Mr. Clarke joined the Firm in May of 2014, and practices in various areas of civil defense litigation.
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Automobile accident — IMEs– Where Plaintiff sued three separate defendants, error to require defendants to share single IME doctor per specialty
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1245b Torts — Automobile accident — Discovery — Independent medical examination — Where plaintiff sued three defendants for injuries sustained in three separate accidents, alleging that injuries from the three accidents are indivisible and superimposed upon one another, it was a departure from essential requirements of law to limit all three Read More »
Explanation of computation of time when a deadline expires on a non-business day and is additionally subject to extension of time for service by mail / email
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1259a Criminal law — Judges — Disqualification — Motion to disqualify was not legally sufficient — Motion was ruled upon within 30-day period prescribed by rule, as extended by five-day mailing period applicable because motion was served by mail — Explanation of proper way to compute additional time under rule 2.514(b) Read More »
Property insurance — Sinkhole claims — Neutral evaluation — Trial court improperly sustained insured’s objection to insurer’s notice of stay of breach of contract litigation pending neutral evaluation of sinkhole claim — Insurer did not waive right to neutral evaluation by participating in litigation
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1257a Insurance — Sinkhole claims — Neutral evaluation — Trial court improperly sustained insured’s objection to insurer’s notice of stay of breach of contract litigation pending neutral evaluation of sinkhole claim — Insurer did not waive right to neutral evaluation by participating in litigation CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Florida government Read More »
Workers’ Compensation — Hindrance-to-recovery doctrine
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1213a Workers’ compensation — Medical benefits — Hindrance-to-recovery doctrine — Judge of compensation claims’ erred in determining that surgical repair of claimant’s left shoulder condition was compensable based on the hindrance-to-recovery doctrine where findings did not establish that the purpose of the left shoulder surgery was to remove a hindrance to Read More »