Insurers and Others Urge Supreme Court to Limit Assignment of Benefits March 27, 2019 By Jim Sams The main battle may be at the Florida state capitol as lawmakers consider reforming the state’s assignment of benefits law,...
Insurance Coverage in Concurrent Cause Cases: Florida Supreme Court Decides District Split in Favor of Coverage August 9, 2017 By Elizabeth B. Fata On December 1, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court held in an insurance coverage case that “when independent perils converge and...
Florida Medical Malpractice Caps Ruled Unconstitutional June 12, 2017 By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Caps on how much money patients injured by a doctor’s mistakes can receive were declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme...
Florida Supreme Court Rejects Floating Home Appeal April 19, 2017 By CURT ANDERSON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Florida man’s latest appeal in a landmark case involving the seizure and...
Florida Floating Home Case Winner Back to High Court March 28, 2017 By CURT ANDERSON Four years ago, Fane Lozman won an improbable longshot victory when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with him that his...
How Recent Workers’ Comp Court Decisions May Affect Florida Business October 28, 2016 Although there has been a great deal of debate about recent Florida Supreme Court decisions related to workers’ compensation legislation,...
Florida High Court Clarifies Uninsured Motorist Bad Faith Principles October 21, 2016 By Steven Plitt The Florida Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that the determination of the full extent of damages in...
Florida Supreme Court Finds 104-Week Temporary Disability Benefits Cap Unconstitutional June 9, 2016 By Amy O' Connor The Florida Supreme Court has delivered another blow to Florida’s workers’ compensation system with a ruling today that the state’s...
Florida High Court: Citizens Property Insurance Immune From First Party Bad Faith Claims December 8, 2015 By Steven Plitt In Citizen’s Property Ins. Corp. v. Perdido Sun Condominium Ass’n, Inc., 164 So.3d 663 (Fla. 2015), the Florida Supreme Court...
Named Insured’s Decision to Reject Higher UM Limits Was Not Binding on an Additional Insured May 27, 2015 By Steven Plitt The Florida Supreme Court recently considered whether the original policyholder’s signed rejection form, rejecting higher limits of UM coverage, applied...