39 Fla. L. Weekly D1911a Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claim — Attorney’s fees — Insured prevailing in action against insurer — Confession of judgment — Where insured filed claim for damage to home caused by sinkhole activity; insurer commissioned professional engineer whose presumptively correct report found that damage was not caused by sinkhole activity; […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D1862a Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Trial court properly denied defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to proposal for settlement where proposal was filed prematurely less than 90 days after action had been commenced against defendant DESIGN HOME REMODELING CORP., Appellant, vs. RENE SANTANA AND MARITZA TORRES, Appellees. 3rd […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D1819a Insurance — Homeowners — Insolvent insurer — Miami-Dade County Circuit Court erred in vacating order substituting Florida Insurance Guaranty Association for insolvent insurer and staying case to allow insured to proceed with any actions with Circuit Court of Leon County which had entered consent order appointing Florida Department of Financial […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D1806a Torts — Automobile accident — Discovery — Financial relationship between treating doctor and plaintiff’s attorneys in present and past cases — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law in overruling treating physician’s objections to subpoena requesting documents regarding patients previously represented by law firms representing plaintiff, letter […]

21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 877b Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2109DEBE Civil procedure — Service of process — Where defendant was personally served with process, process server was not required to inform defendant of contents of document — Failure to include descriptive narrative of method of execution that is required by administrative order of court, but […]