40 Fla. L. Weekly D999a Civil procedure — Discovery — Deposition of opposing counsel — Order compelling litigant’s in-house attorney, who is not the attorney of record but is directly involved in the litigation, to be deposed, is quashed because respondents failed to satisfy case law requirements for taking deposition of opposing counsel   ELLER-I.T.O. Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D1014b Insurance — Uninsured motorist — Discovery — Financial information — Non-party medical expert retained by insurer to conduct compulsory medical examination — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law by allowing discovery of financial information that exceeded scope of discovery permitted by procedural rule without finding unusual or compelling Read More »

40 Fla. L. Weekly D991a Torts — Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Proposal which clearly announced that it addressed any and all claims and causes of action resulting from accident giving rise to lawsuit brought by injured plaintiff against driver of vehicle and which included and described all relevant conditions of the proposal Read More »

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 »