Category: Business Litigation

January 2019 Florida Insurance Matters is a monthly update on Florida insurance-related legal developments by the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Practice, recently recognized as the Insurance Litigation Department of the Year in South Florida by the Daily Business Review. ABOUT THE AUTHOR …

November 2018 Florida Insurance Matters is a monthly update on Florida insurance-related legal developments by the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Practice, recently recognized as the Insurance Litigation Department of the Year in South Florida by the Daily Business Review. ABOUT THE AUTHOR …

  Bestowed with a landmark recognition at a milestone insurance industry event, Colodny Fass Shareholder Maria Elena Abate was one of five venerable fraud-fighters nominated as “Insurance Defense Attorney of the Year,” at the recent Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee‘s (FIFEC’s) 25th Anniversary …

  In a close and divided opinion issued today, June 8, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court upheld its 2014 ruling that personal injury non-economic damage caps in medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional.  To read the ruling, click here. To read …

  The ruling in a complex Florida employment law case was upheld by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals late last month, resulting in a former corporate officer being ordered to pay damages to his former employer for having illegally …

  In an opinion on John Robert Sebo, et al. v. American Home Assurance Company, Inc. published today, December 1, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court quashed an earlier decision in the case on the ground that it expressly and directly …

  In an Opinion issued October 20, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court considered the scope of the liability of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) for sinkhole losses. In its Opinion, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed two certified questions in …

  Above:  Colodny Fass Lawyers Maria Elena Abate and Raquel Moya     Emergency Medical Condition Must Exist For No-Fault Benefits Over $2,500, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals Confirms Recent attempts by medical providers to work around Florida’s $2,500 legislative …

  In an Opinion issued yesterday, August 11, 2016, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (“First DCA”) determined that it lacked jurisdiction in an appeal involving uninsured motorist coverage issued by State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company (“State Farm”).    …

  In a case of potential significance for insurers that accept credit card payments for insurance premiums, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the constitutionality of s. 501.0117(1), F.S., which prohibits …