David Puente and Maria C. Puente v. Tower Hill Signature Insurance Company

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 28, 2020. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D19-1374 Lower Tribunal No. 18-22208 ________________ David Puente and Maria C. Puente, Appellants, vs. Tower Hill Signature Insurance Company, Appellee. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Michael A. Hanzman, Judge. The Nation Law Firm, and Mark A. Nation, and Paul W. Pritchard (Longwood), for appellants. Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, and Scot E. Samis (St. Petersburg), for appellee. Before SCALES, HENDON, and MILLER, JJ. PER CURIAM.  Affirmed. See Whitman v. Castlewood Int’l Corp., 383 So. 2d 618, 619 (Fla. 1980) (“[W]here there is no proper objection to the use of a general verdict, reversal is improper where no error is found as to one of two issues submitted to the jury on the basis that the appellant is unable to establish that he has been prejudiced.”) (citation omitted); see also State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Lichtman, 227 So. 2d 309, 311 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969) (“[W]hether a certain set of facts exist to bring a loss to the insured within the terms of a policy is an issue to be determined by the trier of fact.”) (citations omitted). 2