State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Levine

• Decision Date: 15 August 2001
• Docket Number: No. 3D00-1861.,3D00-1861.
• Citation: 791 So.2d 591
• Parties: STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Susan LEVINE, Appellee.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

791 So.2d 591

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Susan LEVINE, Appellee.

No. 3D00-1861.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 15, 2001.

Clark, Robb, Mason & Coulombe and James K. Clark, for appellant.

Holland & Knight and Christopher N. Bellows and Daniel S. Pearson, Miami, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant below appeals from a final judgment entered after a jury verdict for the plaintiff. We affirm due to State Farm's lack of due diligence in investigating juror nondisclosure. See De La Rosa v. Zequeira, 659 So.2d 239 (Fla.1995)

; Tejada v. Roberts, 760 So.2d 960 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000),

review granted, No. SC00-1080, 786 So.2d 1188 (Fla. Nov. 13, 2000). The minimal efforts made to obtain evidence of a nondisclosure came too late. See Tejada, 760 So.2d at 966.

AFFIRMED.