39 Fla. L. Weekly D1197b Torts — Bankrupt defendant — Where defendant in plaintiff’s negligence action filed for bankruptcy, and bankruptcy court granted plaintiff’s motion for relief from bankruptcy stay in negligence action, modifying automatic stay to permit plaintiff to commence, prosecute, complete, and liquidate through final judgment her claims against defendant for the purpose […]
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Insurance — Automobile liability — Nonjoinder of insurers
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1181c Insurance — Automobile liability — Nonjoinder of insurers — Joinder of city’s insurer, prior to entry of judgments, based on an accident involving a city vehicle — Where trial court had previously erred in entering amended final judgments and adding insurer without first determining whether plaintiff met the condition precedent […]
Workers’ Compensation — Determining the date of injury in the repetitive trauma case — last date of exposure to trauma
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1166a Workers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Repetitive trauma — Judge of compensation claims erred in finding that claim for compensation based on repetitive trauma was forever barred because claimant failed to report injury within thirty days after the date of initial manifestation — Plain language of statute requires that injury […]
Sinkhole — Neutral Evaluation — Trial court erred in failing to stay proceedings pending completion of neutral evaluation
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1159a Insurance — Sinkhole claims — Neutral evaluation — Error to deny stay of action pending neutral evaluation of sinkhole claim — Insurer’s participation in litigation did not constitute waiver of right to stay CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Florida government entity, Petitioner, v. MARILYN AGUIAR BELLAS, Respondent. 2nd District. Case […]
Partner David Abbey made his 50th consecutive appearance at the Indy 500
Race day began at a bleary 4:30 a.m. David Abbey piled into his uncle’s 1964 Buick Riviera with his father, two uncles and brother to make the 150-mile trip to the state capital for the 1965 Indianapolis 500. He had received a ticket from his father for his eighth-grade graduation, an event which, in the […]