44 Fla. L. Weekly D1238a Torts — Negligence — Evidence — Attorney-client privilege — Treating physician — Financial relationship — Appeal of trial court’s admission of evidence related to plaintiff’s counsel’s financial relationship with various treating physicians, including payments by plaintiff’s counsel’s firm to treating physicians, and letters of protection between plaintiff’s counsel’s firm and […]
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44 Fla. L. Weekly D1232a Insurance — Homeowners — Water damage — Coverage — Bad faith — Insurer’s post-suit payment of appraisal award constituted a confession that it breached policy by denying coverage above policy’s $1000 leakage sublimit in its formal response to insureds’ claim — Incorrect partial denial of benefits suffices to give rise […]
Read MoreInsurance — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Court properly award...
44 Fla. L. Weekly D1223b Insurance — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Court properly awarded insurer attorney’s fees as prevailing insurer pursuant to proposal for settlement — Insured’s separate count for declaratory relief was not a claim for purely equitable relief that invalidated insurer’s proposal for settlement because the real issue in the […]
Read MoreCivil procedure — Discovery — Financial information — Non-parties — Trial co...
44 Fla. L. Weekly D1249b Civil procedure — Discovery — Financial information — Non-parties — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law by compelling party to provide documents concerning financial arrangements between his attorney, his insurance company, and his retained expert — Question certified whether the analysis and decision in Worley v. […]
Read MoreInsurance — Property — Coverage — Water damage — Insured’s action agai...
44 Fla. L. Weekly D1072b Insurance — Property — Coverage — Water damage — Insured’s action against law firm retained to report and settle property loss claim — Discovery — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law by ordering production of documents responsive to requests that appear on their face to potentially invade the […]
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