CASES - Civil
Insurance -- Uninsured motorist -- Coverage -- Trial court erred in finding that former wife's election of reduced UM
coverage was ineffective against claims against former husband's replacement policy by estates of former husband and
his second wife -- Divorce and various changes to policy following divorce did not require a new UM coverage offer
by insurer -- Because policy former husband purchased from insurer following divorce replaced the policy previously
issued to him during his first marriage, at the same bodily injury liability limits, insurer was entitled to rely on former
wife's previous written election of reduced UM coverage Reported at
32 Fla. L. Weekly D2570d
Torts -- False light invasion of privacy -- Letter defendant sent to members of homeowners association soliciting other homeowners and the association members to provide defendant with proxy rights to vote for a slate of directors did not place plaintiff, who served on board of directors, in false light where it neither mentioned his name nor described him -- Further, letter was not “highly offensive to a reasonable person,” but simply reflected defendant's concern over community expenditures and increase in assessments and opinion that it was necessary to elect responsible homeowners to rein in unnecessary expenditures -- No error in dismissing complaint with prejudice for failure to state cause of action Reported at 32 Fla. L. Weekly D2588a
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Torts -- False light invasion of privacy -- Letter defendant sent to members of homeowners association soliciting other homeowners and the association members to provide defendant with proxy rights to vote for a slate of directors did not place plaintiff, who served on board of directors, in false light where it neither mentioned his name nor described him -- Further, letter was not “highly offensive to a reasonable person,” but simply reflected defendant's concern over community expenditures and increase in assessments and opinion that it was necessary to elect responsible homeowners to rein in unnecessary expenditures -- No error in dismissing complaint with prejudice for failure to state cause of action Reported at 32 Fla. L. Weekly D2588a
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