40 Fla. L. Weekly D953a Contracts — Settlement agreement — Enforcement — Hearing — Attorney-client privilege — Waiver — Party which defended against enforcement of a settlement agreement by claiming its in-house counsel lacked authority to bind its officers and directors to an agreement that affected their rights under officers and directors liability insurance program Read More »

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D116a Insurance — Bad faith — Statutory bad faith claim is premature where liability and damages have not yet been determined — Premature bad faith claim should be dismissed without prejudice, rather than abated — Motion for extension of time to file case management report denied as moot HOLLI R. Read More »

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D117a Insurance — Bad faith — Jurisdiction — Removal of state court action to federal court — Remand to state court — Diversity — Motion to remand on ground that remand of single count for bad faith from remaining counts of amended complaint violates procedure for removals of diversity civil Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D951a Torts — Premises liability — Slip and fall down concrete stairway — Failure to maintain premises in reasonably safe condition — Error to enter summary judgment in favor of defendants on claim that defendants failed to maintain premises in reasonably safe condition where evidence raised disputed issue of material fact Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D943a Torts — Automobile accident — Negligence — Jurors — Challenge — Cause — Trial court erred in refusing to exclude potential juror for cause because juror’s acknowledgment of bias and that she lacked faith in the jury system should have disqualified her — Judgment and prevailing party cost reversed and Read More »