Court Opinion

ID: 9736940
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:10:39.311659+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:55.577078
License: Public Domain

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI, specially concurring: The complaint filed by the plaintiffs seeks an order to compel arbitration. The plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment seeks a judgment compelling arbitration. The order entered by the trial court, as interpreted by the majority, compels the parties to arbitrate. The majority finds, and I agree, that under existing law, as explained by the majority, the mother is not an uninsured for uninsured motorist purposes. The proper order was to reverse the summary judgment in favor of the defendant. The opinion should end there. However, the majority has suggested to the plaintiffs here that they file an action against a person not a party-defendant to this lawsuit. The majority then ruled that when that lawsuit is filed there will be coverage. Further, the court has ruled that the insurer may not raise a defense in behalf of their insured based on intrafamily immunity. I find this is a most imaginative effort at judicial economy. I respectfully decline to concur in that portion of the opinion.