41 Fla. L. Weekly D295bTop of Form Wrongful death — Medical malpractice — New trial — Plaintiff suffered prejudice where, shortly before trial, defendant amended Fabre defense to include other physicians as non-party defendants and then withdrew the Fabre defense on the last day of trial — Events created situation in which plaintiff presented case Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D275aTop of Form Torts — Assignment of claims — Action by plaintiff against his residential tenant, alleging that tenant was negligent in connection with a fire that damaged plaintiff’s property — Trial court did not err in entering summary judgment for defendant on basis that plaintiff, in mortgage, had assigned rights Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D213aTop of Form Jurisdiction — Non-residents — Tortious conduct in state — Evidentiary hearing required on jurisdictional issues where plaintiff alleged that defendant committed tortious conduct through communications with decedent in Florida and defendant denied any such communications TERUGOSHI KOTOURA a/k/a KATSURA KAN, Appellant, v. TIBOR STERN, as Personal Representative of Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D261aTop 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 act beyond Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D278aop of Form Insurance — Discovery — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law in ordering insurer to produce portions of its adjusters’ claims files to medical provider in first-party non-bad-faith cases STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, vs. PREMIER DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS, LLC, (A/A/O SHERRY DUJON, DOLORES LANCASTER, MARIA Read More »