25 Fla. L. Weekly D413b

Insurance — Bad faith — Error to refuse to stay bad faith claim against carrier pending resolution of underlying coverage dispute

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM and ADA HOTALING, Respondents. 3rd District. Case No. 3D99-2368. L.T. Case No. 97-07799. Opinion filed February 16, 2000. On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Dade County, Amy Steele Donner, Judge. Counsel: Powers, McNalis, Moody and Groelle and Pamela S. Moody, for petitioner. Mintz, Truppman, Clein & Higer and Keith A. Truppman, for respondents.

(Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., FLETCHER, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.)

(PER CURIAM.) The order below, which refused to stay a bad faith claim against the carrier pending the resolution of an underlying coverage dispute, is quashed. See Blanchard v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 575 So. 2d 1289 (Fla.1991); Doan v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 727 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).