41 Fla. L. Weekly D554aTop of Form Torts — Trip and fall over raised brick on brick-paved sidewalk in defendant city — Trial court erred in entering judgment on verdict in favor of plaintiff where there was no evidence that city had actual knowledge of the sidewalk defect or that sidewalk defect had existed long Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D531aTop of Form Torts — School boards — Sovereign immunity — Presuit notice — City’s action against school board arising out of collision between motorcycle operated by city police officer and school bus — Trial court did not err in concluding that city provided sufficient information to school board and Department Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D472a Top of Form Employer-employee relations — Whistleblowers — Complaint sufficiently alleged causal connection between employee’s objection to or refusal to participate in employer’s illegal activity, policy, or practice and adverse employment action — Civil rights — Age discrimination — Allegations that defendant was over 40 years of age, that he Read More »

26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D6aop of Form Insurance — Underinsured motorist — Bad faith — Jurisdiction — Removal — Remand to state court — Removal of insured’s state court lawsuit against the insurer for underinsured motorist benefits after insured amended the complaint to add a claim for statutory bad faith pursuant to Florida law Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D442aTop of Form Administrative law — Department of Financial Services properly assessed penalty against limited liability company for failure to maintain workers’ compensation insurance for its employees — Section 440.107(15), Florida Statutes, only exempts non-construction industry limited liability companies from a penalty for the period between July 1, 2013 through December Read More »