40 Fla. L. Weekly D2205b Insurance — Homeowners — Coverage — Sinkhole loss — Error to grant summary judgment in favor of insurer where material issue of fact remained as to method of subsurface repair LIZARDO ESTRADA and BLANCA ESTRADA f/k/a BLANCA VALLADARES, Appellants, v. TOWER HILL SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. 2nd District. Case No. […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2198b Workers’ compensation — Attorney’s fees — Constitutionality of statutory formula   THE GALLAGHER LAW GROUP, P.A., Appellant, v. VIC RENOVATIONS, Appellee. 1st District. Case No. 1D15-1557. Opinion filed September 25, 2015. An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. E. Douglas Spangler, Jr., Judge. Date of Accident: […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2199c   Insurance — All-risk — Coverage — Chinese drywall — Exclusions — Efficient proximate cause — Homeowners’ action against all-risk insurer which denied their claim for loss and damage to their home after Chinese drywall used in its construction released sulfur gases causing them to vacate the home and causing […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2188aTop of Form Torts — Punitive damages — Appeals — Certiorari — Order granting leave to assert punitive damages claim quashed where neither trial court’s verbal comments nor written order demonstrated whether trial court found that plaintiff demonstrated reasonable basis for seeking punitive damages PETRI POSITIVE PEST CONTROL, INC., a Florida […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2146c Form Workers’ compensation — Temporary total disability benefits — Expiration of benefits period — Question certified: Is a worker who is totally disabled as a result of a workplace accident, but still improving from a medical standpoint at the time temporary total disability benefits expire, deemed to be at maximum […]