Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2301JORT Insurance — Proposal for settlement — Motion to extend time for response to proposal is denied   NAPLES MEDICAL & REHAB, LLC a/a/o JERRY ORTIZ, Plaintiff, vs. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 20th Judicial Circuit in and for Collier County. Case No. 2015-CC-275. May 19, 2015. Honorable […]

Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2301BURR Civil procedure — Discovery — Trial exhibits — Plaintiff is not allowed to require defense counsel to travel to plaintiff’s attorney’s office to obtain discovery documents — Plaintiff is not allowed to reset discovery deadline established by court order by offering on last day of discovery period to make discovery documents […]

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C1508a Insurance — Automobile — Coverage — Denial — Bad faith — Evidence — District court abused discretion in denying admission of evidence of development of Florida law on implied consent doctrine as it pertained to whether an insurance policy covered a vehicle collision wherein insured was driving rental vehicle […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1978b Attorney’s fees — Where parties had agreed that hourly rates charged by prevailing party’s attorney were reasonable and that trial court needed to determine only total number of appropriate hours expended, and appellate court reversed attorney’s fee award to extent it failed to make specific findings as to number of […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1971a Torts — Medical malpractice — Negligent failure to timely diagnose child’s kidney disease, which ultimately resulted in renal failure, dialysis, and kidney transplants — Trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for new trial where plaintiff violated pre-trial “one expert per specialty” rule by calling four pathologists to testify regarding […]