40 Fla. L. Weekly D953a Contracts — Settlement agreement — Enforcement — Hearing — Attorney-client privilege — Waiver — Party which defended against enforcement of a settlement agreement by claiming its in-house counsel lacked authority to bind its officers and directors to an agreement that affected their rights under officers and directors liability insurance program […]
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Insurance – Bad Faith – Premature Bad Faith Claim Should be Dismissed Without Prejudice
25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D116a Insurance — Bad faith — Statutory bad faith claim is premature where liability and damages have not yet been determined — Premature bad faith claim should be dismissed without prejudice, rather than abated — Motion for extension of time to file case management report denied as moot HOLLI R. […]
Insurance — Bad Faith — Jurisdiction — Removal of State Court Action to Federal Court — Remand to State Court — Diversity
25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D117a Insurance — Bad faith — Jurisdiction — Removal of state court action to federal court — Remand to state court — Diversity — Motion to remand on ground that remand of single count for bad faith from remaining counts of amended complaint violates procedure for removals of diversity civil […]
Torts — Premises Liability — Slip and Fall Down Concrete Stairway – Failure to Maintain Premises in Reasonably Safe Condition
40 Fla. L. Weekly D951a Torts — Premises liability — Slip and fall down concrete stairway — Failure to maintain premises in reasonably safe condition — Error to enter summary judgment in favor of defendants on claim that defendants failed to maintain premises in reasonably safe condition where evidence raised disputed issue of material fact […]
Torts — Automobile Accident — Negligence – Error in Failing to Exclude Juror – Error in Excluding Expert Testimony – Error to Interject Insurance During Voir Dire
40 Fla. L. Weekly D943a Torts — Automobile accident — Negligence — Jurors — Challenge — Cause — Trial court erred in refusing to exclude potential juror for cause because juror’s acknowledgment of bias and that she lacked faith in the jury system should have disqualified her — Judgment and prevailing party cost reversed and […]