Swift Response Restoration, Inc., etc. v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Summary

The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the county court's ruling in favor of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The court held that the appellant abandoned an issue by presenting no argument addressing the trial court's ruling and cited statutory requirements governing assignment agreements, including indemnification and hold-harmless provisions.

Holdings

1. An appellant who presents no argument explaining why the trial court's ruling is incorrect on an issue abandons that issue on appeal.
2. An assignment agreement that does not comply with the requirements of section 627.7152, Florida Statutes, including the requirement that the assignee indemnify and hold harmless the assignor, is invalid and unenforceable.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court's ruling should be affirmed where the appellant presented no argument explaining why the ruling was incorrect on an issue.
2. Whether an assignment agreement that fails to comply with the statutory indemnification and hold-harmless requirements of section 627.7152 is invalid and unenforceable.

Disposition

affirmed