Panel Reverses Ruling In Insurer's Favor In Bad Faith Suit Over Hurricane Irma Damage

(September 4, 2020, 1:25 PM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — A Florida appeals panel on Sept. 4 held that a homeowners insurer's invocation of an appraisal under the policy and subsequent payment of the appraisal award after the expiration of the statutory cure period did not, as a matter of law, cure the insurer's alleged violation of failing to attempt to settle the insureds' Hurricane Irma property damage claim in good faith, reversing a lower court and remanding for further proceedings so the insureds can pursue their bad faith action (Patti Fortune, et al. v. First Protective Insurance Company, No. 2D19-2209, Fla. App., 2nd Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 12540)....