41 Fla. L. Weekly D916bTop of Form Insurance — General liability — Duty to defend and indemnify — Damages arising from automated solicitation calls placed by insured to plaintiffs in underlying litigation — Trial court did not err in finding that calls placed by insured constituted an “occurrence” under the policy where, although calls were Read More »
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Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Trial court properly concluded that offer of judgment statute applied, although plaintiffs sought both damages and equitable relief in form of permanent injunction
41 Fla. L. Weekly D911bTop of Form Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Trial court properly concluded that offer of judgment statute applied, although plaintiffs sought both damages and equitable relief in form of permanent injunction, where offer was specifically limited to money damages and specifically stated that if offer were accepted, claims for Read More »
Civil procedure — Default — Vacation — Service of process — District court erred in concluding that plaintiff had properly served defendant in Saudi Arabia using Federal Express because that means of service is not specifically authorized
25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C198a Top of Form Civil procedure — Default — Vacation — Service of process — Corporation outside United States — Appeal from denial of rule 60(b)(4) motion to vacate default judgment as void for lack of service of process — District court erred in concluding that plaintiff had properly served Read More »
Insurance — Sinkhole claim —Trial court abused its discretion in including reimbursement for public adjuster and property management fees in taxable costs — Error to apply contingency risk multiplier where fee agreement guaranteed payment at a lesser hourly rate
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 »
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 »