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Product Liability

Miami Jury Returns Defense Verdict in $3.1 Million Ladder Case

This article was originally published by Samantha Joseph in the Daily Business Review on May...

Commercial Litigation

Recovering or Defending Claims for Business Lost Profits in Commercial Disputes

This article appeared in the "Consult the Counsel" special advertising section in the Orlando Business...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Fifth DCA Strikes Blow to Popular Policy Exclusion

The Fifth District Court of Appeal recently issued a decision that will likely force homeowners...

Employment and Labor

Eleventh Circuit Reiterates Employers' Heavy Burden under Equal Pay Act

The Eleventh Circuit’s holding in Bowen v. Manheim Remarketing, Inc., 882 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir....

Casualty Litigation

Combating Permanency Without a Defense Medical Expert

Originally published in Trial Advocate Quarterly, Winter 2018, Volume 37, Number 1. In Florida, a...

Product Liability

Florida Supreme Court Hears Argument on Daubert Standard

On March 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Florida heard argument in a case that...

Casualty Litigation

Attias v. CareFirst: Plaintiff Class Gets Foot in the Courthouse Door in Data Breach Lawsuit

Data breach is today’s hot button issue. And it just got hotter. On the heels...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Chapter 558 Pre-Suit Notice May Trigger an Insurer’s Duty to Defend and Indemnify

The Supreme Court of Florida recently issued an opinion in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Blurring the Line between Money and Equity: Enforcing Proposals for Settlement in Cases Seeking Equitable Relief

Florida courts have been veering away from the bright-line rule that the offer of judgment/proposal...

Professional Liability

Florida Supreme Court Says Right to Privacy Survives Death and Prohibits Ex Parte Interviews in Medmal Actions

In the case of Weaver v. Myers, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently struck...