Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2026

Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Wendy D. Montgomery and Morris L. Montgomery

Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Wendy D. Montgomery and Morris L. Montgomery
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 6, 2026
Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Wendy D. Montgomery and Morris L. Montgomery

Opinion

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2024-0239 Lower Tribunal No. 2019-CA-000742 _____________________________ UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. WENDY D. MONTGOMERY and MORRIS L. MONTGOMERY, Appellees/Cross-Appellants. _____________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County.

Brandon J. Rafool, Judge.

March 6, 2026 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, No. 6D2024- 1194, --- So. 3d ---, 2026 WL 370220 (Fla. 6th DCA Feb. 6, 2026).

Because the direct appeal is affirmed, the conditional cross-appeal is dismissed as moot. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Brown, 286 So. 3d 877 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (dismissing conditional cross-appeal as moot when affirming issues raised on appeal).

STARGEL, WOZNIAK and SMITH, JJ., concur.

David A. Noel and Kara Rockenbach Link, of Link & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Mark A. Nation, of The Nation Law Firm, Longwood, for Appellees/Cross- Appellants.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

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