On May 24, 2019, in SHP IV Harbour Island, LLC v. Boylan , No. 5D18-423, an assisted living facility negligence case, the Florida Fifth affirmed a trial court’s ruling denying the defendant’s motion ...
Read MoreOn April 4, 2018, in Plantation General Hospital Limited Partnership v. Division of Administrative Hearings , et al, No. 4D16-2652, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed an arbitration award of economic ...
Read MoreOn October 4, 2017, in Managed Care Insurance Consultants v. United Healthcare Insurance Company , No. 4D16-2767, the Florida Fourth DCA issued a substituted and clarified opinion affirming a trial ...
Read MoreOn February 17, 2021, in Butler v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, No. 4D20-678, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of the defendant insurance company...
Read MoreOn October 10, 2018, in State of Florida v. Barnett , No. 4D17-2840, the Florida Fourth DCA decided as a matter of first impression an issue involving the interpretation of section 768.28, Florida ...
Read MoreOn March 29, 2018, in Demase v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company , No. 5D16-2390, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff homeowners’ first-party bad faith case ...
Read MoreOn January 12, 2018, in State Farm v. Knapp , Case No. 5D17-447, the Florida Fifth DCA quashed a trial court order compelling a defendant UIM insurer in a bad faith case to produce discovery subject ...
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Read MoreOn September 5, 2018, in Searcy v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , No. 13-15258, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a verdict for the plaintiff in an Engle progeny tobacco case. In Engle ...
Read MoreOn March 31, 2021, in Fasang-Brown, et al. v. Visit Us, Inc., etc. No. 3D20-388, the Florida Third DCA decided a case presenting an example of the unusual circumstance in which a lawsuit against a defendant domiciled in the plaintiff’s chosen forum...
Read MoreOn March 31, 2021, in Stamper v. Sahai, No. 4D19-3469, the Florida Fourth DCA partially reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit filed by a surgeon against a former patient. After the defendant failed to respond to discovery and other court directives...
Read MoreOn March 31, 2021, in Bronstein v. Allstate Insurance Company, No. 4D21-4, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant PIP insurer. The sole issue initially raised in the case was whether Allstate had properly elected ...
Read MoreOn March 24, 2021, in Hialeah Hospital, Inc. v. Hayes-Boursiquot, etc., No. 3D20-0050, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical negligence case, rejecting a defense argument that the trial court had committed reversible...
Read MoreOn March 24, 2021, in Garback, et al. v. Gayle, No. 1D20-988, the Florida First DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant in a defamation case because the plaintiff failed to submit competent summary judgment evidence...
Read MoreOn March 17, 2021, in Lively v. Grandhige, et al., No. 2D19-1713, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court order denying a plaintiff’s motion for a new trial in a medical negligence case on the basis that the defense verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence...
Read MoreOn March 5, 2021, in Marrero v. Rea, No. 5D20-1612, the Florida Fifth DCA granted the certiorari petition of the defendant driver in a motor vehicle negligence case and quashed trial court orders which prohibited the parties from engaging ...
Read MoreOn March 9, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court issued Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23, “Comprehensive Covid-19 Emergency Measures for Florida Trial Courts,” the latest pronouncement by the Florida Supreme Court ...
Read MoreOn March 9, 2021, Seventh Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Raul A. Zambrano announced that in-person jury trials in Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties may resume effective March 15, 2021...
Read MoreOn March 10, 2021, in Fernalld v. ABB, Inc. et al, No. 4D19-3511, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling that had granted a defendant’s motion for remittitur of the amount of the judgment against him in a defamation case...
Read MoreOn February 10, 2021, in Florida Peninsula Insurance Company v. Nolasco, No. 3D19-1393, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court ruling denying the defendant insurance company a new trial...
Read MoreOn February 17, 2021, in Salazar v. Gomes, No. 3D19-1448, the Florida Third DCA vacated an order from the trial court which had set aside a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case...
Read MoreOn January 8, 2021, in Tanner, et al. v. Hart, No. 2D20-1470, the Florida Second DCA granted the certiorari petition of a defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case...
Read MoreOn December 14, 2020, in Craig-Myers v. Otis Elevator Company, et. al, No. 1D20-1236, in a per curiam decision, the Florida First DCA dismissed a certiorari petition...
Read MoreOn December 31, 2020, in Orange County, Florida v. Whitehead, No. 5D1901894, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a premises liability case...
Read MoreOn December 31, 2020, in IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, No. SC20-1490, the Florida Supreme Court amended Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510...
Read MoreOn December 23, 2020, in Benavides, et al, v. Medina, et al., No. 3D20-10, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for one of the defendants...
Read MoreOn December 11, 2020, in State Farm v. Knapp, et al., No. 5D19-2219, a per curiam decision, the Florida Fifth DCA affirmed a judgment against the defendant insurer in an uninsured motorist case...
Read MoreOn December 9, 2020, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Kaplan, No. 4D18-2880, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a judgment against the defendant in an Engle-progeny tobacco case...
Read MoreOn November 18, 2020, in MV Senior Management, LLC, v. Redus Florida Housing, LLC, No. 1D20-111, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court order that the management company...
Read MoreOn October 28, 2020, in Frogel v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., No. 4D19-2781, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed the order of a new trial in an Engle-progeny tobacco case...
Read MoreOn October 20, 2020, in Torres v. First Transit, Inc., No. 18-15186, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a SDFL district court order denying the defendant...
Read MoreOn October 13, 2020 in Tallahassee Housing Authority v. Prather, No. 1D19-2457, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court ruling that had granted the plaintiff in a premises liability case...
Read MoreOn October 7, 2020, in State of Florida v. Torres, Mo. 4D20-225, the Florida Fourth DCA held in a criminal sexual molestation case that text messages the minor victim allegedly received...
Read MoreOn September 30, 2020, in Neapolitan Enterprises, LLC, v. Fishman, No. 2D19-4541, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court order which had...
Read MoreOn September 9, 2020, in Moultrop v. Geico General Insurance Company, No. 4D19-225, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment in favor...
Read MoreOn September 9, 2020, in Howard v. Greenwich Insurance Company, No. 3D19-1922, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal...
Read MoreOn September 10, 2020, in Barnes v. State of Florida, No. 1D19-889, a criminal case, the Florida First DCA considered a defendant’s claim that the trial...
Read MoreOn August 28, 2020, in Rossman v. Wallick, et al., No. 5D19-1644, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants in a wrongful death case ...
Read MoreOn August 21, 2020, in Cinco, et al. v. Coquina Palms Homeowners Association, Inc., No. 5D18-2897, the Florida Fifth DCA addressed a seldom invoked doctrine under Florida law ...
Read MoreOn August 12, 2020, in Certain Underwriting members of Lloyd’s, Syndicates 623 and 2623 v. Prime Holdings Insurance Services, No. 3D19-2322, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint ...
Read MoreOn August 7, 2020, in Dungarani v. Benoit, No. 5D19-139, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court ruling denying a plaintiff’s request for a trial de novo ...
Read MoreOn July 29, 2020, in Palace Resorts Travel, Inc., et al., v. Flynn, No. 3D20-0025, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial of the defendants' motion to dismiss a premises liability lawsuit ...
Read MoreOn July 15, 2020, in Ruchimora v. Grullon, No. 3D19-753, the Florida Third DCA ruled that a trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the defendant ...
Read MoreOn July 8, 2020, in Krysiak v. Dawson, et al., No. 4D19-1532, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court ruling excluding expert testimony concerning a motor vehicle negligence plaintiff’s PTSD ...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020, in Fair Havens Center, LLC v. Estate of Nicula, No. 3D20-205, the Florida Third DCA granted a defendant’s petition for a writ of certiorari in a nursing home negligence case ...
Read MoreOn June 12 , 2020, in Dungan v. Memorial Health Systems, Inc., No. 5D19-3225, the Florida Fifth DCA dismissed a certiorari petition from a plaintiff ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2020, in Northcutt v. Turner, No. 1D19-2495, the Florida First DCA granted the certiorari petition of a petitioner after ...
Read MoreOn May 8, 2020, in Lexington Insurance Company v. James, No. 1D19-1954, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court order denying an insurance company’s motion to intervene in a motor vehicle negligence case ...
Read MoreOn May 6, 2020, in Hernandez v. Ibrahim, No. 3D19-1621, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s personal injury case based on lack of record activity after concluding that the plaintiff was not furnished with the requisite notice of record inactivity prior to the dismissal ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2020, in Union Carbide Corporation v. Paul Font, etc., No. 3D18-1529, the Florida Third DCA reversed a final judgment and jury verdict against the defendant asbestos ...
Read MoreOn February 12, 2020, in Wendel v. Trustees of Meese Hospital, No. 2D18-3149, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of the defendant ...
Read MoreOn February 5, 2020, in Cohen v. H.E.C. Cleaning, LLC, No. 4D19-1070, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling striking a motion for sanctions filed by one of the parties under ...
Read MoreOn July 12, 2019, in Lopez v. Wilsonart , No. 5D18-2907, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendants in a motor vehicle negligence case after concluding that ...
Read MoreOn July 12, 2019, in Skydive Space Center v. Pohjolainen , No. 5D18-537, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a civil suit alleging the ...
Read MoreOn July 10, 2019, in Gurin Gold, LLC v. Dixon , No. 4D18-2156, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a verdict for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence and remanded for a new trial based on what the ...
Read MoreOn March 5, 2021, in Prosper v. Martin, No. 19-12857, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s summary judgment for the defendant police officer on qualified immunity grounds...
Read MoreOn December 11, 2020, in L.S., et al, v. Peterson, et al, No. 19-14412, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a class action lawsuit...
Read MoreOn October 20, 2020, in Stryker v. City of Homewood et al., No. 19-10495, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order granting...
Read MoreOn October 13, 2020, in Harrigan v. Rodriguez, No. 17-11264, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. district court’s summary judgment...
Read MoreOn September 17, 2020, in Hall v. Flournoy, No. 18-13436, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that an interlocutory appeal...
Read MoreOn September 10, 2020, in Geter v. Akunwanne, et al., No. 18,14824, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the judgment of the district court which...
Read MoreOn September 3, 2020, in Cantu v. City of Dothan, Alabama, et al., No. 18-15071, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. district court...
Read MoreOn August 31, 2020, in Hoffer v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, No. 19-11921, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an injunction that had been entered ...
Read MoreOn August 11, 2020, in Patel v. Lanier County Georgia, et al, No. 19-11253, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed two constitutional questions in a civil rights case ...
Read MoreOn July 24, 2020, in Mosley v. Zachery, No. 17-14631, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the state prison officer defendant ...
Read MoreOn July 13, 2020, in Williams v. Aguirre, No. 19-11941, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s denial of the defendants’ summary judgment motion in a malicious prosecution civil rights case ...
Read MoreOn June 22, 2020, in Grochowski v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 18-14567, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court summary judgment ...
Read MoreIn King v. Pridmore, No. 18-14245, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, affirmed a summary judgment entered by the district court for the defendant law enforcement officers ...
Read MoreOn April 15, 2020, in Barnett v. MacArthur, et al, No. 18-12238, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment for defendant Seminole County in a civil rights case ...
Read MoreOn July 10, 2019, in Corbitt v. Vickers , No. 17-15566, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling denying a defendant police officer qualified immunity in a civil rights ...
Read MoreOn June 14, 2019, in Hinson v. Bias , et al. No. 16-14112, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s order denying the defendant police officers’ motion for summary judgment on ...
Read MoreOn May 9, 2019, in Piazza v. Hunter, et al ., No. 18-10487, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s denial of the defendant correctional officer’s motion to dismiss on ...
Read MoreOn February 2, 2021, in Cherry, et al, v. Dometic Corporation, No. 19-13242, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. district court’s dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed by the putative class representatives...
Read MoreOn February 4, 2021, in Tsao v. Captiva MVP Restaurant Partners, LLC, No. 18-14959, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order dismissing a proposed class action lawsuit brought by a customer ...
Read MoreOn December 1, 2020, in Medical & Chiropractic Clinic, Inc. v. Oppenheim, et al., No. 18-13714, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that legal counsel...
Read MoreOn July 13, 2018, in Griffith v. Quality Distribution et al , No. 2D17-3160, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s approval of a class action settlement. The case originated with a complaint ...
Read MoreOn April 4, 2018, in O’Malley v. Freeman , No. 4D17-1500, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court award of attorney’s fees and costs to a law firm that had represented the plaintiff in a motor ...
Read MoreOn May 24, 2017, in Douberley v. Perlmutter , No. 4D16-2597, the Florida Fourth DCA granted an attorney’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review an order compelling him to answer questions ...
Read MoreOn February 13, 2020, in MSPA Claims 1, LLC v. Kingsway Amigo Insurance Company, No. 18-14980, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling dismissing the lawsuit of a Medicare ...
Read MoreOn November 28, 2018, in Brown & Brown v. Gelsomino et al, No. 4D17-3737, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling applying joint and several liability to defendants found liable in 2014 ...
Read MoreOn November 4, 2020, in Martinez de Castro, et al, v. Stoddard, et al., No. 3D19-2096, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court ruling that the former mayor...
Read MoreOn October 21, 2020, in Skupin v. Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. et al., No. 3D19-1555, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court ruling dismissing a plaintiff’s lawsuit...
Read MoreOn September 2, 2020, in Berisha v. Lawson, et al., No. 19-10315, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the summary judgment entered in favor...
Read MoreOn July 10, 2019, in Mazur v. Baraya , No. 2D18-4268, the Florida Second DCA denied a certiorari petition by the defendants in a libel case to overturn a trial court’s ruling denying the defendants’ ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019 in Hoch v. Loren , No. 4D18-1407, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s defamation case against the law firm representing the board of directors ...
Read MoreOn February 20, 2019, in Cousins v. Post-Newsweek Stations Florida, Inc., et al, No. 3D17-2805, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint against a ...
Read MoreOn January 27, 2021, in Dayes, etc., v. Werner Enterprises, Inc. et al., No. 3D19-1920, the Florida Third DCA reversed a defense judgment in a wrongful death case due to the trial court’s erroneous...
Read MoreOn November 6, 2020, in Routhier, et al. Barnes, et al., No. 5D20-1862, the Florida Fifth DCA denied the certiorari petition of the defendants in a medical negligence case...
Read MoreOn October 21, 2020, in Crawford v. ITW Food Equipment Group, LLC, No. 19-10964, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $ 4 million jury verdict...
Read MoreOn August 21, 2020, in Owens v. Perron, et al, No. 5D20-508, the Florida Fifth DCA denied the petition for certiorari of a defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case ...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020, in State Farm v. Medina, No. 4D190954, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order which had granted the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case a new trial ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, in Orthopedic Center of South Florida v. Sode , No. 4D18-3478, the Florida Fourth DCA quashed a trial court order compelling the production of documents by a non-party orthopedic ...
Read MoreOn May 23, 2019, in In Re: Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code , No. SC19-107, the Florida Supreme Court adopted the amendments to sections 90.702 and 90.704 of the Florida Evidence passed by the ...
Read MoreOn March 29, 2016, in Hashmi-Alikhan, M.D. et al v. Staples, et al ., No. 5D16-3735, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling which had granted a new trial to a medical negligence ...
Read MoreOn April 11, 2018, in United States v. Cochise Consultancy , No. 5:13-cv-02168, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal ruled on an issue of firstimpression – whether a qui tam plaintiff is entitled to ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2021, in Johnson v. White, et al., No. 19-14436, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal inmate did not have a cognizable claim against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ...
Read MoreOn August 25, 2020, in Thomas v. Albany Area Primary Healthcare, Inc., et al., No. 19-11187, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that it did not have jurisdiction to review ...
Read MoreOn August 24, 2020, in Foster Logging, Inc. et al, v. USA., No. 18-15033, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s negligence case ...
Read MoreOn March 24, 2021, in Endurance Assurance Corp. v. Hodges, et al, No. 4D20-751, a wrongful death case involving a mid-air collision between two flight school airplanes, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that the accident constituted one occurrence ...
Read MoreOn March 31, 2021, in Aiello v. ASI Preferred Corp. et al, No. 4D20-1078, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment entered for the defendant homeowner insurance provider against its insured in a declaratory judgment action...
Read MoreOn February 10, 2021, in Spielberg v. Progressive Select Insurance Company, No. 4D19-3081, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant insurance company in a declaratory judgment case...
Read MoreOn January 21, 2021, in Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Manor House, LLC, et al., No. SC19-1394, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that extra-contractual consequential damages...
Read MoreOn December 31, 2020, in Principal Life Insurance Company v. Halstead, et al., No. 5D18-3342, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff...
Read MoreOn December 9, 2020, in Restoration Construction, LLC, v. Safepoint Insurance Company, No. 4D19-3790, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendant...
Read MoreOn October 21, 2020, in Bay v. United Services Automobile Association, No. 4D19-3332, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order dismissing a plaintiff’s bad faith complaint...
Read MoreOn October 7, 2020, in Safepoint Insurance Company v. Gonzalez, et al., No. 3D20-1050, the Florida Third DCA quashed a trial court ruling that had required the defendant insurer...
Read MoreOn September 23, 2020, in Julien v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D19-2763, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s...
Read MoreOn July 12, 2019, in First Protective Insurance Co. v. Colucciello , No. 5D19-31, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s order denying an insurance company’s motion to compel an appraisal ...
Read MoreOn May 28, 2019, in Musselwhite v. Florida Farm General Insurance Company , et al., No. 1D18-780, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court ruling that a commercial liability policy purchased by ...
Read MoreOn March 27, 2019, in A.W v. Humana Medicaid Plan , No. 4D18-866, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a final order of the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) that dismissed the plaintiff’s ...
Read MoreOn June 27, 2018, in Kim v. Chang , No. 2D16-4063, the Florida Second DCA reversed a judgment for the appellee (the counterclaiming defendant in the trial court) on a count alleging intentional ...
Read MoreOn December 28, 2018, in LaFreniere v. Craig-Myers, No. 1D18-1918, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to dismiss in a wrongful death case for lack of ...
Read MoreOn January 3, 2018, in Queiroz v. Bentley Bay Retail , No. 3D17-1604, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s order denying Brazilian defendants’ motion to quash the service of process made ...
Read MoreOn January 3, 2018, in Jara v. Nunez , No. 16-15179, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s claims which asserted U.S. district court jurisdiction ...
Read MoreOn October 10, 2018, in State of Florida v. Barnett , No. 4D17-2840, the Florida Fourth DCA decided as a matter of first impression an issue involving the interpretation of section 768.28, Florida ...
Read MoreOn January 2, 2019, in KIS Group et al v. Moquin , No. 4D18-1435, the Florida Fourth DCA quashed a trial court’s order granting a plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint to assert a claim for ...
Read MoreOn January 4, 2019, in Wheaton v. Wheaton , No. SC17-716, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a split between the Florida Third DCA and several other Florida DCAs, concluding that proposals for ...
Read MoreOn March 26, 2021, in Cabrera v. State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration, No. 1D18-755, the Florida First DCAaffirmed an Administrative Law Judge ‘s dismissal of a plaintiff’s petition challenging a Medicaid lien...
Read MoreOn December 11, 2020, in Dial v. Calusa Palms Master Association, Inc., No. 2D18-4339, the Florida Second DCA ruled that the trial court in a personal injury action...
Read MoreOn November 18, 2020, in Soto v. Agency for Health Care Administration, No. 1D17-5387, the Florida First DCA reversed a determination by an administrative law judge...
Read MoreOn September 25, 2020, in Lee Memorial Health System v. Hilderbrand, et al., No. 2D19-4722, a class action case in which the plaintiffs alleged...
Read MoreOn September 4, 2020, in MSP Recovery Claims, Series, LLC, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company, et al, Nos. 18-12139, 18-12149, 18-13049, 18-13312. The Eleventh Circuit...
Read MoreOn June 26, 2020, in Gallardo v. Mayhew., No. 17-13693, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal Medicaid law does not preempt Florida’s Medicaid ...
Read MoreOn June 10, 2020, in Matrisciani v. Garrison Property and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D19-406, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed in ...
Read MoreOn April 17, 2020, in Agency for Health Care Administration v. Rodriguez, No. 1D19-1454, the Florida First DCA affirmed a ALJ’s determination that the $126,021 lien imposed by Medicaid for past medical expenses ...
Read MoreOn March 18, 2019, in MSPA Claims 1, LLC, v. Tenet Florida, Inc. , No. 18-11816, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling barring a claim to enforce a Medicare Advantage ...
Read MoreOn February 2, 2018, in Oswald Woudhuizen and Power Design v. Smith , Case No. 5D17-575, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled that trial court erred by failing to apply a collateral source setoff for Social ...
Read MoreOn January 25, 2018, in Humana Medical Plan v. Western Heritage Insurance , No. 15-11436, a majority of the active service judges on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals voted against rehearing en ...
Read MoreOn March 29, 2021, in Buland v. NCL (Bahamas) Ltd., No. 19-13012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals made several notable rulings and in an admiralty case involving a cruise ship passenger who allegedly was injured due to medical negligence ...
Read MoreOn March 17, 2021, in Dial 4 Care, Inc., v. Brinson, et al., No. 3d20-1644, the Florida Third DCA granted a medical negligence defendant’s certiorari petition and quashed a trial court order dismissing the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint...
Read MoreOn February 5, 2021, in Luebbert v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., et al, No. 5D19-2824, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendant hospital in a medical negligence case...
Read MoreOn January 22, 2021, in Smith v. Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc. et al, No. 19-12225, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that the Emergency Medical Treatment...
Read MoreOn July 22, 2020, in Castro v. Linfante, No. 3D19-2136, a medical negligence case, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal on statute of limitations grounds ...
Read MoreOn July 17, 2020, in Haynes v. Blackshear, No. 2D18-4649, the Florida Second DCA reversed a final judgment in favor of the defendant doctor in a medical negligence case ...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020, in Boyle v. Samotin, et al., No. 2D18-2932, the Florida Second DCA affirmed the dismissal by the trial court of a medical negligence case based on statute of limitations grounds ...
Read MoreOn May 29, 2020, in Rockledge HMA, LLC, et al. v. Lawley, No. 5D19-1223, the Florida Fifth DCA granted a defendant’s petition for certiorari in a medical negligence case and quashed a trial court’s ruling denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to comply with Florida’s medical negligence presuit requirement ...
Read MoreOn May 20, 2020, in Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc. v. Cortes, No. 4D20-650, the Florida Fourth DCA granted the certiorari petitions of the defendants in a medical lawsuit and quashed a trial court’s ruling denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to comply with Florida’s medical negligence pre-suit requirements ...
Read MoreOn May 22, 2020, in Board of Trustees of University of South Florida v. Carter, No. 2D18-1219, the Florida Second DCA reversed a jury verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case after concluding that the trial court had prevented the defendant from presenting its defense ...
Read MoreOn April 1, 2020, in McDuffie v. Uribe, No. 3D18-2558, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a defense verdict in a medical negligence case filed by former Miami Dolphins player O.J. McDuffie ...
Read MoreOn July 15, 2019, in Specialty Hospital-Gainesville, Inc. v. Barth, No. 1D18-511, the Florida First DCA reversed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in case which was brought under both Florida’s ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, in Sherrer v. Hollingsworth , No. 4D18-830, a medical negligence case, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a multi-million dollar plaintiff’s verdict and ordered a new trial after ...
Read MoreOn March 27, 2019, in Seider v. Leibner , No. 4D18-3363, the Florida Fourth DCA granted the defendant dentists’ petition to quash a trial court order denying their motion to dismiss the lawsuit ...
Read MoreOn March 10, 2021, in Belt v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D20-339, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a final judgment for the defendant in anuninsured motor vehicle negligence case, rejecting a claim by the plaintiff ...
Read MoreOn March 26, 2021, in Security National Insurance Co. v. Gonzalez, No. 2D18-3427, the Florida Second DCA considered a motor vehicle negligence case involving the application of § 727.4136, Florida States, Florida’s nonjoinder statute...
Read MoreOn February 12, 2021, in McKinney, et al.v. Graham, No. 5D18-3265, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a $2.6 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence drunk driving case and remanded for a new trial...
Read MoreOn December 16, 2020, in Balogh v. ABC Liquors, et al., No. 1D19-2121, the Florida First DCA affirmed a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case...
Read MoreOn September 21, 2020, in Vitro America, Inc. v. Ngo, No. 1D19-3737, the Florida First DCA reversed an 8.2 million judgment for the plaintiff ...
Read MoreOn April 1, 2020, in Lambert v. Emerson, No. 2D18-1872, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s denial of a defendant’s motion for a directed verdict ...
Read MoreOn July 15, 2019, in Chappell v. Clark , No. 1S17-1806, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court ruling in a motor vehicle negligence case which granted the plaintiff’s motion for a directed ...
Read MoreOn June 6, 2018, in Sanchez v. Martin , No. 4D17-1731, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case, concluding that the trial court erred in ...
Read MoreOn February 28, 2018, in Tovar v. Russell , No. 4D17-1055, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court order enforcing a settlement agreement between the parties in a motor vehicle negligence case ...
Read MoreOn August 28, 2019, in Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association v. Jimenez, No. 3D18-1814, the Florida Third DCA affirmed an ALJ’s order granting the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of their claim in an administrative proceeding filed pursuant to the terms of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan, sections 766.301-.316, Florida Statutes (2018) ...
Read MoreOn October 21, 2020, in Cooper v. Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills LLC, et al., No. 4D20-163, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court order compelling arbitration...
Read MoreOn October 14, 2020, in East Bay NC, LLC, et al, v. Reddish, No. 2D19-4351, the Florida Second DCA quashed a trial court order granting the plaintiff in a nursing home negligence case...
Read MoreOn July 8, 2020, in Life Care Centers of America, Inc. v. Croft, No. 2D19-3040, the Florida Second DCA quashed an order from a Polk County trial court which had granted the plaintiff in a nursing home negligence case ...
Read MoreOn February 24, 2021, in Rivera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, No. 3D21-27, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a county court’s final judgment for the defendant insurance company in a PIP case...
Read MoreOn September 23, 2020, in Plantation Open MEI, LLC., et al. v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Company, et al., the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2020, in Geico General Insurance Co. v. Beacon Healthcare Ctr. Inc. et al., No. 3D18-2030, the Florida Third DCA considered three consolidated appeals in which the Miami-...
Read MoreOn May 24, 2019, in Lee County School Board v. State Farm , No. 2D17-4595, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court order finding the Lee County School Board and its insurer liable to State Farm ...
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Read MoreOn December 28, 2018, in Progressive Select Insurance Company v. Florida Hospital Medical Center , No. SC18-278, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a conflict between the Fourth and Fifth DCAs, ...
Read MoreOn March 11, 2020, in Williams v. Boyd-Panciere Family Funeral Care, Inc., No. 4D19-473, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant ...
Read MoreOn January 15, 2021, in Pratus v. Marzucco’s Construction & Coatings, Inc., No. 2D19-2807, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment for the defendant in a premises liability case...
Read MoreOn January 11, 2021, in Collias v. Gateway Academy of Walton County, Inc., No. 1D19-262, the Florida First DCA reversed a summary judgment order that had been entered for the defendant...
Read MoreOn January 14, 2021, in Jubran v. South Lake Distribution Center, LLC, No. 1D20-238, the Florida First DCA issued a per curiam reversal of a summary judgment order that had been entered...
Read MoreOn January 6, 2021, in Elalouf v. School Board of Broward County, No. 4D19-3272, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that a high school athlete was barred from suing the school board of Broward County...
Read MoreOn January 6, 2021, in Glickman v. Kindred Hospitals East, LLC, et al., No. 3D19-1597, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a summary judgment entered by the trial court for the defendant security company...
Read MoreOn December 30, 2020, in Signal Hills Golf Course, Inc. v. Womack, No. 1D19-1348, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s ruling which had denied the defendant's request...
Read MoreOn December 16, 2020, in Cabrera v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, No. 3d19-2301, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court judgment in a premises liability slip and fall case...
Read MoreOn November 25, 2020, in Salinas v. Weden, et al., No. 4D19-3634, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant homeowners in a premises liability lawsuit...
Read MoreOn November 20, 2020, in Rodgers v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., No, 1D20-579, the Florida First DCA in a PCA decision affirmed a trial court ruling in a premises liability case...
Read MoreOn November 4, 2020, in Pride of St. Lucie Lodge 1189, Inc. v. Reed, No. 4D19-3009, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff...
Read MoreOn September 4, 2020, in Greene v. Twistee Treat USA LLC et al., No. 2D14-4064, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment...
Read MoreOn August 12, 2020, in Off the Wall & Gameroom LLC v. Gabbai, No. 4D19-2657, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling denying a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration ...
Read MoreOn August 14, 2020, in Higgs v. Costa Crociere S.P.A. Company, No. 19-10371, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a trial verdict and judgment ...
Read MoreOn July 22, 2020, in Merlien v. JM Family Enterprises, Inc., et al, No. 4D19-2911, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendant ...
Read MoreOn July 22, 2020, in Emmitt v. First Transit, Inc., No. 4D19-721, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order which had granted a new trial to a defendant in a premises liability case ...
Read MoreOn July 14, 2020, in Tesoriero v. Carnival Corporation, No. 18-11638, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant cruise line ...
Read MoreOn July 8, 2020, in Vogel v. Cornerstone Doctors Condominium Association, Inc., No. 2D19-1084, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendant in a premises liability case ...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020 in Echevarria v. Lennar Homes, LLC, 3D19-1422, a premises liability case involving the plaintiff’s fall at a model home site in Homestead, Florida ...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020, in Morales v. Ross Dress for Less. Inc., No. 3D19-0795, a premises liability case involving the plaintiff’s slip and fall at the defendant’s store in Hialeah, Florida, the Florida ...
Read MoreOn June 30, 2020, in Deroy v. Carnival Corporation, No. 18-12619, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling that had dismissed a plaintiff cruise ship passenger’s negligence lawsuit ...
Read MoreOn June 16, 2020, in Amy v. Carnival Corporation, No. 18-14917, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment entered ...
Read MoreOn May 27, 2020, in Fredrick v. Dolgencorp, LLC, No. 2D18-4621, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of a premises liability defendant after concluding that genuine issues of material fact remained as to whether the defendant, Dollar General Store, breached its duty to warn the plaintiff of the danger posed by a spilled liquid at the store ...
Read MoreOn May 20, 2020, in Griffin v. Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, No. 4D19-1396, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling granting summary judgment to defendant Palm Beach County in a premises liability case ...
Read MoreOn May 15, 2020, in Carlson v. Volusia County Schools, et al., No. 5D19-91, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court for the defendant City of DeLand in a premises liability case brought by the family of a student who suffered injuries while cheerleading at a sporting event held on City property ...
Read MoreOn April 29, 2020, in Najeera v. Tropical Supermarket Corp., No 3D18-2255, the Florida Third DCA reversed a summary judgment ...
Read MoreOn April 29, 2020, in Norman v. DCI Biologicals Dunedin, LLC, No. 2D183065, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment entered ...
Read MoreOn April 15, 2020, in Carroll v. Carnival Corporation, No. 17-13602, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment for the defendant cruise line in a premises liability slip and fall case ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2020, in Geico General Insurance Co. v. Beacon Healthcare Ctr. Inc. et al., No. 3D18-2030, the Florida Third DCA considered three consolidated appeals in which the Miami-Dade County Court had ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2020, in Walters v. Beach Club Villas Condominium, Inc., No. 3D17-0753, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling that a defendant in a premises liability case was ...
Read MoreOn February 19, 2020, in Oliver v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., No. 4D19-291, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of the grocery store ...
Read MoreOn February 19, 2020, in The Waves of Hialeah, Inc. v. Machado, et al., No. 3D18-300, the Florida Third DCA affirmed the trial court’s directed verdict excluding the defendant’s requested ...
Read MoreOn July 10, 2019, in Bejarano v. City of Coral Gables , No, 3D17-2636, the Florida Third DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court for the defense in a premises liability case ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, in Leon v. Pena, et al , No. 4D18-2071, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s slip and fall negligence lawsuit against her landlords for ...
Read MoreOn May 31, 2019, in Maldonado v. Orange County Public Library System , No. 5D18-2800, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint against the defendant county ...
Read MoreOn March 3, 2021, in Geico Casualty Company, et al, v. MSP Recovery Claims, et al., No. 3D20-1506, the Florida Third DCA granted a petition by Geico Casualty Company to quash a non-party subpoena ...
Read MoreOn March 26, 2021, in S.H.Y v. P.G., No. 2D19-4646, the Florida Second DCAreversed a trial court ruling following a child custody hearing, finding that the trial court erred in allowing a psychotherapist to belatedly raise ...
Read MoreOn March 24, 2021, in Onward Living Recovery Community, LLC et al, v. Mormeneo, etc., the Florida Third DCA granted a certiorari petition by the defendant in wrongful death case and quashed a trial court order finding no work product protection...
Read MoreOn March 24, 2021, in Ern v. Springer, et al. No. 4D20-2107, the Florida Fourth DCA granted the certiorari petition of the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case and quashed a trial court order requiring production...
Read MoreOn February 5, 2021, in Gulfcoast Spine institute, LLC, et al, v. Walker, et al, No. 2D19-4220, the Florida Second DCA granted a certiorari petition from a non-party medical provider in a motor vehicle negligence case ...
Read MoreOn February 3, 2021, in Shimon v. R.B., No. 20-18188, the Florida Third DCA granted a defendant’s writ for certiorari and quashed an order in a civil sexual battery case requiring him to provide documents in discovery...
Read MoreOn February 10, 2021, in The Hertz Corporation et al, v. Sider, No. 2D20. The Florida Second DCA denied a certiorari petition by the plaintiff rental car company in a lawsuit against a former employee...
Read MoreOn January 20, 2021, in Moise v. Ola Condominium Association, Inc. et al., No. 3D20-143, the Florida Third DCA addressed the issue whether Florida’s common law litigation privilege...
Read MoreOn January 13, 2021, in Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Mitchell, No. 3D20-1515, the Florida Third DCA granted certiorari relief in a first-party property insurance lawsuit...
Read MoreOn December 23, 2020, in Gursky Ragan, P.A. v. Association of Poinciana Villages, Inc., No. 3D19-0696, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court summary judgment...
Read MoreOn December 2, 2020, in Rodriguez v. State of Florida, No. 4D20-2010, the Florida Fourth DCA granted the certiorari petition of a defendant in a pending vehicular homicide case...
Read MoreOn December 2, 2020, in Wahnon v. Coral and Stones Unlimited Corp., No. 3D19-2387, the Florida Third DCA addressed the issues that arise when a trial court attempts...
Read MoreOn November 25, 2020, in State Farm Florida Insurance Company v. Hill, No. 3D20-1191, the Florida Third DCA quashed a trial court order which had denied State Farm’s motion...
Read MoreOn November 25, 2020, in IATAI Enterprises, Inc. v. Loyacono, No. 3D19-1831, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order which had compelled a subpoenaed company...
Read MoreOn August 7, 2020, in Quest Diagnostics Incorporated v. Hall, No. 5D20-255, the Florida Fifth DCA denied a defendant’s certiorari petition ...
Read MoreOn February 7, 2020, in Progressive American Insurance Company v. Herzoff, No. 2D19-2342, the Florida Second DCA quashed a discovery order entered by the trial court which had required ...
Read MoreOn April 24, 2019, in Estape v. Seidman , No. 4D17-3336, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a summary judgment entered for a defendant psychotherapist in a case in which the plaintiff alleged that the ...
Read MoreOn December 22, 2020, in Hubbard v. Bayer Heathcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al., No. 19-13087, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s summary judgment...
Read MoreOn October 7, 2020, in Cavanaugh v. Stryker Corporation, No. 4D19-523, the Florida Fourth DCA considered an appeal by the plaintiff of a defense verdict in a product liability case...
Read MoreOn July 8, 2020, in Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., v. Hildreth, No. 2D19-3607, a product liability case involving an allegedly defective battery manufactured by the defendant, ...
Read MoreOn June 8, 2020, in DZE Corporation v. Vickers, No. 1D18-5081, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court ruling denying the defendant, a manufacturer of synthetic marijuana, ...
Read MoreOn February 27, 2020, in IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES—REPORT NO. 19-03, the Florida Supreme Court amended several Standard Jury Instructions ...
Read MoreOn March 7, 2018, in Burkhart v, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , No. 14-14708, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury trial award for the plaintiff in an Engle progeny tobacco case. The ...
Read MoreOn June 28, 2017, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Larkin , No. 3D16-910, the Florida Third DCA reversed a decision by the trial court granting a new trial to the defendant tobacco company on a ...
Read MoreOn April 26, 2017, in Taurus International Manufacturing v. Friend , No. 3D16-1960, the Florida Third DCA affirmed the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss a product liability ...
Read MoreOn August 14, 2020, in Hurley v. Lifsey, No. 2D19-1438, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s legal malpractice case ...
Read MoreOn August 7, 2020, in Samiian v. First Professional Insurance Company, Inc., No. 1D19-120, the Florida First DCA affirmed a final judgment in favor of the defendants ...
Read MoreOn February 22, 2019, in Rodriguez v. Otero , No. 5D17-3043, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ professional negligence complaint against their mortgage ...
Read MoreOn September 26, 2018, in Driessen v. University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Law Clinic , No. 3D18-999, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a legal malpractice ...
Read MoreOn July 5, 2018, in JBJ Investment of South Florida v. Southern Title Group, et al ., No. 4D16-1925, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that a trial erred in entering a summary judgment for a law firm ...
Read MoreOn March 10, 2021, in Ketterling v. Morris, No. 1D20-37, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court ruling and held that the defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case had not made an enforceable proposal for settlement ...
Read MoreOn March 17, 2021, in Arizone, et al. v. Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., No. 2D18-1116, the Florida Second DCA ruled that a defendant’s proposal for settlement against a plaintiff...
Read MoreOn December 23, 2020, in Herrell, et al. v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, No. 2D19-1911, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court's denial of the defendants' motion...
Read MoreOn October 28, 2020, in Suarez Trucking FL Corp.. et al. v. Souders, No. 2D19-572, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court order which denied the defendant’s motion...
Read MoreOn September 9, 2020, in De La Riva v. Chavez, No. 4D19-1371, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order granting the prevailing plaintiff...
Read MoreOn August 19, 2020, in Dale v. Schaub et al., No. 4D19-900, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling that denied a plaintiff’s motion to withdraw a proposal ...
Read MoreOn June 19, 2019, in Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. Lewis Tein , P.L ., et al. , No, 3D18-1132, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling that the prevailing defendant was not ...
Read MoreOn June 14, 2019, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Lewis , No. 5D17-773, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s award of attorney’s fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an Engle ...
Read MoreOn April 17, 2019, in Marco Marine Construction, Inc. v. Kopras , No. 2D17-1734, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling granting the prevailing plaintiff attorney’s fees under Section ...
Read MoreOn May 24, 2019, in Lee County School Board v. State Farm , No. 2D17-4595, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court order finding the Lee County School Board and its insurer liable to State Farm ...
Read MoreOn January 6, 2021, in Deaterly v. Jacobson, No. 2D20-636, the Florida Second DCA denied the certiorari petition of a defendant in a civil lawsuit who objected to a trial court order...
Read MoreOn October 23, 2020, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Coates, No. 5D19-2549, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a $16 million punitive damages award for the plaintiff...
Read MoreOn October 21, 2020, in Rodriguez v. Scurtis, No. 3D20-890, the Florida Third DCA granted a defendant’s certiorari petition for relief from a trial court order...
Read MoreOn August 19, 2020, in Watt v. Lo, No. 1D19-2994, the Florida First DCA denied the certiorari petition of a defendant in a motor vehicle personal injury action ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, in Carpenters Homes Estate, Inc, v. Sanders, No. 2D18-2608, the Florida Second DCA granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the defendant nursing home in a nursing home ...
Read MoreOn May 16, 2019, in Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare v. Dukes , No. 1D18-2426, the Florida First DCA affirmed the trial court’s denial of a plaintiff’s motion to add punitive damages claim against the ...
Read MoreOn April 24, 2019, in The Event Depot Corp. v. Frank , No. 4D18-2306, the Florida Fourth DCA denied a corporate defendant’s certiorari petition objecting to a trial court order allowing a punitive ...
Read MoreOn January 26, 2018, in Marsteller v. Tilton, et al, No. 16-11997, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal vacated the district court’s dismissal of a qui tam relator’s complaint against a defense ...
Read MoreOn May 26, 2017, in United States v. Lincare Holdings , LLC , No. 16-10532, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment for a qui tam defendant in a case ...
Read MoreOn May 3, 2017, in Christiansen v. Everglades College, Inc. , No. 16-11839, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision to award substantially lower damages, attorney’s ...
Read MoreOn November 21, 2018, in Starboard Cruise Services, Inc. v. DePrince, No. 3D16-2009, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial of the prevailing defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees. The ...
Read MoreOn October 3, 2018, in Atlantic Civil, Inc. v. Swift, No. 3D15-1594, the Florida Third DCA withdraw it prior opinion, which had held that a proposal for settlement was valid and enforceable, and ...
Read MoreOn October 4, 2018, in Allen v. Nunez , No. SC14-1164, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a conflict among Florida DCAs, concluding that the Fifth DCA erred in its determination that a plaintiff’s ...
Read MoreOn December 4, 2020, in R&R International Consulting, LLC, v. Banco Do Brasil, S.A., No. 19-12466, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a U.S. district court erred...
Read MoreOn November 10, 2020, in National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. State of Florida, et al., No. 18-12786, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a SDFL district court’s denial...
Read MoreOn October 28, 2020, in Lazzari, et al., v. Guzman, et al. No. 3D19-597, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court ruling in a medical negligence case that the University of Miami...
Read MoreOn October 9, 2020, in State of Florida v. Hightower, No. 1D19-227, the Florida First DCA ruled that sovereign immunity barred a private individual’s claims against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles...
Read MoreOn September 24, 2020, in Barnett v. State of Florida, Department of Financial Services, et al., No SC19-87, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that multiple...
Read MoreOn July 1, 2020, in Medina v. Pollack, No. 4D19-777, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint based on sovereign immunity ...
Read MoreOn April 21, 2020, in Operations Management International, Inc. v. Johnson, No. 1D19-3393, the First DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial ...
Read MoreOn June 12, 2019, in Ross v. City of Jacksonville , No. 1D18-2994, the Florida First DCA considered as a matter of first impression the application of the current version of Section 768.28(9)(d), ...
Read MoreOn April 25, 2018, in Sanchez v. Miami-Dade County , No. 3D16-959, the Florida Third DCA ruled that the defendant county had sovereign immunity under Fla. Stat. section 768.28(9) which barred the ...
Read MoreOn February 23, 2018, in Florida Highway Patrol v. Jackson, No, 1D16-3940, dismissed the interlocutory appeal of a trial court order denying the defendant FHP’s summary judgment motion based on ...
Read MoreOn October 1, 2020, in RR, et al., New Life Community Church of CMA, Inc., et al, No. SC18-962, a case in which the plaintiffs alleged that they were sexually abused as children...
Read MoreOn May 21, 2019, in Halveland v. Florida Department of Corrections , No. 1D18-1822, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had denied a plaintiff’s motion to amend her complaint ...
Read MoreOn April 10, 2019, in Broz v. R.E. Reece , No. 3D18-273, the Florida Third DCA affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of a homeowner’s negligence complaint against the surveyor who prepared the property ...
Read MoreOn May 18, 2018, in R.R. and S.B. v. New Life Community Church of CMA, Inc., No. 5D16-4149, the Florida Fifth DCA issued a per curiam ruling affirming a trial’s court’s summary judgment in favor of ...
Read MoreOn March 3, 2021, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Jones, No. 2D19-3537, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff in an Engle-progeny wrongful death action against the defendant tobacco company...
Read MoreOn February 10. 2021, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Hamilton, No. 4D19-2699, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a $10.6 million judgment for the plaintiff ...
Read MoreOn January 19, 2021, in Cote v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., No. 19-14074, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a $20.7 million punitive damages award in an Engle-progeny tobacco case...
Read MoreOn December 16, 2020, in Hardin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. 3D18-0958, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s directed verdict in favor of the defendant...
Read MoreOn November 20, 2020, in Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., No. 19-11907, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a judgment for the plaintiff...
Read MoreOn September 15, 2020, in Sowers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. 18-1191, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an Engle progeny...
Read MoreOn August 5, 2020, in Hardin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. 3D18-0958, an Engle- progeny tobacco case, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s directed verdict in favor of the defendant tobacco company ...
Read MoreOn July 15, 2020, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Rouse, No. 3D19-0629, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court ruling denying the defendant tobacco company’s ...
Read MoreOn May 6, 2020, in Philip Morris USA Inc., et al, v. Santoro, No. 4D18-1730, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court ruling denying the defendant tobacco companies’ motion for a directed verdict in a wrongful death tobacco case ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2020, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Burgess, No. 4D18-3014, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a $3 million judgment for the plaintiff, the surviving spouse of the ...
Read MoreOn March 20, 2019, in Phillip Morris USA v. Gloger , No. 3D18-341, the Florida Third DCA reversed a final judgment for an Engle -progeny tobacco plaintiff and remanded the caser for a new trial due to ...
Read MoreOn January 25, 2018, in Smith v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co ., No, 13-14316, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision not to reduce a compensatory damage award in an ...
Read MoreOn January 10, 2018, in Phillip Morris USA v. Blackwood , No. 4D16-897, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling in an Engle progeny tobacco case denying the plaintiff’s motion to amend ...
Read MoreOn August 3, 2020, in Mamani v. Bustamante, No. 18-12728, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a judgment by a district court in a wrongful death case ...
Read MoreOn December 19, 2019, in Lieupo v. Simon’s Trucking, Inc., No. SC18-657, the Florida Supreme Court answered a certified question of great public importance from the Florida First DCA ...
Read MoreOn November 12, 2020, in Coccaro v. Geico General Insurance Company, No. 4D19-3665, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed the trial courts’ denial of class certification...
Read MoreOn November 13, 2020, in Milling v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company, No. 2D18-4724, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court ruling...
Read MoreOn August 21, 2020, in Solomon v. State Farm, No. 5D18-3920, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled that a “good faith payment” made as an advance payment to the plaintiff ...
Read MoreOn July 24, 2020, in Progressive Express Insurance Company v. Ferris, et al., No. 5D19-1967, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court ruling in a case involving a dispute between insurance companies ...
Read MoreOn June 24, 2020, in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Wolfson, No. 4D18-3652, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s final judgment ...
Read MoreOn June 19, 2020, in Owners Insurance Company v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 2D18-2309, the Florida Second DCA withdrew ...
Read MoreOn April 27, 2020, in Hoffman v. Progressive Insurance Company, No. 1D19-1218, the First DCA affirmed a trial court ruling that the plaintiff was not entitled ...
Read MoreOn May 15, 2019, in Progressive American Insurance Company v. Pawelczyk , No. 2D18-1651, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling that the plaintiff in a declaratory judgment action was ...
Read MoreOn October 5, 2018, in State Farm v. Lyde, No. 2D17-1014, the Florida Second DCA ruled that the standard policy language in State Farm Policy Form 9810A permissibly precluded a family member living in ...
Read MoreOn April 25, 2018, in Jervis v. Castaneda and Geico General Insurance , No. 4D17-332, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that Geico’s online form to elect non-stacked coverage was invalid under Fla. Stat. ...
Read MoreOn January 29, 2021, in Wilson v. Jacks, No, 1D20-461, the Florida First DCA affirmed a summary judgment order for the defendant in a negligence case involving a fire...
Read MoreOn May 11, 2018, in Domino’s Pizza v. Wiederhold, et al. , No. 5D16-2794, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled that whether Domino’s Pizza was vicariously liable for negligent conduct by a franchisee’s ...
Read MoreOn February 17, 2021, in Bibby, et al.,v. Mortgage Investors Corporation, et al., No. 19-12736, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant mortgage lender ...
Read MoreOn January 19, 2021, in Hickman, et al. v. Spirit of Athens, Alabama, Inc., No. 19-10945, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s summary judgment...
Read MoreOn October 30, 2020, in Chaudhry v. Adventist Health System Sunbelt, Inc., No. 5D18-2380, the Florida Fifth DCA affirmed a trial court order setting aside a jury's award to the plaintiff...
Read MoreOn June 29, 2020, in Pickford v. Taylor County School District, No. 1D19-1924, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendant ...
Read MoreOn June 25, 2020, in Ruckh v. Salus Rehabilitation, LLC, et al, No. 18-10500, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling ...
Read MoreOn May 27, 2020, in Le Publications, Inc., et al, v. Kohl, No. 4D19-2053, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a case brought under Section 448.102, Florida Statutes (2005), also known as Florida’s Whistleblower Act (“FWA”) ...
Read MoreOn May 6, 2019, in Bradford v. Florida A&M University Board of Trustees , the Florida First DCA affirmed the dismissal of a whistleblower complaint that had been filed with the Florida Commission of ...
Read MoreOn May 1, 2019, in Hatfield v. North Broward Hospital District , No. 4D18-3483, the Florida Fourth DCA denied the petition of a plaintiff for certiorari review of a trial court order denying her ...
Read MoreOn April 26, 2019, in The School Board of Hillsborough County v. Woodford , No. 2D18-1463, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s denial of the defendant school board’s motion to dismiss in a ...
Read MoreOn October 16, 2020, in Tampa Electric Company v. Gansner, et al., No. 2D19-3091, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court ruling denying summary judgment to the defendant...
Read MoreOn January 22, 2020, in McNair v. Dorsey, et al, No. 1D18-698, the Florida First DCA ruled that the defendants in personal injury lawsuit were not estopped...
Read MoreOn November 15, 2017, in Gladden v. Fisher Thomas Inc., No. 1D16-1752, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendant in a tort case because the claim was barred by ...
Read MoreOn May 17, 2017, in Morera v. Waste Management Inc. of Florida , No. 4D14-3135, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a personal injury ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2021, in Hamblen v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, No. 1D19-1613, the Florida First DCA ruled as a matter of first impression that a “final judgment” ...
Read MoreOn June 6, 2018, in Salerno v. Del Mar Financial Service, LLC; Gladstone Law Group, P.A. et al , No. 4D17-305, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death complaint ...
Read MoreOn June 6, 2018, in Kipp v. Amy Slate’s Amoray Dive Center , No. 3D17-316, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s wrongful death complaint against two defendants ...
Read MoreOn May 11, 2018, in Domino’s Pizza v. Wiederhold, et al. , No. 5D16-2794, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled that a surviving spouse who had married the decedent after the date of the injury which led to his ...
Read MoreOn July 29, 2020, in Luckman v. Wills, et al., No. 3D19-453, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a summary judgment entered by the trial court on behalf of the defendant in a wrongful death case ...
Read MoreOn May 27, 2020, in Pollack v. Cruz, et al. No. 4D19-1512, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled in a lawsuit arising out of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 ...
Read MoreOn April 1, 2000, in Abad, et al, v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc., No. 4D18-2658, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s consolidated negligence lawsuits against the defendant security company ...
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