AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
Glenda S. SIEVERT, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Robert P. Gaines, of Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, for appellant.
Louis K. Rosenbloum and Richard P. Warfield, of Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Rosenbloum & Magie, Pensacola, for appellee.
BOYER, Judge.
Aetna appeals a final judgment entered by the trial court pursuant to a jury verdict for appellee. It contends, first, that the lower court erred in denying its motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of the *748 evidence. We do not agree. A verdict should be directed only when the evidence would not be legally sufficient to sustain a verdict and that is not the case here. Secondly, Aetna contends that the court erred in denying its motion for new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. Its basic argument is that there was compelling evidence that appellee's deceased husband had made material misrepresentations and omissions on his application for group credit life coverage. We find this point to be without merit. The general rule in Florida is that representations made by an insured on an insurance application present questions of fact to be resolved by a jury. Underwriters National Assurance Co. v. Harrison,
Aetna also contends that attorney's fees should not have been awarded to appellee. That point has recently been resolved in Aetna's favor by Roberts v. Carter,
Finally, Aetna contends that certain of Appellee's costs were not properly taxed. Included in the taxed costs were expenses in obtaining hospital records, a copy of a deposition and over $250.00 for transportation of counsel to attend the deposition of Dr. Davis, the neighborhood doctor who had at the time of the trial moved to Virginia. Aetna urges that those items should not have been allowed. We agree. The hospital records were not admitted into evidence and no necessity for them was demonstrated. The copy of the deposition was neither entered into evidence nor used at the trial for impeachment nor otherwise. (See Dorner v. Red Top Cab & Baggage Co.,
Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
McCORD, C.J., and MELVIN, J., concur.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING DENIED
Appellee contends that we apparently overlooked Travelers Insurance Company v. Tallahassee Bank and Trust Company,
Appellee also contends that we overlooked Section 627.402 Florida Statutes (1977) in finding that the subject policy was not delivered in this state. Although subsection (1) of that section does indicate that delivery of a certificate is equivalent to delivery of the policy, Section 627.402 (2) indicates just as clearly that delivery of a certificate is not delivery of the policy for group insurance contracts such as the one here involved. Nor do we have the situation presented in Blue Cross of Florida, Inc. v. Turner, Fla.App.,
The Petition for Rehearing is denied.
McCORD, C.J., and MELVIN, J., concur.
