41 Fla. L. Weekly D276aTop of Form Appeals — Sanctions — Maintenance of indefensible position in trial court and on appeal — Rare circumstance in which appellee may be sanctioned — Appellee directed to show cause why appellant’s attorney’s fees should not be assessed against appellee HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Appellant, vs. BISCAYNE POINT CONDOMINIUM Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D257aTop of Form Insurance — Uninsured motorist — Argument — Insurer entitled to new trial based on cumulative effect of statements by plaintiff’s counsel pointing out that plaintiff had done the right thing all along and that insurer had refused to pay the debt it owed to plaintiff, counsel’s use of Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D240b Civil procedure — Discovery — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law by ordering petitioner to provide information regarding her cell phone number and her cell phone carrier — Order directing petitioner to reveal information regarding her cell phone violates petitioner’s Fifth Amendment rights   VIVIAN RESTREPO, Petitioner, v. Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D237a  FormTorts — Premises liability — Trip and fall — Trial court did not err in entering summary judgment for defendant in action alleging that plaintiff tripped on a step leading from the pavement to a building owned by defendant where there was no evidence of any defect in the step Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D156a of Insurance — Uninsured motorist — Bad faith — Circuit court did not, at time of its actions, depart from essential requirements of law when, after entering partial final judgment for insured on UM claim after insurer tendered its policy limits, it simultaneously granted insured’s motion to amend complaint to Read More »