CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 386376
...ent funds, as referred to in the above quoted supreme court statement, and that the specified insurance coverage under that policy was only $25,000 per person/$50,000 per accident and $25,000 property damage, i.e., less than the coverage required by section 324.091(9)(b), as recognized in the majority opinion....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1973 Fla. LEXIS 4550
...ice used by car owners involved in accidents to notify the Financial Responsibility Division of insurance coverage. One of these forms was filed in this case by the co-defendant car owner, claiming that the car was insured by Auto Owners. Fla. Stat. § 324.091, F.S.A., a part of our Financial Responsibility Law, provides that when such a form is received by the Insurance Department a copy of it shall be mailed to the alleged insurer and that the Department "shall assume" that coverage is in effect unless the insurer responds to the contrary within twenty days....
...The trial court's finding of an estoppel based on a failure to respond to an SR-21 is directly contrary to the decision in Phoenix Insurance Co. v. McQueen, supra , wherein it was held that such a failure to respond does not amount to an estoppel. In Phoenix , the court, in reference to Fla. Stat. § 324.091, F.S.A., said: "......
...tion to Phoenix as authority for its decision. As pointed out by Judge Pearson in his dissent, Phoenix would have required a reversal, and we are of the opinion that a reversal would have been proper. We find it difficult to conclude that Fla. Stat. § 324.091, F.S.A., was intended to control anything other than the internal operations of the Financial Responsibility Division....
