40 Fla. L. Weekly D14b Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claims — Policy at issue clearly and unambiguously excluded coverage for sinkhole loss — Fact that policy contains a provision describing the neutral evaluation process in the event of a sinkhole loss cannot reasonably be read as creating coverage for a loss that is unambiguously Read More »
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Insurance — Automobile — Excess coverage — Uninsured motorist
40 Fla. L. Weekly D21a Insurance — Automobile — Excess coverage — Uninsured motorist — Trial court properly entered declaratory judgment determining that Florida Municipal Insurance Trust agreement with city-member provided excess insurance and not primary insurance for automobile accidents — Self-retention endorsement providing that Trust member would not only cover claims within self-retained limit Read More »
Torts — Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Trial court properly found that language in demands for judgment that vague, ambiguous, and unenforceable because it is unclear whether the intent of the demands was to resolve only claims of plaintiff or to resolve both plaintiff’s claims and loss of consortium claims of plaintiff’s spouse
40 Fla. L. Weekly D48e Torts — Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Trial court properly found that language in demands for judgment that “plaintiff agrees to settle any and all claims asserted against defendant,” rendered demands vague, ambiguous, and unenforceable because it is unclear whether the intent of the demands was to resolve Read More »
Torts — Medical malpractice — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Joint proposal — All or nothing proposal made by multiple offerors to a single offeree is an acceptable proposal for settlement
40 Fla. L. Weekly D23a Torts — Medical malpractice — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Joint proposal — All or nothing proposal made by multiple offerors to a single offeree is an acceptable proposal for settlement — Cover letter sent to defendant notifying defendant of the enclosed proposal of settlement was not itself Read More »
Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Petition for writ of certiorari challenging order denying insurer’s motion seeking to prevent deposition of insurer’s corporate representative on topics alleged to be privileged is denied where insurer has failed to show that order caused it irreparable harm
23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 399b Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2305BENJTop of Form Insurance — Personal injury protection — Discovery — Depositions — Petition for writ of certiorari challenging order denying insurer’s motion seeking to prevent deposition of insurer’s corporate representative on topics alleged to be privileged is denied where insurer has failed to show that Read More »