39 Fla. L. Weekly D2487g Torts — Attorney’s fees — Discovery — Work product and attorney-client privilege — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law in compelling discovery of defendant’s litigation file which plaintiff claimed was necessary in order to properly defend defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to offer of judgment […]
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U.S. Middle District of Florida Order — Abatement versus Dismissal of Premature Bad Faith Claim
25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D52a Insurance — Automobile — Bad faith — Claim for damages based on statutory first-party bad faith in settlement of claims to be abated rather than dismissed pending resolution of underlying claim — Claim for declaratory judgment of liability for collision and total amount of plaintiff’s damages must be dismissed […]
Workers’ Compensation — Attorneys’ Fees — Section 57.105 does not provide a basis for award of costs / fees in original work comp proceedings
39 Fla. L. Weekly D2378a Workers’ compensation — Attorney’s fees — Costs — Judge of compensation claims properly denied award of attorney’s fees under section 57.105, as statute does not apply to original proceedings involving workers’ compensation claims brought under chapter 440 — JCC used improper standard when it denied reimbursement for any and all […]
Homeowners’ Insurance — Fifth DCA affirms summary judgment for insurance carrier — policy unambiguously excluded coverage
39 Fla. L. Weekly D2383a Insurance — Homeowners — Liability — Exclusions — Sexual molestation — Trial court properly found that policy did not cover insureds for their negligent supervision of child who was allegedly sexually battered by insureds’ child while in the care of insureds — Policy exclusion is clear and unambiguous HELEN DUENO, […]
Wrongful Death – Enforcement of Pre-Suit Settlement Agreement — no meeting of the minds
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT JOHNNY THOMPSON, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF SCOTT THOMPSON, on behalf of the surviving parents, JOHNNY and MARIE THOMPSON, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF KENDRICK KEVIN MAURICE, CHRISTICE GUILLAUME, JACKSON JOSEPH and PATRICIA GUILLAUME, Appellees. No. 4D13-2618 [ November 12, 2014 ] Appeal […]
