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 »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1481a Torts — Workers’ compensation immunity — Constitutionality of statute — Trial court erred in entering summary judgment finding that exclusiveness of liability provision of Florida Workers’ Compensation Law is facially unconstitutional — Declaratory judgment count seeking to have statute declared unconstitutional became moot when original defendant in tort case dismissed Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1422a Torts — Medical malpractice — Discovery — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law in entering order authorizing defendants and their counsel to engage in ex parte communications with plaintiff’s treating physician, who is a non-party to litigation DEBRA DAMSKY AND GERALD DAMSKY, Petitioners, vs. UNIVERSITY OF Read More »