41 Fla. L. Weekly D763af For Torts — Premises liability — Slip and fall — Workers’ compensation immunity — Statutory employer — Action against owner of medical facility arising out of slip and fall by employee of company which had contracted with defendant to provide cleaning services at the facility — Trial court erred in Read More »
Archives for March 2016
Insurance — Equitable subrogation — Insurer which did not pay the entire settlement in underlying tort litigation was not entitled to equitable subrogation
41 Fla. L. Weekly D726aTop of Form Insurance — Equitable subrogation — Where three insurers settled underlying litigation through a jointly-funded settlement under an agreement that provided that the insurers could litigate among themselves regarding reallocation of the settlement funds, insurer which was determined to be liable to another insurer after trial was not entitled Read More »
Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Discovery — Billing records of opposing counsel – District court improperly infringed on sound discretion of trial court and required plaintiff to meet unnecessarily high standard when it required plaintiff to make additional special showing prior to discovery of billing records
41 Fla. L. Weekly S115aTop of Form Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Discovery — Billing records of opposing counsel — Hours expended by counsel for defendant insurance company in a contested claim for attorney’s fees filed pursuant to sections 624.155 and 627.428, Florida Statutes, is relevant to issue of reasonableness of time expended by counsel Read More »
Jurisdiction — Non-residents — Contracts — Failure to pay on contract requiring payment in Florida is sufficient to satisfy Florida’s long-arm statute conferring jurisdiction over breach of contract actions — Minimum contacts
41 Fla. L. Weekly D672bTop of Form Jurisdiction — Non-residents — Contracts — Failure to pay on contract requiring payment in Florida is sufficient to satisfy Florida’s long-arm statute conferring jurisdiction over breach of contract actions — Minimum contacts — Where neither amended complaint nor testimony at hearing on jurisdiction showed that any related substantial Read More »
Workers’ compensation — Temporary disability — Affirmative defenses — Misrepresentation for purpose of obtaining benefits
41 Fla. L. Weekly D698aTop of Form Workers’ compensation — Temporary disability — Affirmative defenses — Misrepresentation for purpose of obtaining benefits — Judge of compensation claims applied too narrow an analysis to employer/carrier’s misrepresentation defense by considering only whether alleged misrepresentation related to knee injury for which benefits were being sought — Claimant is Read More »