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Commercial Litigation

Compelling Borrowers To Produce Personal Financial Information To Facilitate Foreclosure Mediation No Longer Permitted

The 2nd DCA granted a writ of certiorari and quashed an interlocutory order requiring borrowers...

Suzanne Barto Hill
Commercial Litigation

4th DCA Confirms Plaintiff Must Establish Standing to Foreclosure at the Time of Filing the Lawsuit Under UCC

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently reversed a summary judgment of foreclosure because plaintiff...

Suzanne Barto Hill
Commercial Litigation

Dismissal Pursuant to Rule 1.420(b) For Failure To Timely Amend Carries Consequence Of Dismissal With Prejudice

In a recent decision, the 4th DCA reversed final judgment of foreclosure under doctrine of...

Suzanne Barto Hill
Product Liability

Jury Instructions Changed for Product Liability Cases

Originally published in the April 21, 2015 issue of The Daily Business Review On March...

Government and Administrative

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Use of Deadly Force to Terminate High Speed Pursuit

In the midst of an era filled with negative national press related to law enforcement’s...

Leonard J. Dietzen, III
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Florida Supreme Court Addresses Insured’s Breach of Cooperation and Imposes Burden on Insurer to Show It Was Prejudiced

 In State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Curran, 2014 WL 1010658, decided March 13,...

David B. Shelton
Commercial Litigation

4th DCA Holds That There is Minimal Privacy Interest in Social Media Accounts

On January 7, 2015, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that plaintiff in a...

Casualty Litigation

Exculpatory Clauses Releasing an Entity from its Own Negligence

Advice to companies looking to update their pre-incident exculpatory clauses based on this latest ruling....

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Court Holds That Change of Policyholder Requires New Offer of UM Coverage

In Chase v. Horace Mann Ins. Co., 2015 WL 686093 (Fla. February 19, 2015), the...

David B. Shelton
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

In Coverage Case, Florida Court Expansively Construes "Costs" to Include "Attorneys Fees"

In GEICO General Ins. Co. v. Hollingsworth, 2015 WL 376406 (Fla. 5th DCA January 30,...

Candy L. Messersmith
David B. Shelton