42 Fla. L. Weekly D2500aTop of Form Torts — Legal malpractice — Trial court properly entered summary judgment for defendant attorney in action alleging that defendant negligently permitted the statute of limitations on plaintiff’s personal injury action against homeowners in Puerto Rico to lapse where defendant’s letter to homeowners’ insurer constituted an extrajudicial act which Read More »
Archives for December 2017
Torts — Workers’ compensation immunity — Trial court erred in entering partial summary judgment precluding defendant from relying on affirmative defense of workers’ compensation immunity — Under circumstances, defendant’s initial denial of claim did not automatically estop defendant from asserting workers’ compensation immunity
42 Fla. L. Weekly D2501bTop of Form Torts — Workers’ compensation immunity — Trial court erred in entering partial summary judgment precluding defendant from relying on affirmative defense of workers’ compensation immunity — Under circumstances, defendant’s initial denial of claim did not automatically estop defendant from asserting workers’ compensation immunity FIST CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellant, v. Read More »
Creditors’ rights — Foreign judgments — Recognition and enforcement — French money judgment met requirements of Florida’s Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Act and did not fall within any of the limited and enumerated grounds for non-recognition specified in section 55.605 of the Act — Judgment debtor could not avoid foreign judgment based on lack of personal service
42 Fla. L. Weekly D2486aTop of Form Creditors’ rights — Foreign judgments — Recognition and enforcement — French money judgment met requirements of Florida’s Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Act and did not fall within any of the limited and enumerated grounds for non-recognition specified in section 55.605 of the Act — Judgment debtor could not Read More »
Appeals — Attorney’s fees — Order determining entitlement to attorney’s fees and costs, but providing for determination of amount of fees at subsequent hearing is not appealable
42 Fla. L. Weekly D2492aTop of Form Appeals — Attorney’s fees — Order determining entitlement to attorney’s fees and costs, but providing for determination of amount of fees at subsequent hearing is not appealable MAGNOLIA FLORIDA TAX CERTIFICATES, ET AL., Appellants, v. ALEXA1, a FLORIDA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, and ALL SIMILARLY SITUATED FLORIDA GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS; MAGNOLIA Read More »
Workers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Law enforcement officers — Hypertension — Single reported elevated blood pressure reading at claimant’s pre-employment physical examination did not constitute evidence of the condition of hypertension — Judge of compensation claims did not err by determining that claimant was entitled to statutory presumption of compensability
42 Fla. L. Weekly D2469bop of Form Workers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Law enforcement officers — Hypertension — Single reported elevated blood pressure reading at claimant’s pre-employment physical examination did not constitute evidence of the condition of hypertension — Judge of compensation claims did not err by determining that claimant was entitled to statutory Read More »