40 Fla. L. Weekly D2707aTop of Form Wrongful death — Medical malpractice — Evidence — Expert opinion — In ruling on motion for summary judgment, trial court erred in excluding expert testimony of emergency room physician regarding standard of care when emergency medical services personnel respond to a 911 call seeking help for an infant Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2734bTop of Form Costs — Prevailing party — Trial court erred in awarding costs for “real-time” court reporting and overhead expenses in absence of clear findings supporting award of these costs — Trial court erred in awarding expert witness fees where opposing party specifically objected to setting expert witness fee without Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2725aTop of Form Insurance — Condominiums — Coverage — Hurricane loss — Additional living expenses — Actions alleging insurer breached policy by providing additional living expenses coverage under hurricane coverage endorsement rather than under general policy provisions because insureds’ loss of use was caused by tornado that developed during hurricane, not Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2701aTop of Form Torts — Subsequent tortfeasors — Settlement and release of secured creditor who hired independent contractor to repossess a bus in plaintiff’s possession did not act to release, as subsequent tortfeasor, the independent contractor from liability for coming into contact with plaintiff and injuring her during repossession — Repossession Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2661aTop of Form Wrongful death — Pedestrian struck by truck driven by defendant’s employee as pedestrian attempted to cross multilane interstate on foot in early morning hours — No error in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants where the only evidence adduced prior to summary judgment hearing supported defendants’ arguments Read More »