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Florida Supreme Court to Resolve Split on Retroactive Application of Presuit Notice Requirements

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The High Court will resolve the dispute among Florida’s District Courts which have issued conflicting rulings. Since its enactment in 2021, Florida Statute § 627.70152 has sparked debate about whether it applies...more

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Florida Supreme Court: Insurers can Sue Attorneys for Malpractice Under Subrogation Provision

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The Florida Supreme Court has given the proverbial “green light” for insurance companies to sue attorneys for negligent representation of an insured. Historically, to bring an action against an attorney for legal malpractice...more

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Florida Supreme Court gives green light to insurers to take immediate appeals of rulings that find no settlement reached

Attention liability insurers and their counsel – the Florida Supreme Court has given the green light to immediate appeals of non-final orders that determine the existence and enforceability of settlement agreements....more

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Resolving The Multiple Peril Puzzle In First Party Insurance Claims

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First party insurance claims involving multiple perils present unique challenges when assessing whether an insurance policy provides coverage. For example, suppose an insurance policy covers damage resulting from fire, but...more

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Competing Causes of Loss: Florida Supreme Court Issues Decision Applying The Concurrent Causation Doctrine

We have discussed on a number of occasions the issue of causation when there are multiple causes of loss, some covered and some not covered. Most jurisdictions apply what is known as the efficient proximate cause analysis...more

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Florida Supreme Court Decides that Concurrent Causes Equal Coverage

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It’s said that “defeat is an orphan,” but insurable losses often have multiple, concurrent causes. In some cases, one or more of those causes might be outside the scope of coverage, either by omission or exclusion. In Sebo v....more

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Florida Sinkhole Statute And Recovery Of Attorneys’ Fees Without Bad Faith: Florida Supreme Court Reverses The 5th DCA And...

In Johnson v. Omega Ins. Co., 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2148 (Sept. 29, 2016), the Florida Supreme Court determined that the 5th DCA misapplied and misinterpreted two statutes, the first providing a presumption of correctness to the...more

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Appellate Courts + STOLI = Mixed Results

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In recent years, federal district courts addressing claims and defenses with respect to stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI) schemes have reached a variety of results. Accordingly, federal appellate courts have...more

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