PROJEKT PROPERTY RESTORATION, INC., A/A/O DANIEL LUNA v. GEOVERA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ( 2022 )


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  •       Third District Court of Appeal
    State of Florida
    Opinion filed February 2, 2022.
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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    No. 3D21-79
    Lower Tribunal Nos. 18-6028 CC & 19-352 AP
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    Projekt Property Restoration, Inc., a/a/o Daniel Luna,
    Appellant,
    vs.
    GeoVera Specialty Insurance Company,
    Appellee.
    An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Christina
    Marie DiRaimondo, Judge.
    Font & Nelson, PLLC and Jose P. Font (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellant.
    Paul R. Pearcy, P.A. and Maureen G. Pearcy; Hinshaw & Culbertson
    LLP, and Joseph V. Manzo, for appellee.
    Before LOGUE, GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.
    PER CURIAM.
    Affirmed. See Taurus Holdings, Inc. v. U. S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 
    913 So. 2d 528
    , 532 (Fla. 2005) (“[I]nsurance contracts are interpreted according to
    the plain language of the policy except ‘when a genuine inconsistency,
    uncertainty, or ambiguity in meaning remains after resort to the ordinary rules
    of construction.’” (quoting State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pridgen, 
    498 So. 2d 1245
    , 1248 (Fla. 1986))); Hagen v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 
    675 So. 2d 963
    , 965 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) (“[I]f a policy . . . is clear and unambiguous, it
    should be enforced according to its terms.”); Garcia v. Fed. Ins. Co., 
    969 So. 2d 288
    , 291 (Fla. 2007) (“A [policy] is not ambiguous simply because it is
    complex or requires analysis.”); Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Hradecky,
    
    208 So. 3d 184
    , 187 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (“[T]o the extent an endorsement
    is inconsistent with the body of the policy, the endorsement controls.”).
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