41 Fla. L. Weekly D788bTop of Form Insurance — Sinkhole claims — Multi-building condominium property — Insured prevailing in action against insurer — Costs — Trial court abused its discretion in including reimbursement for public adjuster and property management fees in taxable costs, as property management fees and public adjuster fees were not litigation costs Read More »
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Attorney’s fees — Contingency fee agreement — Denial of petition to approve contingency fee agreement providing for payment of fee equaling 40% of total settlement award from petitioner’s negligence claim, rather than 33-1/3% set by Bar rule
41 Fla. L. Weekly D830aTop of Form Attorney’s fees — Contingency fee agreement — Under facts of case, circuit court did not depart from essential requirements of law resulting in miscarriage of justice when it denied petition to approve contingency fee agreement providing for payment of fee equaling 40% of total settlement award from petitioner’s Read More »
Indemnity provision in agreement between automobile distributor and carrier of automobiles, which included the words “in whole or in part,” did not contain clear and unequivocal terms providing that carrier would indemnify distributor for distributor’s own acts of negligence where parties were held jointly liable for the underlying personal injury
41 Fla. L. Weekly D816dop of Form Torts — Indemnity — Indemnity provision in agreement between automobile distributor and carrier of automobiles, which included the words “in whole or in part,” did not contain clear and unequivocal terms providing that carrier would indemnify distributor for distributor’s own acts of negligence where parties were held jointly Read More »
Wrongful death — Premises liability — Trial court did not err in entering summary judgment for defendants on basis that defendants did not owe a duty to decedent, an employee of an independent contractor hired to paint the warehouse roof
41 Fla. L. Weekly D753aop of Form Wrongful death — Premises liability — Action against owner and lessee of warehouse by widow of decedent who fell to his death through a warehouse skylight while painting the warehouse roof — Trial court did not err in entering summary judgment for defendants on basis that defendants did Read More »
New trial required because of improper comments made to jury during plaintiff’s counsel’s closing argument, including statements requesting jury to send message through a compensatory damage award and remarks insinuating that defendants’ attorneys were involved in conspiracy to conceal addictive nature of smoking
41 Fla. L. Weekly D744bTop of Form Wrongful death — Product liability — Tobacco — Argument — New trial required because of improper comments made to jury during plaintiff’s counsel’s closing argument, including statements requesting jury to send message through a compensatory damage award and remarks insinuating that defendants’ attorneys were involved in conspiracy to Read More »