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On November 3, 2021, in Dewees v. Johnson, et al, No. 4D21-446, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a non-final order of the trial court compelling arbitration and staying litigation of the plaintiff’s negligence and breach of duty claims in a premises liability...

On October 13, 2021, in Osprey Health Care Center, LLC. Et al, v. Pascazi, No. 2D19-4787, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had held that the defendant assisted living facility’s Mediation and Arbitration Agreement...

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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 16, 2021, in Scherer v. Austin Roe Basquill, P.A., et al., No. 2D20-1116, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had ordered a personal injury plaintiff to pay his former attorney’s charging lien based on the fees...

On April 5, 2022, in McNamara, et al. v. GEICO, No. 20-13251, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment for the defendant insurance company in an insurance bad faith case. The district court had granted the summary judgment ...

On January 21, 2022, in Dumigan v. Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc., No, 5D21-1087, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a directed verdict for the defendant hospital in a medical negligence case. The defendant had successfully argued before the trial court ...

On September 20, 2021, in Pelaez v. Government Employees Insurance Company, No. 20-12053, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a MDFL district court summary judgment for the defendant insurer in a bad faith case, finding that...

On August 11, 2021, in Wright Insurance Agency, Inc. et. al, v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, No. 2D19-1068, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the defendant insurance company regarding a bad faith ...

On June 1, 2021, in Eres v. Progressive American Insurance Company, No. 20-11006, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that the defendant insurance company had not acted in bad faith...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On April 28, 2022, in Dial v. Calusa Palms Master Association, Inc., No. SC21-43, the Florida Supreme Court answered a certified question from the Second DCA and ruled that its prior holding in Joerg v. State Farm, 176 So, 3d 1247 (Fla. 2015), that a trial jury’s calculation...

On NOn July 1, 2022, new Fla. Stat. § 90.2035 will take effect. Fla. Stat. § 90.2035 provides that upon request of a party to a lawsuit a court may take judicial notice of an image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information taken from a widely accepted...

OnOn March 25, 2022, in State Farm v. Davis, No. 5D20-1595, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case and remanded for a new trial after concluding that the trial court erred in permitting an unpled claim for aggravation...

On January 21, 2022, in Cowan v. Gray, No. 5D21-1557, the Florida Fifth DCA quashed a trial court order which had compelled motor vehicle negligence plaintiffs to produce handwritten notes they made in preparation for their depositions. The Fifth DCA noted that while the plaintiffs...

On November 12, 2021, in Bush-Radomski v. Krisan, No. 5D21-1777, the Florida Fifth DCA granted the plaintiff in a negligence case a writ of mandamus compelling he trial court to set a trial date. The Fifth DCA found that because the case was procedurally “at issue” ...

On October 7, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court enacted minor revisions to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280 governing discovery requests to parties. First, a new subdivision titled “Form of Responses to Written Discovery Requests,” is added to rule 1.280 ...

On October 13, 2021, in Baptist Health Medical Group Orthopedics, LLC, et al, v. Fernandez, No. 3D20-0861, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order denying a medical negligence defendant’s motion for remittitur of the plaintiff’s ...

On October 22, 2021, in Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Sweeney, et al., No. 5D21-857, the Florida Fifth DCA issued a per curiam decision dismissing a party’s certiorari petition seeking a review of a trial court order compelling better answers...

On October 27, 2021, in Callari v. Winklejohn, No. 3D20-0870, the Florida Third DCA ruled in a motor vehicle negligence case that the trial court committed reversible error when it denied the plaintiff the right to have an accountant expert...

On October 29, 2021, in Demoura v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company, No. 5D21-109, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a directed verdict for the defendant insurance company in a motor vehicle negligence case and...

On September 1, 2021, in Graham v. Virgil, No. 4D21-877, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order which had denied the motion filed by the defendant in a negligent security case to transfer the case from Broward County to Palm Beach...

On September 8, 2021, in Kocik v. Rodriguez, No. 4D19-3534, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling in a personal injury premises liability case that had granted the prevailing plaintiff’s motion for additur to the damages awarded by...

On September 10, 2021, in R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Frost, No. 5D20-1977, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling transferring venue of aEngle-progeny tobacco case from Putnam County to Alachua County. The trial court ...

On September 29, 2021, in Turner v. Gamiz, No. 1D19-4661, the Florida First DCA reversed the damages component of a plaintiff’s motor vehicle negligence jury verdict and remanded for a new trial on damages because of the trial court’s...

On September 29, 2021, in Friedel v. Edwards, No. 2D20-2233, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s motor vehicle negligence case, concluding that that the trial court erred in dismissing the case on statute of limitations ...

On August 26, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court issued a corrected opinion amending Florida of Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280 to codify Florida’s common law version of the “apex doctrine” protecting high-level government officials from the risk of abusive...

On July 14, 2021, the Florida Third DCA affirmed trial court rulings in nine product liability cases brought by individual claimants against Cordis Corporation, a medical device manufacturer. The trial court’s rulings deniedthe defendant’s...

On July 14, 2021, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company et al. v. Neff, No. 4D19-2646, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a $10 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in an Engle-progeny tobacco brought by the Estate of a smoker who died from lung cancer...

On July 14, 2021, in Eagle Transport Corporation of North Carolina, et al. v. Roch-Hernandez, No. 4D20-2663, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had denied the defendants’ requested venue transfer from Broward to Alachua County...

On July 21, 2021, in Adamson v.R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No 4D19-3242, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a final judgment for the defendant in an Engle-progeny tobacco case, rejecting the plaintiff’s argument that the trial court erred by including...

On July 21, 2021, in Cousins, et al, v. Duprey, No. 4D19-3602, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a sanctions order entered by the trial court against a doctor and his attorneys in a medical negligence case. The trial court issued the sanctions...

On July 28, 2021, in United Automobile Insurance Company v. NB Sports Massage and Rehab Corp., No. 3D21-0107, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s directed verdict entered in favor of the plaintiff medical provider plaintiff in a...

On June 2, 2021, in Montero v. Corzo, No. 3D20-406, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial verdict in a motor vehicle negligence case and remanded for a new trial. The plaintiff had appealed the verdict in his favor on the basis...

On June 2, 2021, in Segal v. Forastero, Inc., No. 3d21-89, the Florida Third DCA addressed the issue of whether the judgment creditor in a supplemental proceeding in aid of execution was entitled to pierce the corporate veil...

On June 16, 2021, in Winters v. Harper, No. 1D19-1650, the Florida First DCA ruled in a motor vehicle negligence case that the trial court’s denial of the plaintiff’s mistrial motion after two references to insurance coverage occurred...

On June 18, 2021, in Bowers v. Tillman, et al., No. 5D19-1757, the Florida Fifth DC affirmed a trial court’s ruling denying a plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The plaintiff’s new trial motion was based on multiple alleged errors, including...

On May 5, 2021, in Rivas v. Sandoval, No. 3D19-2402, the Florida Third DCA reversed a jury verdict for the defendant in motor vehicle negligence case and remanded the case for a new trial after concluding that the trial court erred in denying plaintiff counsel’s motion to strike a prospective juror for cause...

On May 12, 2021, in Miracle Chiropractic & Rehab Center v. 21st Century Centennial Insurance Company, No. 4D21-616, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a county court’s order transferring a lawsuit from Broward County to Polk County. The Fourth DCA concluded that the trial court had erred...

On May 19, 2021, in Gulfstream Park Racing Association, Inc. v. Volin, No. 4D19-3471, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a personal injury judgment for the plaintiff in a premises liability negligence caseinvolving a slip and fall at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida...

On May 21, 2021, in Osceola County Board of County Commissioners v. Sand Lake Surgery Center, et al., No. 5D2-1267, the Florida Fifth DCA quashed a trial court order in a personal injury case which had denied the defendant discovery from the plaintiff’s health care provider of the amount of the original medical bills...

On April 8, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court approved proposed amendments to the Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.080, Florida Small Claims Rule 7.221, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure ...

On April 8, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court approved amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.650 (Medical Malpractice Presuit Screening Rule) to create consistency with the current version of section ...

On April 14, 2021, in United Automobile Insurance Company, etc., v. Gables Rehab, Inc., etc., No. 3D21-91, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order which had granted summary judgment in favor of a health care provider ...

On April 14, 2021, in Lafayette, et al., v. Moody, et al., No. 4D18-3657, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court granting a new trial to the plaintiff in a wrongful death/motor vehicle negligence lawsuit...

As previously reported in this blog, on December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510, governing summary judgments in civil cases, by adopting the more lenient standard applicable in federal court...

On April 30, 2021, in Strickland v. State Farm, No. 1D20-70, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court ruling denying the motion by the plaintiff for summary judgment on the issues of liability and comparative negligence ...

On April 26, 2021, in Seadler v. Marina Bay Resort Condominium Association, No. 1D19-850, the Florida First DCA followed the Florida Supreme Court precedent in Frosti v. Creel, 979 So. 2d 912, 917 (Fla. 2008) ...

On April 28, 2021, in Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., v. Spearman, No. 3D18-2188, the Florida Third DCA reversed a $20.3 million final judgment for the plaintiff in a personal injury cases filed by a cruise ship employee who suffered...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On February 4, 2022, in T.R. a Minor, v. Lamar County Board of Education, et al, No. 21-12424, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action brought...

On November 16, 2021, in Charles v. Johnson et al, No. 20-12393, a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force case in which the plaintiff sued both law enforcement officials and a civilian who assisted a law enforcement officer in physically restraining the plaintiff during his arrest...

On October 18, 2021, in Cox v. Nobles, et al, No. 20-11425, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district order dismissing a transgender Georgia prison inmate’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights case against prison wardens and other...

On September 2, 2021, in Underwood v. City of Bessemer, et al., No. 19-13992, the Eleventh Circuit considered a Title 42, § 1983 civil rights excessive force case involving a plaintiff who was shot by two Alabama police officers while driving his car...

On September 2, 2021, in Dean v. Warren, No. 19-14674, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the defendant, a Georgia county Sheriff, from a Title 42, § 1983 civil rights complaint filed by a college cheerleader...

On September 17, 2021, in Wade v. Lewis, No. 29-11962, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed a district court order which had dismissed on the grounds of qualified immunity a Bivens civil rights lawsuit filed by an inmate against ...

On September 21, 2021, in DeJesus v. Lewis, et al., No. 18-11649, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered the appeal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit brought by a Florida state prison inmate who alleged he had been sexually assaulted...

On September 20, 2021, in Sosa v. Martin County, Florida et al., No. 20-12781, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Fourteenth Amendment over-detention claim against a county...

On September 28, 2021, in Leake, et al. v. Drinkard, No. 20-13868, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s summary judgment for the defendant City of Alpharetta, Georgia in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit...

On August 2, 2021, in Bell v. Sheriff of Broward County, No. 20-11958, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit. The plaintiff, a deputy with the Broward County Sherriff’s Office, alleged...

On August 26, 2021, in Mitchell v. Smith, et al., No. 19-14505, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. district court decision which denied the defendant Duval County Jail officials’ motion to dismiss a prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights...

On August 26, 2021, in Bradley, et al, v. Benton, No. 20-11509, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. district court decision which denied the defendant police officer’s motion to dismiss a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights case filed by the family...

On August 31, 2021, in Varner v. Shepard, et al., No. 19-12048, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered a Title 42, § 1983 civil rights lawsuit in which the plaintiff, an inmate at a Georgia state prison, suffered serious injuries from a beating...

On May 6, 2021, in Fuqua v. Tuner, et al. No. 19-13877, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant law enforcement officers and deputy fire marshal in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights case in which the plaintiff...

On May 7, 2021, in Andrews v. Biggers, et al. No. 20-11469, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. district court ruling that the defendant county sheriff in as 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights case involving alleged sexual abuse by a deputy sheriff...

On April 9, 2021, in Hoever v. Marks, et al., No. 17-10792, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abandoned long standing precedent within the Circuit which had barred the award of punitive damages in a prisoner’s civil rights action where no physical injury was shown...

On April 6, 2021, in Hardigree v. Lofton et al., No. 190-13352, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an unlawful entry summary judgment for the plaintiff in a civil rights case involving an allegedly unconstitutional warrantless search of the plaintiff’s home...

On April 20, 2021, in Crocker v. Deputy Sheriff Steven Eric Beatty, No. 18-14682, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. district court order granting summary judgment to the defendant law enforcement officer ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On September 17, 2020, in Hall v. Flournoy, No. 18-13436, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that an interlocutory appeal...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 22, 2020, in Grochowski v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 18-14567, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court summary judgment ...

In 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On April 14, 2021, in Readon v. WPLG, LLC, et al., No. 3D20-340, the Florida Third DCA affirmed the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by a Miami area pastor against a local television station, WPLG...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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’ ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 4, 2022, in McKinley v. Gualtieri, No. 2D20-3156, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s dog bite case against the Pinellas County Sheriff, finding that the trial court erred in determining that...

On September 17, 2021, in Parsons v. Culp, No. 2D20-600, the Florida Second DCA partially reversed a million-dollar jury verdict for the plaintiff in a case involving injuries the plaintiff suffered from an incident with neighbor’s dog...

On September 22, 2021, in Fannin v. Hunter, No. 1D19-4293, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court order which had granted the plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict and a new trial to determine damages in a personal injury case...

On April 13, 2022, in Peng v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, No. 3DF21-1602, the Florida Third DCA reversed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company in a first-party property insurance dispute. The trial court had granted summary...

On January 21, 2022, in Dumigan v. Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc., No, 5D21-1087, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a directed verdict for the defendant hospital in a medical negligence case. The defendant had successfully argued before the trial court...

On October 14, 2021, in Dodgen v. Grijalva, No. SC19-1118, the Florida Supreme Court addressed a certified question which has been raised repeatedly in lower courts since the Court’s ruling in Worley v. Central Florida Young Men’s...

On September 29, 2021, in State Farm v. Nob Hill Family Chiropractic, No. 4D21-204, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment for the plaintiff medical provider in a personal injury protection PIP case and remanded for a new trial, finding that...

On June 3, 2021, in Huggins v. Siegel, No. 1D19-3987, the Florida First DCA ruled that a Daubert motion challenging proposed expert witness testimony was timely even though it was not filed until approximately 230 days...

On June 23, 2021, in Hidalgo v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, No. 3D20-1811, a case involving an alleged insurance policy breach, the Florida Third DCA ruled that the plaintiff’s engineering expert witness was not required...

On May 5, 2021, in Martinez v. Lobster Haven, LLC, No. 2D19-2399, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s order granting the defendant restaurant operator a directed verdict in a personal injury lawsuit filed a restaurant patron who became ill after a seafood dinner...

On April 22, 2021, in Moore v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., No. 19-10869, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment that had been entered by the district court for the defendant medical device manufacturer ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On September 27, 2021, in Smith, et al, v. USA, No. 20-11329, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a Georgia negligence case in which the plaintiffs, the administrator of the estates of a father and daughter...

On June 9, 2021, in Shivers v. United States of America, et al., No. 17-12493, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal prison inmate’s state-law negligence claim against prison officials under the Federal Tort Claims Act...

On 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) ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 4, 2022, in Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s et al, v. Lago Grande 5-D Condominium Association, Inc., No. 3D21-636, a first-party property insurance case in which a property owner filed suit against its insurer alleging underpayment...

On May 18, 2022, in Cintron v. Edison Insurance Company, No. 2D21-1334, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s declaratory judgment complaint. The complaint alleged that the defendant property...

On November 3, 2021, in Dias v. Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D20-2575, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company in a first-party insurance case involving water damage to the plaintiffs’ ...

November 10, 2021, in Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company v. Acosta, et al., No. 3D21-0225, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s dismissal of an insurance declaratory judgment action in which the insurance company contended that that the motor vehicle ...

On November 17, 2021, in Covington v. State Farm, No. 4D21-377, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a summary judgment for the defendant insurer in a first party automobile property insurance case. The trial court granted summary judgment to the insurer based ...

On August 18., 2021, in Certified Priority Restoration v. Universal Insurance Company of North America, No. 4D21-374, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the plaintiff as assignee of a first-party insured’s rights under...

On August 25, 2021, in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Rivero Diagnostic Center, No. 3D21-60, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff medical provider in a PIP insurance case, finding that...

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On June 2, 2021, in Dodge v. People’s Trust Insurance Company, No. 4D20-1199, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that a water damage exclusion in a homeowner’s insurance policy excluding coverage for water damage...

On June 23, 2021, in Cole v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, etc., No. 3D19-1830, the Florida Third DCA reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint in a first-party insurance dispute involving...

On June 25, 2021, in Safepoint Insurance Company v. Hallet, No. 5D20-206, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of the plaintiffs in a declaratory judgment action brought...

On May 6, 2021, in Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Company of America v. Ocean Reef Charters LLC, No. 19-13690, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. district court summary judgment for the defendant insurance company in an action bought by its insured for the loss of a yacht...

On May 4, 2021, in Robles v. United Automobile Insurance Company, No. 1D20-1335, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court order transferring a motor vehicle first-party insurance declaratory judgment action from Escambia County...

On April 7, 2021, in Sierra Auto Center, Inc., et al, v. Granada Insurance Company, et al, No. 3D19-2388, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court ruling in a declaratory judgment action that the defendant insurance company had no duty...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On September 23, 2020, in Julien v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D19-2763, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On January 5, 2022, in Robinson Helicopter Company, Inc., v. Gangapersaud, No. 2D20-2470, a personal injury wrongful death case, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court order which had denied a motion to dismiss by the defendant on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction...

On September 8, 2021, in The Schumacher Group of Delaware, Inc. v. Dictan, etc., et al., No. 3D20-1571, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order in a medical negligence case and remanded with instructions to dismiss a Delaware...

On August 12, 2021, in Behr v. Campbell, et al., No. 18-12842, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals revisited the doctrine of Rooker-Feldman, which is a jurisdictional doctrine holding that a party who loses a case in state court cannot appeal that...

On May 6, 2021, in Shipley v. Helping Hands Therapy, et al., No. 19-13812, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order which had remanded a medical negligence case back to state court...

On May 12, 2021, in Century-National Insurance Company v. Frantz, No. 2D20-522, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling in an insurance declaratory judgment action which denied the plaintiff insurance company’s motion for a final default judgment...

On April 14, 2021, in Team Health Holdings Inc. v. Caceres, et al., No. 3D20-0942, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s ruling which had denied a medical negligence defendant’s motion to the dismiss the complaint ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 11, 2021, in Ellison v. Willoughby, No. 2D19-1961, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a trial court ruling that the defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case was not entitled to a $3.99 million setoff from the $30 million jury verdict...

On May 17, 2021, in Mathers v. Agency for Health Care Administration, No. 1D19-4407, the Florida First DCA affirmed a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissing as untimely the petition by a personal injury plaintiff challenging the amount of the Medicaid lien on his settlement...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On September 25, 2020, in Lee Memorial Health System v. Hilderbrand, et al., No. 2D19-4722, a class action case in which the plaintiffs alleged...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On June 10, 2020, in Matrisciani v. Garrison Property and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D19-406, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed in ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On April 20, 2022, in Martin Memorial Health Systems, Inc., et al. v. Gorham, No. 4D21-2949, the Florida Fourth DCA granted a medical negligence defendant’s certiorari petition and quashed a trial court order denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint...

On April 20, 2022, in University of Miami, etc. v. Jones, etc., No. 3D22-0046, the Florida Third DCA granted a medical negligence defendant’s certiorari petition and quashed a trial court order denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure...

On April 21, 2022, in Boyle v. Samotin, et al., No. SC-20-1399, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that under § 766.106, Florida Statutes (2018), and Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.650, it is the timely mailing of the presuit notice of intent to initiate litigation (“NIIL”) in a medical negligence case...

On March 23, 2022, in Rafferty v. Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc., et al, No. 4D21-368, the Florida Fourth DCA issued a per curiam affirmance of a trial court order granting a motion to dismiss certain defendants from a medical negligence complaint...

On January 26, 2022, in University of Miami d/b/a Bascom Palmer Eye Institute v. Bloomer, No. 3D21-2298, the Florida Third DCA denied a certiorari petition by the defendant medical provider to quash the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss a negligence complaint...

On January 27, 2022, in Pisano v. Mayo Clinic Florida, No. 1D22-43, the Florida First DCA issued an opinion explaining its reasoning for an expedited order entered on January 14, 2022, declining to exercise certiorari review of a trial court’s order denying...

On November 10, 2021, in University Board of Trustees, et al. v. Carmody, No. 1D21-634, the Florida First DCA denied a certiorari petition from the defendant medical providers in a medical negligence case. The defendants sought certiorari review of an adverse ruling by...

On November 12, 2021, in Kozma, et al, v. Advanced Surgery Center of Sarasota, LLC, et al., No. 2D20-3210, the Florida Second DCA issued a per curiam dismissal of the certiorari petition by a medical negligence defendant claiming the statute of limitations...

On October 13, 2021, in Torres v. Kendall Healthcare Group. Ltd., No. 3D19-1528, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had dismissed a plaintiff’s negligence case on the grounds that the plaintiff failed to comply with the medical negligence...

On October 20, 2021, in Powell v. Sampson, No. 3D20-1082, a per curiam decision, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court order which had dismissed the plaintiff’s medical negligence complaint for failure to comply with the medical negligence...

On September 8, 2021, in Rhiner v. Koyama, No. 4D20-2196, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a defendant doctor from the plaintiff’s medical negligence complaint which was filed against both doctor and the hospital...

On September 24, 2021, in Lifestream Behavioral Center, Inc. v. Allerton, No. 5D21-884, the Florida Fifth DCAdenied a certiorari petition filed by the defendant in a pending negligence lawsuit. The defendant was seeking to overturn a trial court...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 25, 2022, in Koung, et al. v. Giordano, et al. No. 1D20-724, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court determination that there was no enforceable settlement agreement between an insurance company and a plaintiff who was injured ...

On April 13, 2022, in Ramos v. Miami-Dade County, etc., No. 3D21-757, the Florida Third DCA issued a per curiam affirmance of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant Miami-Dade County in a case involving a bus passenger who was allegedly injured when the bus...

On April 1, 2022, in Turay v. McCray, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a final judgment for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case in which the court, after a nonjury trial, awarded the plaintiff damages for the monies he paid to satisfy the balance owed on his car loan...

On February 9, 2022, in Main Street Entertainment, Inc., v. Faircloth, No. 1D19-4058, the Florida First DCA reversed a $28.6 million final judgment for the plaintiff against a bar owner in a Fla. Stat. § 768.125 Dram Shop exception case, finding that the bar owner...

On January 5, 2022, in Rondell v. Romano, et al., No. 2D20-2840, the Florida Second DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant in a motor vehicle negligence case based upon the defendant’s lack of a beneficial ownership interest in the vehicle at issue...

On September 8, 2021, in Alvarez, etc. v. Acosta, et al., No. 3D20-640, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial of the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial in a negligence case involving an accident in which the plaintiff’s motorcycle was...

On May 5, 2021, in Hernandez v. Mishali, No. 3d19-1544, the Florida Third DCA reversed a directed verdict entered by a Circuit Judge for the defendant in a motor vehicle rear end collision negligence case. The Circuit Judge, who had not presided over the preceding trial which had returned a verdict for the plaintiff...

On May 12, 2021, in Geico Indemnity Company v. Walker, et al., No. 4D20-764, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling in a motor vehicle negligence wrongful death case that Geico, the at-fault driver’s insurer, was liable for payment of its policy limits to the estate of a passenger who died in the single car accident...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On November 30, 2018, in Araj v. Renfro, No. 5D17-130, the Florida Fifth DCA reversed a $5 million verdict for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case, remanding the case for a new trial ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 21, 2021, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1786 into law, which makes major increases to the compensation and benefits payable to the families of Florida children who have suffered birth-related neurological injuries...

On 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) ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On December 9, 2021, in MRI Associates of Tampa, Inc., v. State Farm, No. SC18-1390, the Florida Supreme Court answered in the negative to the following rephrased certified question from the Florida Second DCA: “Does section 627.736(5)(a), Florida Statutes (2013)...

On December 22, 2021, in Pro-Medics Therapy & Rehab Center LLC v. United Automobile Insurance Company, No. 3D21-713, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier in a PIP insurance case brought by a health care provider...

On October 6, 2021, in Progressive American Insurance Company v. Head to Toe Posture Rehab, LLC, No. 4D21 -647, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled in a personal injury protection (PIP) insurance case that the trial court erred by finding that ...

On October 27, 2021, in State Farm v. Hollywood Diagnostic Center, Inc., No. 4D21-202, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the plaintiff medical provider in a Personal Injury Protection insurance (PIP) case...

On October 27, 2021, in Comprehensive Spine Center, PLLC v. Equity Insurance Company, No. 4D21-517, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order which had dismissed a Personal Injury Protection insurance (PIP) complaint without...

On September 10, 2021, in Hands On Chiropractic PL A/A/O Justin Wick v. Geico General Insurance Company, No. 5D20-2705, the Florida Fifth DCA held that when Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurer chooses to reimburse a health care...

On August 4, 2021, in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Progressive Health Services, No. 3D21-109, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff medical provider, the assignee of PIP benefits...

On August 25, 2021, in Geico General Insurance Company v. Hialeah Diagnostics, Inc., No. 3D21-101, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial court summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff medical provider in a PIP insurance lawsuit against the defendant ...

On August 25, 2021, in Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Marcia C. Sasso, D.C., P.A., No. 4D21-0141, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor the plaintiff medical provider in a PIP case against...

On June 4, 2021, in Depositors Insurance Company v. Pasco-Pinellas Hillsborough Community Health System, No. 5D21-71, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled that the benefits payable under a personal injury protection (“PIP”)...

On June 16, 2021, in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Chiropractic Clinics of South Florida, No. 3D21-111, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a final judgment in favor of a medical provider in a case involving a dispute between...

On June 23, 2021, in Associates inFamily Practice of Broward, LLC v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 4D21-173,a Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) case, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a county court order in favor...

On May 26, 2021, in State Farm v. Stand Up MRI of Boca Raton, P.A., No. 4D21-310, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a county court’s summary judgment for the plaintiff medical provider in a Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance case...

On June 30, 2021, in Garrison Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Aventura Orthopedicare Center, P.A., No. 4D21-379, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment for the medical provider in a case in which the medical provider...

On May 19, 2021, in Sunrise Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center, Inc. v. Security National Insurance Company, No. 4D21-188, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that the defendant insurer in a county court case filed by a medical provider for the recovery of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits...

On 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...

On September 23, 2020, in Plantation Open MEI, LLC., et al. v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Company, et al., the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a summary...

On 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-...

On 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 ...

On 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, ...

On April 7, 2021, in Sharkey, et al. v. Hallandale Beach Police Department, et al, No. 4D20-1602, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of an action for mental anguish based on allegedly negligent handling...

On 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 ...

On May 5, 2022, in Brady v. Carnival Corporation, No. 21-10772, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment entered by the district court for the defendant cruise line company in a maritime premises liability case...

On May 3, 2022, in Fuentes v. Classica Cruise Operator Ltd., Inc. No. 20-14639, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment entered by the district court for the defendant cruise line company in a maritime...

On February 28, 2022, in Newbauer v. Carnival Corporation, No. 21-10955, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s maritime premises liability complaint against the cruise line defendant. The plaintiff alleged that her slip and fall injuries...

On February 23, 2022, in Iacono v. Kingsley Arms Apartments, Inc., No. 3D20-1830, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a trial court’s dismissal in favor of the defendant apartment building owner in a premises liability case. The plaintiff was seriously injured when...

On January 5, 2022, in J.L. Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Schnurr, No. 4D19-3474, the Florida Fourth DCA the affirmed a trial court ruling that denied the motion of a premises liability defendant, the property owner’s association controlling the area in which the accident occurred...

On December 17, 2021, in Conrad v. The Boat House of Cape Coral, LLC, No. 2D20-227, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a slip and fall premises liability case after concluding that genuine issues of material ...

On December 22, 2021, in Fuentes v. Garcia, No. 4D20-1346, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a slip and fall premises liability case, finding that the trial court erred in providing Florida Standard Jury instruction (Civil) 401.20(a)...

On December 15, 2021, in Speedway, Inc. v. Cevallos, No. 4D20-1120, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a premises liability slip and fall case, finding that the plaintiff failed to offer evidence of a dangerous condition at trial...

On December 29, 2021, in City of Naples, Florida, et al. v. Chops City Grill, Inc., No. 2D19-2836, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of the defendant restaurant proprietor in a premises liability case. The trial court had ruled...

On November 2, 2021, in Magical Cruise Company Limited d/b/a Disney Cruise Line v. Martins, No. 5D20-0379, the Florida Fifth DCA partially reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a maritime case in which a former crew member of Disney’s Dream...

On September 8, 2021, in De Los Angeles v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., No. 3D19-2520, the Florida Third DCA appealed a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant grocery store in a premises liability case. The plaintiff claimed...

On May 26, 2021, in Mortellaro v. Caribe Health Center, Inc. et al., No. 2D19-4473, the Florida Second DCA ruled that the defendant in a premises liability lawsuit had materially breached the time limitations for the installment...

On June 1, 2021, in Tallahassee Medical Center, v. Kemp, No. 1D19-2437, the Florida First DCA reversed the trial court’s denial of a defendant’s directed verdict motion in a slip and fall case, concluding that the plaintiff did not present ...

On April 27, 2021, in Fisher v. United States, No. 19-13626, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. district court’s order dismissing a premises liability action involving a slip and fall accident at a public beach ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On September 4, 2020, in Greene v. Twistee Treat USA LLC et al., No. 2D14-4064, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 16, 2020, in Amy v. Carnival Corporation, No. 18-14917, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment entered ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On April 29, 2020, in Najeera v. Tropical Supermarket Corp., No 3D18-2255, the Florida Third DCA reversed a summary judgment ...

On April 29, 2020, in Norman v. DCI Biologicals Dunedin, LLC, No. 2D183065, the Florida Second DCA reversed a summary judgment entered ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 2, 2021, in USA v. US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, et al, No. 19-13276, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a SDFL district court summary judgment for the FDA enjoining the defendant company from offering a procedure...

On November 17, 2021, in Andreatta, et al, v. Brown, No. 1D20-2397, the Florida First DCA granted a petitioner’s petition for a writ of certiorari and quashed a trial court order finding that the petitioners had waived attorney-client privilege by failing to file a privilege log...

On November 17, 2021, in IMC Hospitality, LLC v. Ledford, No. 3D21-1593, a premises liability slip and fall case, the Florida Third DCA granted the defendant restaurant proprietor’s certiorari petition and on work- product grounds quashed the portion of the trial court’s...

On June 30, 2021, in American Home Assurance Company Inc. v. Sebo, No. 2D20-2202, the Florida Second DCA denied the certiorari petition of an insurance company defendant in a first-party bad faith action. The plaintiff had sued...

On June 2, 2021, in South Broward Hospital District v. Feldbaum No. 4D20-1972, the Florida Fourth DCA quashed a trial court order which had required a hospital to produce allegedly privileged documents to a vascular surgeon...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On August 7, 2020, in Quest Diagnostics Incorporated v. Hall, No. 5D20-255, the Florida Fifth DCA denied a defendant’s certiorari petition ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On April 29, 2021, in Salinero v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. 20-10900, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant surgical mesh manufacturer in a product liability...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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, ...

On 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, ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 3, 2021, in Arch Insurance Company v. Kubicki Draper, LLP, No. SC19-673, the Florida Supreme Court determined that an insurer has standing through its contractual subrogation provision to maintain a malpractice action ...

On June 23, 2021, in Ellerson v. Moriarty, et al., No. 2D20-2563, a legal malpractice case, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court’s order dismissing the plaintiff’s case. The law firm defendant in the case had been...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 26, 1960, the Florida Supreme Court approved an amendment to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.442, which addressed proposals for settlement. Effective July 1, 2022, subdivisions (c)(2)(C) and (c)(2)(D) of rule 1.442 are amended to prohibit...

On May 25, 2022, in State Farm v. Lightfoot et al., No. 1D20-2285, the Florida First DCA reversed a trial court ruling which had held that a proposal for settlement (PFS) by a plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case was valid and...

On March 2, 2022, in Progressive Select Insurance Company v. Kagan Jugan & Associates, P.A., No. 2D21-274, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court order which had denied a prevailing defendant in a PIP case its claim for attorney’s fees and costs under Florida’s proposal for settlement...

On January 5, 2022, in Maddox v. Trombetta, No. 2D20-3663, the Florida Second DCA addressed the interplay between Florida’s Proposal for Settlement Statute, Fla. Stat. § 768.79, and Fla. Stat. § 57.041(1), which provides that a party recovering judgment...

On November 10, 2021, in Safepoint Insurance Company v. Williams, No. 3D19-2196, the Florida Third DCA reversed a trial ruling that had denied the defendant insurance company in a first-party insurance coverage dispute an award of attorney’s fees and costs under...

On November 3, 2021, in Ehlert v. Castro, et al., No. 4D20-2007, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order which had denied a post-trial motion for attorney’s fees under Fla. Stat. § 768.79 and F. R. Civ. P. 1.442 made by the prevailing plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit...

On November 17, 2021, in Inspired Products Group, LLC v. Inspired Development Group, LLC, No. 4D20-2326, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling that denied a prevailing defendant’s attorney’s fees and costs where its proposal for settlement (PFS) was not accepted...

On October 15, 2021, in Central Florida Medical and Chiropractic Center v. Progressive American Insurance Company, No. 5D21-29, the Florida Fifth DCA ruled in a small claims PIP case that the defendant’s proposal for settlement...

On September 3, 2021, in Estate of Sweeney, et al., v. Washington, No. 2D20-1848, the Florida Second DCA reversed an award of attorney’s fees to the prevailing plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case. The fees had been awarded by the...

On September 9, 2021, in CCM Condominium Association, Inc, etc. v. Petri Positive Pest Control, Inc., etc., No. SC-19861, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed a Fourth DCA ruling that in calculating whether a plaintiff had met the threshold...

On May 14, 2021, in Pelecki v. Federates National Insurance Company, No. 5D19-3702, the Florida Fifth DCA issued a per curiam affirmance of a trial court’s award of fees and costs to the defendant in a first party homeowner’s insurance case in which the defendant had made a $5,000 pretrial proposal for settlement...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On January 6, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court published a corrected opinion approving an amendment to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 adding new subdivision (a)(3)(G) to authorize appeals of nonfinal orders that grant or deny a motion for leave to amend to assert a claim for punitive damages...

On December 10, 2021, in Kovacs v. Williams, No. 5D21-1099, the Florida Fifth DCA quashed a trial court’s order granting a plaintiff’s motion to add a claim for punitive damages in a motor vehicle negligence case based on the alleged intoxication of the defendant driver...

On November 18, 2021, in Sheffield v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. SC19-601, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed a Fifth DCA decision holding that the 1999 amendment to Fla. Stat. 768.73, which presumptively precludes an award of punitive damages ...

On October 20, 2021, in Leon Medical Centers, Inc. v. Duran, No. 3D21-1521, a per curium decision, the Florida Third DCA denied a certiorari petition from a medical negligence defendant seeking relief from a trial court order granting the...

On October 27, 2021, in Moss & Associates, LLC. Et al. v. Lapin, No. 3D21-1653, the Florida Third DCA denied a defendant’s motion for certiorari review of a trial court order permitting the plaintiff to add a punitive damages claim...

On April 7, 2021, in White v. Boire, No. 2D20-2021, the Florida Second DCA granted the certiorari motion of a defendant in a pending civil action in which the trial court had granted the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On September 21, 2021, in Viverette v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 20-11862, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appealsreversedan order denying the plaintiff’s application for supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S. C. § 1383(c)...

On August 3, 2021, in Buckwalter v. Acting Commissioner of Social Security, No. 19-14420, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a denial of the plaintiff’s application for Social Security disability insurance benefits under 42 U.S. C. § 405(g)...

On August 12, 2021, in Simon v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration, No. 19-14682, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals withdrew its previous opinion and issued a new opinion reversing a district court’s denial of the plaintiff’s application...

On May 4, 2022, in Simmons v. Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, et al. No. 3D21-1388, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a summary judgment for the defendant, finding that the plaintiff failed to comply with the mandatory...

On May 4, 2022, in Naso v. Hall and G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., No. 4D21-1521, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court ruling in a wrongful death case which had granted the defendant company absolute sovereign immunity ...

On March 30, 2022, in Gualtieri v. Pownall, et al., No. 2D20-3315, the Florida Second DCA concluded that a negligence claim against the Sheriff of Pinellas County was barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The plaintiff was injured while under detention...

On February 2, 2022, in Broward County v. Manarite, et al, the Florida Fourth DCA, No, 4D21-2328, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court order denying the defendant county’s motion to dismiss on sovereign immunity grounds a negligence lawsuit brought...

On August 9, 2021, in Wooden v. City of Panama City Beach, Florida, No. 1D20-1277, the Florida First DCA issued a per curiam affirmance of a trial court decision that the defendant Panama City Beach enjoyed sovereign immunity from a plaintiff’s...

On June 16, 2021, in Sarasota County Public Hospital District and Sarasota County v. Venice HMA, LLC, et al., No. 2D19-3745, the Florida Second DCAdenied the defendant County’s certiorari petition for relief from the trial court’s denial...

On May 5, 2021, in Williams v. Tony et al., No. 4D20-1342, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the lawsuit of a plaintiff who claimed he was the victim of negligence and excessive force by Broward County Sheriff’s Office detention officers at the Broward County Jail...

On May 12, 2021, in City of Jacksonville, et al. v. Boman, No. 1D20-658. The Florida First DCA reversed a trial court order which had denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case filed by a plaintiff who injured herself by falling into a manhole...

On May 12, 2021, in Lovelace v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc., No. 4D20-1434, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed a trial court’s decision that a security company working as an independent contractor for Broward County was entitled to sovereign immunity in a premises liability case involving an accident...

On May 19, 2021 in School Board of Broward County v. McCall, No. 4D19-104, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled that the defendant School Board was not liable for injuries sustained by a student when he fell while running with a crowd of spectators following a high school basketball game...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On April 21, 2020, in Operations Management International, Inc. v. Johnson, No. 1D19-3393, the First DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial ...

On 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), ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On August 4, 2021, in Tsuji, et al., v. Fleet, et al., No. 1D20-901, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a motor vehicle negligence casein which the plaintiffs sued both the estate of the alleged ...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 4, 2022, in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Cuddihee, No. 1D20-2486, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s denial of the tobacco company defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in an Engle-progeny case in which the jury found...

On September 22, 2021, in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Principe, No. 3D20-875, the Florida Third DCA reversed a jury verdict and final judgment for the plaintiff in a non-Engle tobacco case after determining that the plaintiff’s claims were time-barred...

On June 30, 2021, in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Mahfuz, No. 4D19-2236, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a judgment for the plaintiff in a tobacco litigation case, finding that statements made by the plaintiff’s attorney during...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On March 30, 2022, in White v. Ascendant Commercial Insurance, Inc. et al, No. 3D21-1455, the Florida Third DCA affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant UM insurance carrier in a motor vehicle negligence case. The Third DCA ruled that the UM insurance coverage...

On May 21, 2021, in State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company v. Wilson, No. 2D19-4046, the Florida Second DCA reversed a trial court ruling that the insured under an uninsured motorist (UM) insurance policy was entitled to UM coverage for injuries sustained while riding a motorcycle not listed as a covered vehicle...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On June 24, 2020, in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Wolfson, No. 4D18-3652, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed a trial court’s final judgment ...

On June 19, 2020, in Owners Insurance Company v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 2D18-2309, the Florida Second DCA withdrew ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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. ...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On February 11, 2022, in Dennison v. Halifax Staffing, Inc., No. 5D20-2201, the Florida Fifth DCA affirmed a trial court summary judgment for the defendant Halifax Staffing, Inc., holding that it was not a private entity subject to Florida’s Private Whistleblower’s Act...

On October 20, 2021, in Henley v. City of North Miami, No. 3D20-1213, the Florida Third DCA affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed under Florida’s Whistle-Blower’s Act, section 112.3187, Florida Statutes. The plaintiff a former Acting Budget ...

On 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 ...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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”) ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On November 10, 2021, in Doss v. United Parcel; Services/Liberty Mutual, No. 1D20-2008, the Florida First DCA affirmed a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) order denying a worker’s compensation claim for temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for the period...

On November 10, 2021, in Hospital East, LLC v. Hampton, No. 1D20-2961, the Florida First DCA reversed a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) order rejecting an employer/carrier’s statute of limitations defense. The First DCA concluded that the JCC’s 2015 order awarding ...

On October 6, 2021, in Shelton v. Pasco County Board of County Commissioners/Commercial Risk Management, Inc., No. 1D20-3511, the Florida First DCA ruled in a Worker’s Compensation case that the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC)...

On September 15, 2021, in Harman v. Merchant Transport, CCMSI, No. 1D19-4071, the Florida First DCA affirmed a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) order which required an employer/carrier to provide a worker’s compensation claimant with...

On September 15, 2021, in Holcombe v. City of Naples/Johns Eastern Company, Inc., No. 1D20-565, the Florida First DCA affirmed a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) order denying compensability for primary hypertension to a Naples...

On August 19, 2021, in Estate of Ronald McKenzie v. HI Rise Crane Inc. et al, No. 1D20-3307, the Florida First DCA ruled that the personal representative of the estate of an injured workerwas entitled to have her petition for benefits (PFB) filed on the...

On June 16, 2021, in St. Lucie Public Schools/Relation Insurance Services of Florida v. Alexander, No. 1D20-2266, the Florida First DCA affirmed a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) ruling that a Worker’s Compensation (WC) claimant...

On June 30, 2021, in Jones v. Grace Healthcare, No. 1D19-1684, the Florida First DCA ruled that a worker’s compensation claimant was not entitled to reimbursement under Florida’s worker’s compensation laws for...

On 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...

On 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...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On May 11, 2022, in Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. v. Rintoul, No. 4D20-1963, the Florida Fourth DCA ruled in an Engle-progeny tobacco case that the same sex spouse of the deceased smoker was not entitled to make a loss of marital...

On March 30, 2022, in Healthcare Underwriters Group, Inc., et al, v. Sanford, No. 4D20-2023, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed, in part, a judgment for the plaintiff in a wrongful death medical negligence lawsuit, concluding that the trial court erred by allowing evidence...

On March 30, 2022, in Ripple v. CBS Corporation, et al., No. 4d20-1939, the Florida Fourth DCA affirmed, in part and per curiam, the trial court’s judgment for the defendants in a wrongful death case which was based on the trial court’s determination that the surviving spouse...

On August 4, 2021, in Tsuji, et al., v. Fleet, et al., No. 1D20-901, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a motor vehicle negligence casein which the plaintiffs sued both the estate of the alleged ...

On June 21, 2021, in Goodloe v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd, No. 19-14324, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that Florida law governed the award of non-economic damages in a maritime case involving...

On 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” ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On October 13, 2021, in Lee v. Harper, et al., No. 1D20-2772, the Florida First DCA affirmed a trial court dismissing a plaintiff’s claims for negligence and negligent supervision against the Sheriff of Madison County in his official capacity...

On September 29, 2021, in School Board of Palm Beach County v. Edwards, No. 4D20-1476, the Florida Fourth DCA reversed as trial court order which had denied the defendant Palm Beach County’s summary judgment motion in a negligence...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...

On 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 ...