40 Fla. L. Weekly D1902a Torts — Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Error to award attorney’s fees to plaintiff based on offer of judgment where plaintiff failed to strictly comply with rule 1.442 — Plaintiff failed to strictly comply with rule when she failed to state in offers of judgment whether the offers Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1866a Contracts — Attorneys — Attorney’s fees — Action by attorneys who entered into oral agreement with defendant law firm to assist defendant with trial and appellate support in case undertaken by defendant, seeking to recover amount owed to plaintiffs pursuant to agreement — Trial court properly entered judgment for plaintiffs, Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1880a Civil procedure — Default — Vacation — Defective service of process — Substitute service — Error to deny motion to vacate default and default final judgment entered in forfeiture action where defendant filed affidavits stating that defendant did not, at time of service, live with the person on whom service Read More »

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C1444a Copyrights — Infringement — Creator and licensor of stock photographs tailored to yellow pages industry brought breach of contract and copyright infringement claims against phone book publisher and company that performed outsourcing work using photos received from creator, claiming that publisher’s transfer of creator’s stock photographs to outsourcing company Read More »

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D193a Insurance — Underinsured/uninsured motorist — Insureds’ action against insurer for injuries sustained in automobile accident — Federal jurisdiction — Diversity — Amount in controversy — Although face of complaint, which seeks coverage for breach of insurance contract and alleges only that amount in controversy exceeds $15,000, is insufficient to Read More »