29 Fla. L. Weekly S630a
CHARLES B. HIGGINS, Petitioner, vs. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent. CHERYL L. INGALLS, etc., Petitioner, vs. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondent. Supreme Court of Florida. Case Nos. SC01-291 & SC01-292. October 26, 2004. Two Cases Consolidated: Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal – Certified Great Public Importance. Fourth District – Case No. 4D99-2989 (Palm Beach County). Counsel: John P. Wiederhold of Wiederhold, Moses and Rubin, P.A., West Palm Beach, on behalf of Charles B. Higgins; Theodore A. Deckert and Joseph K. Still, Jr., West Palm Beach, on behalf of Cheryl L. Ingalls, f/k/a Cheryl L. Steele, for Petitioners. Elizabeth K. Russo of Russo Appellate Firm, Miami, and Spencer M. Sax of Sachs, Sax and Klein, P.A., Boca Raton, for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Respondent.CORRECTED OPINION[Original Opinion at 29 Fla. L. Weekly S533a]
Editor’s note. At 29 Fla. L. Weekly S537, in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph before the CONCLUSION section the word “insured” is substituted for the word “insurer.”
The sentence now reads: In those cases, as in all cases, the hardship of delaying the claimant in proceeding to judgment against the insured must be weighed.