40 Fla. L. Weekly D1508b Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claims — Appraisal — Dispute involving method of repair is subject to appraisal — Waiver — Insureds acted inconsistently with their right to appraisal where they engaged in significant litigation during approximately one-year period between concession of coverage and claim for appraisal — FIGA’s admission Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1489d Administrative law — Agency for Health Care Administration — Medicaid lien — Wrongful death settlement — Where parties who received settlement filed petition with Department of Administrative Hearings acknowledging obligation to reimburse AHCA out of settlement funds designated for medical expenses but contesting amount designated as recovered medical expense damages Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1559c   Torts — Collision between motor vehicle and motorcycle — Vicarious liability of vehicle owner — Damages — Limitation — Where permissive user of vehicle who was liable for accident had insurance with limits less than $500,000 combined property damage and bodily injury liability, owner’s liability was limited by statute Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1500a Civil procedure — Discovery — Financial information of non-parties — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law in requiring production of financial information and documents for accounts that are jointly held by party and party’s wife and children to the extent documents from joint accounts might disclose financial transactions Read More »

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. 1259b Torts — Jurisdiction — Foreign corporations — Action against Panama corporation that operated shore excursion during which plaintiff was injured — District court did not err in dismissing complaint for lack of jurisdiction where corporation’s activities in Florida were not “so ‘continuous and systematic’ as to render [it] essentially Read More »