40 Fla. L. Weekly D1432a Attorney’s fees — Sanctions against parties who had allegedly obtained confidential information from guardianship file in violation of court’s confidentiality order — Trial court erred in awarding attorney’s fees and costs under its inherent power without making findings of bad faith conduct RICHARD GOLDMAN, et. al., Appellants, vs. THE ESTATE Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1417a Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Insurance — No error in awarding attorney’s fees to insurer which prevailed in litigation regarding coverage for property damage to plaintiff’s condominium where plaintiff rejected insurer’s proposal for settlement and trial court ultimately entered judgment in favor of insurer — Costs — Error Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1404b Civil procedure — Discovery — Trial court directed to rule on objections prior to requiring filing of privilege log EYEC TRUCKING, LLC., a Florida Corporation, and FRANCIS WARREN ROBERTS, II, an individual, Petitioners, v. MARIA SANTOS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of HECTOR G. GAMEZ-CARDENAS, Respondent. 4th District. Case Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1404a Declaratory judgments — Insurance — Limitation of actions — Error to enter summary judgment in favor of defendant on ground that suit seeking declaratory judgment regarding insurance contract was time-barred under Texas statute of limitations, which was made applicable under choice of law provision in endorsement, where there was factual Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1387a Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claims — Subsurface repairs — Error to grant summary judgment in favor of insurer where there was genuine issue of material fact as to proper method of subsurface repair — Neither Florida law nor insurance contract required insured to enter into contract for subsurface repairs Read More »