Candy L. Messersmith

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Orlando Office

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.

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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

Co-Host, "Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims," Legally Qualified Podcast, February 2023

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Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims

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

Court Imposes Unlimited Exposure on PIP Insurer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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