39 Fla. L. Weekly D361b Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole loss — Under sinkhole loss settlement provision of policy, it was error for trial court to require insurer to pay replacement costs for subsurface sinkhole repairs before insureds contracted for the necessary repairs STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. FRED PHILLIPS AND CAROL PHILLIPS, […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D339a Employer-employee relations — Retaliatory discharge for filing of workers’ compensation claim — Error to enter summary judgment in favor of former employer where genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether discharge of plaintiff and plaintiff’s filing of workers’ compensation claims were causally related — Reasons given by employer […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D334b Insurance — Bad faith — Discovery — Circuit court did not depart from essential requirements of law by failing to conduct in-camera review to address insurer’s objections to discovery requests based on scope of discovery requested and on attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine — General denial of insurer’s motion […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D277b Torts — Construction contractor — Failure to use reasonable care in keeping site safe for pedestrians — Action against construction contractor and subcontractors seeking damages for injuries minor suffered when he was struck by oncoming vehicle in front of construction site and damages for loss of parental consortium — Discovery […]

39 Fla. L. Weekly D289a Torts — Automobile accident — Jurisdiction — Trial court erred in denying New York state automobile dealers’ motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction regarding complaint that dealers had sold defendant a defective automobile in New York which caused an accident in Florida four years later — Minimum contacts […]