NU Online News Service, Oct. 07, 3:22 p.m. EDT

A three-judge panel in the First District Court of Appeals in Florida denied a request from the state's insurer of last resort to dismiss a lawsuit against it based on the belief the government entity is immune.

A lawsuit filed in the circuit court by the San Perdido Association alleges Citizens acted in bad faith and persistently refused to pay the property's claim after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

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