Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. v. Waterfire Restoration, LLC a/a/o Jova Sosa
The Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order requiring FIGA to pay the attorney's fees component of a pre-insolvency settlement agreement, holding that contractual attorney's fees are not 'covered claims' under the FIGA Act because they do not fall within the coverage of the underlying insurance policy. Applying the Florida Supreme Court's Petty decision, the court held that FIGA's substitution as defendant does not obligate it to honor fee obligations arising from statute or settlement rather than from express policy coverage.
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