Florida Majority Dismisses Appeal Of Hurricane Wilma Appraisal Dispute

Mealey's (July 6, 2018, 1:24 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Finding that jurisdiction was “improvidently granted,” a majority of the Florida Supreme Court on July 5 discharged jurisdiction and dismissed an insured’s appeal of a lower court’s finding that his post-appraisal submission of increased costs with a state insurance guaranty association in a Hurricane Wilma coverage dispute is not a legally sufficient basis to reopen the appraisal or conduct a new appraisal (Orlando Noa v. Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, No. SC17-738, Fla. Sup., 2018 Fla. LEXIS 1375)....