41 Fla. L. Weekly D391b Top of Form Wrongful death — Medical malpractice — Damages — Interest — Where amount of judgment is modified on appeal, post-trial interest accrues from date of original judgment, rather than from date of verdict — Where trial court entered judgment which limited noneconomic damages, and appellate court reversed that Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D387bop of Form Insurance — General liability — Coverage — Injury to insured’s employee who was attending an event at an attraction owned by county which was hosted by the insured employer — Trial court properly found that the county and the county-owned attraction were additional insureds under the policy — Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D381aTop of Form Insurance — Trial court erred in dismissing insureds’ breach of contract action against insurer on basis of counsel’s failure to appear at case management conference without findings that counsel’s failure to appear was flagrant, willful, persistent, or aggravated DONNA MARIE JENKINS and RAYMOND MURDOCK, Appellants, v. ALLSTATE PROPERTY Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D358aTop of Form Workers’ compensation — Medical benefits — Judge of compensation claims utilized incorrect legal standard in determining that claimant was entitled to diagnostic evaluation of cervical spine four years after accident in which claimant sustained compensable shoulder injury — JCC improperly conflated claimant’s burden to prove entitlement to an Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D349aTop of Form Insurance — Homeowners — Post-loss assignment of benefits — Trial court erred in finding that insured was precluded from assigning benefits of homeowners policy to emergency water mitigation company without consent of insurer — Language of policy merely prohibited insured’s unilateral assignment of the entire policy, not a Read More »