41 Fla. L. Weekly S115aTop of Form Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Discovery — Billing records of opposing counsel — Hours expended by counsel for defendant insurance company in a contested claim for attorney’s fees filed pursuant to sections 624.155 and 627.428, Florida Statutes, is relevant to issue of reasonableness of time expended by counsel Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D672bTop 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 related substantial Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D698aTop of Form Workers’ compensation — Temporary disability — Affirmative defenses — Misrepresentation for purpose of obtaining benefits — Judge of compensation claims applied too narrow an analysis to employer/carrier’s misrepresentation defense by considering only whether alleged misrepresentation related to knee injury for which benefits were being sought — Claimant is Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D696aTop of Form Insurance — Attorney’s fees — Prevailing insured — In determining commercial general liability insurer’s liability for fees incurred by insured, who prevailed in coverage dispute with insurer, trial court erred in limiting recovery of attorney’s fees under contingency fee agreement between insured and insured’s attorney to those fees Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly S91aTop of Form Torts — Premises liability — Appeals — Limitation on appellate court’s review when determining whether a complaint states a cause of action — Sufficiency of a complaint to state a cause of action must be determined solely by examination of the complaint and its related attachments — In Read More »