30 Fla. L. Weekly D1170d

ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. TIMOTHY OSER, SABRINA PATTERSON, and JO LYNN WALKUP, Respondents. 1st District. Case No. 1D04-2683. Opinion filed February 17, 2005. Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Original Jurisdiction. Counsel: Michael T. Callahan and Weslee L. Ferron of Callahan Martinez, L.L.C., St. Petersburg, for Petitioner. Sharon H. Proctor, Avon Lake, Ohio, and Mark A. Avera of Avera & Avera, P.A., Gainesville, for Respondent Timothy Oser. Lefferts L. Mabie of Lefferts L. Mabie, P.A., Tampa, and Louis K. Rosenbloum of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, for Respondent Sabrina Patterson. David B. Shelton and Candy L. Messersmith of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, for Respondent Jo Lynn Walkup.CORRECTED OPINION[Original Opinion at 30 Fla. L. Weekly D478b]

Editor’s note. In the third paragraph of the opinion, the second sentence is corrected by changing the word “is” to “was.” The corrected sentence reads as follows: “After discovery commenced, Allstate filed a motion to dismiss or to abate the bad-faith counts until a final determination was made on the merits of the remaining counts, citing extensive case law standing for the proposition that coverage must be determined before an action for bad faith may proceed.”