40 Fla. L. Weekly D764a Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claims — Insolvent insurer — Florida Insurance Guaranty Association — Appraisal was not available under amended statute applicable to this case — Further, insureds waived right to appraisal by actively litigating case for more than two years prior to seeking appraisal — Questions certified: 1) […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D753a Attorney’s fees — Offer of settlement — Offers of settlement by individual defendant and two corporate co-defendants — Trial court erred in finding that nominal offers of settlement by corporate co-defendants were not made in good faith where all three defendants had an objectively reasonable basis to make a nominal […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D723b Wrongful death — Automobile accident — Intersection collision — Design and construction of intersection traffic signals — Designer’s liability — Under Slavin doctrine, liability of contractor is cut off after owner has accepted the work performed, if the alleged defect is a patent defect which the owner could have discovered […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D704a Mortgage foreclosure — Discovery — Attorney-client privilege — It was improper for court to require production of communications between defendant LLCs and another LLC which was a former defendant without conducting an in camera review — If in camera review were to reveal that parties intended to maintain confidentiality while […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D709c Torts — Automobile accident — Limitation of actions — Amended complaint — Relation back — Trial court did not err in denying plaintiff’s motion to amend complaint to substitute wife of defendant for defendant, filed after original defendant filed a motion for summary judgment with supporting affidavits establishing that wife […]