Home Ins. Co. of Illinois v. Sentry Ins. A Mut. Co.
Decision Date | 16 January 1985 |
Docket Number | No. 84-2091,84-2091 |
Citation | 461 So.2d 1038,10 Fla. L. Weekly 202 |
Parties | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 202 HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, an Illinois corporation, Petitioner, v. SENTRY INSURANCE A MUTUAL COMPANY, a Wisconsin mutual insurance company, and Travel Tours International, Inc., a Florida corporation, Respondents. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, Miami, and Hoffmann & Burris, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Jose I. Astigarraga of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for respondent-Sentry Insurance and Michael Schiffrin of Schultz & Hollander, Miami, for respondent-Travel Tours.
Home Insurance Company of Illinois, via petition for writ of common law certiorari, seeks the review of an order denying its motion to dismiss, saying that it represents a departure from the essential requirements of law. We accept jurisdiction upon authority of Van Bibber v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Ins. Co., 439 So.2d 880 (Fla.1983); Stel-Den of America, Inc. v. Roof Structures, Inc., 438 So.2d 882 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); and Beta Eta House Corp. v. Gregory, 230 So.2d 495 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970).
It was error to allow the joinder of a liability insurer in an action prior to the entry of judgment against the person who is insured under the terms of the liability policy.
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