40 Fla. L. Weekly D262c Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claim — Rescission of policy — Misrepresentation of condition of home on applications for coverage — Error to enter summary judgment in favor of insurer based on insureds’ negative answer to question whether they had knowledge of any prior repairs made to any structures on […]

Abbey, Adams obtained summary judgment in favor of an insurance carrier in a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that automobile liability coverage was unavailable for a wrongful death action.  The decedent was fatally injured in an automobile collision while riding as a passenger in his named insured, daughter’s leased automobile.  The decedent was a […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D209a Insurance — Homeowners — Sinkhole claim — Breach of contract action by insureds against insurer for failure to pay claim for sinkhole loss — Trial court erred in entering summary judgment for insurer on ground that no payment was due under “loss payment” provision of policy, and that insureds cannot […]

40 Fla. L. Weekly D160a 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 D166a Torts — Premises liability — Slip and fall — Discovery — Social media — Photographs from social networking sites such as Facebook — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law by entering order compelling discovery of photographs of plaintiff from plaintiff’s social networking account for period commencing […]