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All X-Ray Diag. Serv. Corp., a/a/o Susel Martinez Morejon, Appellant, v. United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee. (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.2024-01-10No. No. 3D22-1254

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Opinion

Affirmed. See § 627.409, Fla. Stat. (2017) (providing, inter alia, that an omission or concealment made by or on behalf of an insured in an insurance application may prevent recovery under the policy if (1) the omission or concealment is material to the acceptance of the risk or to the hazard assumed by the insurer; and (2) had the true facts been known to the insurer, the insurer in good faith would not have issued the policy or would not have issued it at the same premium rate); Rodriguez v. Responsive Auto. Insur. Co., 48 Fla. L. Weekly D1557, 2023 WL 5061776 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 9, 2023) (holding insurance agents purported act of completing blank fields in application without obtaining information that insured drove for ride-sharing service was insufficient to overcome insureds duty to learn contents of application prior to signing it). See also All Fla. Sur. Co. v. Coker, 88 So. 2d 508, 510-11 (Fla. 1956) (“A party to a written contract cannot defend against its enforcement on the ground that he signed it without reading it, unless he aver[s] facts showing circumstances which prevented his reading the paper, or was induced by the statements of the other parties to desist from reading it.”). Rivero v. Rivero, 963 So. 2d 934, 938 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (recognizing Florida courts have consistently held that “parties to a written instrument have a duty to learn and understand the contents of that instrument before signing it”) (quoting Keller v. Reed, 603 So. 2d 717, 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992)).

PER CURIAM.