UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY VS WENDY D. MONTGOMERY AND MORRIS L. MONTGOMERY

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF F LORIDA
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Case No. 6D2024-0239
Lower Tribunal No. 2019-CA-000742
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U NIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY I NSURANCE COMPANY,
Appellant/Cross-Appellee,
v.
WENDY D. MONTGOMERY and MORRIS L. MONTGOMERY,
Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County.
Brandon J. Rafool, Judge.
March 6, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, No. 6D2024-
1194, --- So. 3d ---, 2026 WL 370220 (Fla. 6th DCA Feb. 6, 2026).
Because 	the 	direct 	appeal 	is 	affirmed, 	the 	conditional 	cross-appeal 	is
dismissed as moot. 	See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Brown, 286 So. 3d 877 (Fla.
5th DCA 2019) (dismissing conditional cross-appeal as moot when affirming issues
raised on appeal).
STARGEL, WOZNIAK and SMITH, JJ., concur.

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David A. Noel and Kara Rockenbach Link, of Link & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm
Beach, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
Mark A. Nation, of The Nation Law Firm, Longwood, for Appellees/Cross-
Appellants.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED