Florida Panel Reverses Ruling In Part In Coverage Dispute Over Sinkhole Damage

Mealey's (June 27, 2016, 11:57 AM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — A Florida appeals panel on June 24 reversed part of a lower court’s final judgment that requires an insurer to pay $100,000 for subsurface repairs of sinkhole damage before its insureds execute a contract with a third party for those repairs, also reversing the lower court’s award of prejudgment interest on the subsurface damages award (Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Edgardo Nunez, et al., No. 2D14-3712, Fla. App., 2nd Dist.; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 9693)....