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, and Brian A. Hohman (Tampa);
Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., and Elizabeth K. Russo, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.

     Affirmed. See Goldberg v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 302 So. 3d
919 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (insured’s breach of contract action was premature

where suit was filed without having first submitted supplemental claim,

competing estimate, or demand letter specifying claim to inform insurer of

amount of additional benefits insured believed he was entitled); see also

Allied Prop. Grp., Inc. v. Micor, LLC, 338 So. 3d 1024 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022)

(party cannot raise issue for first time on appeal).

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