For many years, some insurers have argued that Florida policyholders cannot bring statutory “bad faith” actions if the parties participate in the appraisal process. In essence, these insurers argued that there must be a finding of a breach of contract in an underlying action for an extra contractual action to proceed.
Numerous federal judges in Florida have rejected this argument, however until this week there were no Florida state court appellate opinions directly on point.
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