GABRIEL DE LAS SALAS
v.
CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
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A broadly framed settlement and release agreement between an insured and insurer supersedes claims arising under the underlying insurance policy.
[1] A broadly framed settlement and release agreement executed by an insured and insurer supersedes claims arising under the underlying insurance policy.
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-0885 _____________________________
GABRIEL DE LAS SALAS,
Appellant,
v.
CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE
CORPORATION,
Appellee. _____________________________
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. James Lee Marsh, Judge.
November 19, 2025
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Kaiser v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, 1D24-0884 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025) (companion case where judgment affirmed for Citizens against appellant’s settlement payment-interest claim brought under an insurance policy that was superseded by the parties’ execution of a broadly framed settlement and release agreement).
OSTERHAUS, C.J., and KELSEY and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________
Adam Abraham Schwartzbaum of Edelsberg Law, Miami; Andrew John Shamis of Shamis & Gentile, P.A., Miami; Scott Adam Edelsberg of Edelsberg Law, Aventura; Edwin Eliu Elliott of Shamis & Gentile, P.A., Miami; and Michael Alan Cassel of Cassel & Cassel, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellant.
Russell Scott Kent of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Tallahassee; Jason Brent Gonzalez of Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC, Tallahassee; Raymond Lee Cordova of Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC, Tallahassee; and Mathew Daniel Gutierrez of Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC, Coral Gables, for Appellee.