William Adams & Dorothy Adams, His Wife, & Thomas Shelton & Elizabeth Shelton, His Wife v. The Fid. & Cas. Co. of New York, 955 F.2d 39 (11th Cir. 1992). · Go Syfert
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William Adams & Dorothy Adams, His Wife, & Thomas Shelton & Elizabeth Shelton, His Wife v. The Fid. & Cas. Co. of New York, 955 F.2d 39 (11th Cir. 1992). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
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S.D. Fla. · 1993 · confidence medium
Thereafter the Eleventh Circuit vacated the summary final judgment and remanded the case “for reconsideration in light of the Florida Supreme Court’s decisions in McLeod and Adams.” Adams v. Fidelity and Casualty Co., 955 F.2d 39, 39 (11th Cir.1992). 2 Upon remand, the parties submitted a joint stipulation stating that, because the Florida Supreme Court had held that the damages sought by the plaintiffs were unrecoverable, final judgment should be entered in favor of F & C.
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William ADAMS and Dorothy Adams, His Wife, and Thomas Shelton and Elizabeth Shelton, His Wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
the FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellee
90-5229.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Mar 6, 1992.
955 F.2d 39
James B. Tilghman, Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants., Love Phipps, Corlett, Killian, Ober & Levi, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.
Fay, Cox.
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PER CURIAM:

In Adams v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 920 F.2d 897 (11th Cir.1991), we certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court:

Assuming that Fla.Stat. Section 624.-155(1)(b)1. provides for a first-party bad faith claim in an uninsured motorist case, and assuming that damages exceeding the limits of the insurance policy may be collected against an uninsured motorist carrier, can the measure of damages properly include an award of punitive damages against the insurer?

Id. at 900. The Florida Supreme Court recently responded to this question in Adams v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 591 So.2d 929 (Fla.1992). The Florida Supreme Court referred to its recent decision in McLeod v. Continental Insurance Co., 591 So.2d 621 (Fla.1992), as determinative of this case. In McLeod, the court held that the proper measure of damages in first-party actions under section 624.155 “are those amounts which are the natural, proximate, probable, or direct consequence of the insurer’s bad faith actions,” and rejected “the contention that first-party bad faith damages should be fixed at the amount of the excess judgment.” 591 So.2d at 626.

In the case at bar, the district court did not have the benefit of McLeod or the Florida Supreme Court’s answer to the certified question posed by this court in this case. Accordingly, we VACATE the judgment of the district court, and REMAND for reconsideration in light of the Florida Supreme Court’s decisions in McLeod and Adams.