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Candy L. Messersmith

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407.839.4571
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    Candy Messersmith focuses her practice in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith and appellate law. She represents clients in class action litigation and insurance claims involving automobile (personal and commercial), homeowners, excess/umbrella, commercial general liability, marine, and life insurance.  Candy also has an appellate practice with appeals to all Florida Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

    Prior to joining RumbergerKirk, she clerked for Chief Justice Charles Wells of the Florida Supreme Court.

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    • Insurance

    • Orange County Bar Association

    University of Florida College of Law — J.D., high honors, 1999

    Order of the Coif

    Florida International University — B.A., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1996

    • Florida — 1999

    • U.S. District Courts of Florida (Northern, Middle, Southern)
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    • Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009

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    03.25.2019
    Beyond the Bio

    Celebrating Women’s History Month

    Women’s History Month commemorates and encourages the study, observance and...

    01.16.2017
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    Florida 4th DCA Reiterates Insurer’s Negligence Not Enough to Sustain Bad Faith Claim

    Directs Judgment to be Entered in Favor of Insurer In...

    06.19.2015
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    Court Imposes Unlimited Exposure on PIP Insurer

    In Spaid v. Integon Indemnity Corp., Case No. 1D13-2343 (Fla....

    02.05.2015
    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...

    01.27.2015
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    First DCA Denies Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Immunity From Bad Faith Claims

    In Perdido Sun Condominium Association, Inc. v. Citizens Property Ins....

    10.09.2013
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    The Fifth District Court of Appeal Addresses Number of Occurrences in Dog Bite Case

    Maddox v. Florida Farm Bureau General, Case No. 5D12-3577; 2013...

    08.30.2013
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    Second District Upholds Exclusion For Bodily Injury To Non-Resident Relative Insured

     In Motzenbecker v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., the...

    08.01.2013
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    Florida Supreme Court Rules That Discovery Into Extrinsic Evidence is Not Allowed When Construing Policy Language

    In Washington Nat. Ins. Corp. v. Ruderman, the Florida Supreme...

    07.31.2013
    Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

    A Liability Insurer’s Expense of Defense Should Be Considered in Determining Jurisdictional Amount For Declaratory Judgment Action

    In Elisias v. GEICO, (decided July 31, 2013), the Fourth...

    06.27.2013
    Firm News

    The Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Examinations Under Oath As A Precondition To Recovery Of No-Fault Insurance Benefits

    In Nunez v. GEICO General Ins. Co., (decided June 27,...

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