Category: Business Litigation
Jun 18, 2015
In the June 2015 edition of Florida Insurance Matters, brought to you by the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Division: Case Law Update–Colodny Fass Shareholder Amy L. Koltnow analyzes a recent Citizens Property Insurance mold damage case in which the Third District …
May 21, 2015
By Matthew C. Scarfone, Esq. Yesterday, May 20, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (“DCA”) issued opinions in three separate appeals upholding the validity of assignments of benefits (“AOBs”) and rejecting the argument that a loss payment …
May 20, 2015
Today, May 20, 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (“DCA”) issued opinions in three separate appeals upholding the validity of assignments of benefits (“AOBs”) and rejecting the argument that a loss payment provision invalidates AOBs that are made …
May 11, 2015
Maria Elena Abate, Esq. Colodny Fass Shareholder Maria Elena Abate analyzes recent court cases affecting the insurance industry in the May 2015 edition of Florida Insurance Matters. Click HERE to access this month’s news: Florida Supreme Court declines to clarify discoverability of attorney-client communications in bad …
Apr 10, 2015
By Matthew C. Scarfone, Esq. The Fifth DCA issued an opinion today, April 10, 2015, in an appeal involving the validity of a post-loss assignment of homeowner’s insurance benefits. The sole issue on appeal was whether section 627.405, …
Apr 9, 2015
Matthew C. Scarfone, Esq. Colodny Fass attorney Matthew C. Scarfone analyzes recent court cases affecting the insurance industry in the April 2015 edition of Florida Insurance Matters. Click HERE to access this month’s news: Post-Loss Obligations — the Meaning of “Sufficient Compliance” Construction Defects — When …
Mar 26, 2015
The Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Division has launched Florida Insurance Matters, a monthly e-mail update on judicial developments affecting the insurance industry. The March 2015 edition, authored by Firm Shareholder Amy L. Koltnow, includes summaries and analysis on court rulings about sinkhole-related …
Jan 26, 2015
Above: Maria Elena Abate of Colodny Fass represented Florida Farm Bureau in a victory for insurers. Twenty-two pending cases asserting a conspiracy by various auto insurers to suppress reimbursement rates for automobile collision repairs may be moot after the Orlando …
Dec 4, 2014
The Florida Supreme Court (“Court”) issued a unanimous decision today, December 4, 2014, in Leticia Morales v. Zenith Insurance Company, upholding the workers’ compensation system as the exclusive remedy for injured parties. Morales v. Zenith was a workers’ compensation-related wrongful death …
Dec 3, 2014
By Maria Elena Abate, Esq. and Amy L. Koltnow, Esq. In Mejia v. Citizens Property Ins. Corp., (Nov. 26, 2014), the Second District Court of Appeal ordered the parties to re-try a sinkhole case before a jury …