25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C1539a Insurance — Automobile — Bad faith — Third-party claim against insurer — Plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence for reasonable jury to find that insurer acted in bad faith in handling plaintiff’s claim, which was only one of multiple claims against insured arising out of automobile accident — Although […]

25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C1493a Civil rights — Schools — Student-on-student sexual harassment — Deliberate indifference — Qualified immunity — Action against school board, principal, and others asserting Title IX sexual harassment claim and section 1983 equal protection claims filed by student who was raped in bathroom after school officials decided to use her […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2052b Attorney’s fees — Offer of judgment — Trial court erred in denying award of attorney’s fees and costs to prevailing defendant where there was no finding that offer of judgment was not made in good faith — Fact that a co-defendant was liable for payment of defendant’s attorney’s fees pursuant […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2047b Wrongful death — Workers’ compensation immunity — Exceptions to immunity — Action by estate of decedent, who was killed when he was run over by a truck owned and operated by his employer, the contractor on a road project, while he was working at night on the project, against subcontractor […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D2045a Civil procedure — Bifurcation of proceedings — Because all claims and defenses arose from single set of intertwined facts, and resolving limited issues would not tend to resolve the whole case, but would create risk of inconsistent verdicts by two different triers of fact, bifurcation order quashed   ROCKET GROUP, […]