Insurer Says Trial Court Properly Dismissed Insureds’ Declaratory Judgment Claim

(July 25, 2017, 10:10 AM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — An insurer argues in a May 30 brief filed in the Second District Florida Court of Appeal that a trial court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment claim in a water damage coverage dispute was not in error because the trial court properly found that the insureds did not state a cause of action for declaratory relief (Samuel Rivera et al. v. Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Co. Inc., No. 2D16-4567, Fla. App., 2nd Dist., 2017 FL App. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2144)....