45 Fla. L. Weekly D20a Civil procedure — Dismissal — Vacation — Successor judge erred in granting estate’s rule 1.540(a) motion to set aside the dismissal of estate’s tobacco-related litigation — Earlier order denying estate’s first motion to set aside dismissal and finding that estate was not entitled to relief from that dismissal based on […]
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45 Fla. L. Weekly D8a Torts — Negligence — Security services — In action by plaintiff who was attacked and injured in parking garage owned by county at a time when no security guard was present against company which had contracted with county to provide security services at parking garage, trial court properly entered summary […]
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45 Fla. L. Weekly D10a Torts — Negligence — Automobile accident — Evidence — Medical records — Hearsay — Trial court abused its discretion in granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial based on opposing counsel’s cross-examination of plaintiff by reading statements from plaintiff’s medical records for the purpose of impeachment — Although a motion […]
Read MoreInsurance — Automobile — Lessor liability endorsement — Illusory coverage — ...
28 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C672a Insurance — Automobile — Lessor liability endorsement — Illusory coverage — Putative class action brought by lessees of vehicle alleging that defendants’ vehicle insurance policies containing lessor liability endorsement were illusory because the endorsement only provided coverage for vicarious liability against lessors, and that liability is foreclosed by federal […]
Read MoreWorkers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Coronary artery disease — Pr...
44 Fla. L. Weekly D3024a Workers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Coronary artery disease — Presumption of compensability in case of law enforcement officer — Where claimant law enforcement officer satisfied all statutory prerequisites for entitlement to presumption that his coronary artery disease was work-related, including a disabling heart attack caused by coronary artery disease, […]
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