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Shaun Marker |\u00a0Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | December 1, 2014<\/p>\n

Where an insurance policy requires parties\u2019 appraisers to be \u201cdisinterested,\u201d do you think their attorney can serve as their appraiser? Not according to a recent opinion from Florida\u2019s Fifth District Court of Appeal.1<\/p>\n

Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (\u201cFIGA\u201d) appealed a trial court order compelling appraisal for the policyholders in a dispute over damages in a sinkhole loss. The case on appeal involved, in part, whether the policyholders selected an appraiser that could serve as their appraiser. The trial court had ordered the claim to appraisal and allowed the policyholders to have their attorney act as their appraiser.<\/p>\n

In a short opinion, the appellate court essentially said the claim can proceed to appraisal, but the policyholders cannot have their attorney act as their appraiser.<\/p>\n

The Court held that:<\/p>\n

Given the duty of loyalty owed by an attorney to a client, we conclude that attorneys may not serve as their clients’ arbitrators or appraisers when \u2018disinterested\u2019 arbitrators or appraisers are bargained for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Court opinions in many jurisdictions seem to place a lot of emphasis on the word \u201cdisinterested\u201d when used in appraisal provisions. If you look up the definition of the term \u201cdisinterested,\u201d do you think most parties\u2019 appraisers are \u201cdisinterested?\u201d The definition means more than being unbiased. It means \u201chaving no desire to know about a particular thing.\u201d2 Would you want someone meeting that definition to be your appraiser? Do you think when parties hire an appraiser\u2014even if they agree to pay them on an hourly or flat fee contract\u2014that they really are truly unbiased\u2014if that is how you define or interpret the term \u201cdisinterested\u201d?<\/p>\n

1 FIGA v. Hanse, 2014 WL 6488882 (Fla. 5th DCA November 21, 2014).<\/p>\n

2 Merriam Webster online http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/disinterested.<\/p>\n

via A Client’s Attorney Cannot Serve As The Appraiser Where The Policy Requires Appraiser To Be “Disinterested” : Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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