Amid continuing political and legal battles about the insurance practice known as “assignment of benefits,” the Florida Supreme Court has agreed to take up a closely watched case stemming from water damage to a St. Lucie County home.

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case could lead to resolving a conflict in lower courts about a restriction that insurers have tried to place on assignment of benefits. In a somewhat unusual circumstance, attorneys on both sides of the St. Lucie County case asked the Supreme Court to take up the case and resolve the conflict.

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