Category: Business Litigation
Jul 13, 2012
The News Service of Florida reported for the second time in less than two weeks that, on July 11, 2012, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of a 2010 law aimed at spurring neutral evaluations of …
Jul 9, 2012
On June 29, 2012, in the case of Chiropractic One v. State Farm, 2012 WL 2465012, (Fla. 5th DCA June, 29, 2012) the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of …
Jul 5, 2012
The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion today, July 5, 2012, in the case of Atwater v. Kortum, in which it found that a provision in a 2008 Florida law restricting post-disaster solicitations by public insurance adjusters is unconstitutional. …
Jul 3, 2012
On June 29, 2012, in State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Buitrago, the Second District Court of Appeals once again upheld the constitutionality of the neutral evaluation process, set forth in section 627.7074, Fla. Stat. This is the second …
Jun 20, 2012
On Monday, June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 opinion that pharmaceutical companies don’t have to pay their sales representatives for working overtime hours because these staff members fall under a provision of the Fair Labor Standards …
Jun 20, 2012
In Nawaz v. Universal Property & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 4D10-4288 (Fla. 4th DCA, June 13, 2012), an appellate court has finally addressed the issue of whether an insured’s public adjuster may attend an Examination Under Oath (“EUO”). …
Jun 1, 2012
Yesterday, in QBE Ins. Corp. v. Chalfonte Condominium Apartment Ass’n., Inc., the Florida Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in response to questions certified from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as being determinative of …
May 3, 2012
The following article was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 1, 2012: Overtime Lawsuit Leads to $4.8 million Settlement By Shelly Banjo The U.S. government has ordered Wal-Mart to pay $4.8 million in back …
Apr 26, 2012
In the case of Geico v. Virtual Imaging, No. 3D11-581, the Third District Court of Appeal has certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as being one of great public importance: “WITH RESPECT TO PIP POLICIES ISSUED …
Apr 10, 2012
On April 3, 2012, in the case of Nunez v. Geico, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court: “Whether, under FLA. STAT. § 627.736, an insurer can require an insured to …