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Appeals — Insurance — Appeal from judgment finding entitlement to coverage dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in view of pendency of separate trial on liability and damages against driver, with possible recovery against insurer under policy

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. JENNIFER ANN HAWKINSON AND BRIAN REYNOLDS PETERS, Appellees. 1st District. Case No. 1D16-2075. Opinion filed August 11, 2016. An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Duval County. Tyrie W. Boyer, Judge. Counsel: Rhonda B. Boggess and Gina P. Grimsley, of Taylor, Day, Grimm & Boyd, Jacksonville, for Appellant. Benjamin E. Richard, William A. Bald and Raymond P. Reid, Jr., of Pajcic & Pajcic, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees.

(PER CURIAM.) Appellant’s motion to determine jurisdiction is granted. The Court has determined that it lacks jurisdiction to review the order on appeal. See Workmen’s Auto Ins. Co. v. Franz, 24 So. 3d 638, 640 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (concluding that order awarding summary judgment to insureds on issue of entitlement to uninsured motorist coverage was not a partial final judgment where related claim for uninsured motorist benefits remained pending). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. Appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal is denied as moot. (ROBERTS, C.J. and ROWE, J., CONCUR; MAKAR, J., DISSENTS WITH OPINION.)