Category: Business Litigation

  By Matthew C. Scarfone, Esq.   In an opinion released on October 23, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court upheld a family vehicle exclusion in an automobile insurance policy issued by Travelers Commercial Insurance Co. (“Travelers”), and held that a …

  Above:  Maria Elena Abate Filed An Amicus Brief Last Week On Behalf of PCI, NAMIC   The notion that an insurance company could still be liable for bad faith even after having complied with its own policy obligations is …

  Above:  Lawyers Maria Elena Abate and Wes Strickland co-filed comments with the Florida Supreme Court last week on behalf of four major insurance trade associations.   Four insurance industry trade organizations–three of them national in scope–submitted comments to the …

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  By Silvia Maria Gonzalez, Esq. Colodny Fass& Webb   On September 5, 2014, the Fifth District Court of Appeal expressly stated that the application of the confession of judgment doctrine as a basis to award fees under section 627.428, …

By Maria Elena Abate, Esq.Colodny Fass& Webb   Led by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (“PCI”), the insurance industry won an important federal court victory on September 3, 2014 in an Illinois U.S. District Court battle against the …

  By Maria Elena Abate, Esq.Colodny Fass, P.A.   On September 3, 2014, in an en banc decision, the Fourth District Court of Appeal expressly stated that an insured may proceed with a bad faith claim even when there has …

  Above:  Florida Governor Rick Scott   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Governor Rick Scott announced 27 appointments to nine Judicial Nominating Commissions today, July 15, 2014. Governor Scott said, “I am proud to appoint these twenty-seven individuals across the state to …

  Colodny Fass litigators Amy Koltnow and Maria Elena Abate filed an amicus brief on June 16, 2014 on behalf of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Florida Insurance Council, American Insurance Association and National Association of Mutual Insurance …

By Maria Elena Abate, ShareholderColodny Fass& Webb   In a 6-1 ruling on April 17, 2014, Florida’s Supreme Court confirmed that the sex discrimination provision of the Florida Civil Rights Act (“FRCA”) also prevents employers from discriminating based on the …