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Insurance Coverage in Concurrent Cause Cases: Florida Supreme Court Decides District Split in Favor of Coverage

On December 1, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court held in an insurance coverage case that “when independent perils converge and no single cause can be considered the sole or proximate cause, it is appropriate to apply the concurring cause doctrine.” …

Sebo v. American Home Assurance Company

The Return of the Efficient Proximate Cause Doctrine in Florida Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal recently revived an old debate regarding whether coverage is available for damages caused by independent excluded and covered causes in the case of Sebo …