Above: Colodny Fass& Webb Shareholder Maria Elena Abate When faulty construction of an Alabama residence was alleged to have led to water leakage and extensive damage in other parts of the home, the general...
Court expands previous ruling, rules that prior to the 2011 amendments to Florida’s sinkhole statutes, the term “structural damage” in the context of coverage for a sinkhole loss meant “damage...
By Maria Elena AbateShareholder In a widely anticipated opinion released March 13, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court held in State Farm v. Curran that an insured’s failure to attend a compulsory medical examination...
By Matthew Scarfone, Esq. In Gans v. McCarty, a licensed chiropractor, Mark Gans, and his medical facilities operating under a separate legal entity, filed a lawsuit against the Commissioner of the Florida...
The Florida Association of Self-Insureds (“FASI”) reported today, December 19, 2013, that earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) accepted jurisdiction of Westphal v....
Court rules that prior to the 2011 amendments of the sinkhole statutes, “structural damage” in context of sinkhole loss meant damage that impairs the structural integrity of the building Maria Abate and Amy...
Above: Colodny Fass& Webb Shareholder and Managing Litigation Partner Maria Elena Abate By Maria Elena Abate, Esq. In a decidedly reluctant opinion filed on October 23, 2013, the First District Court...
The First District Court of Appeal issued an opinion today, October 23, 2013, reversing a Leon County trial court’s order temporarily enjoining the Office of Insurance Regulation from enforcing recent amendments...
Above: Employment Law Attorney Maria Elena Abate Notes Recently Filed Florida Employment-Related Bill By Maria Elena Abate, Esq.Managing Litigation ShareholderColodny Fass& Webb Florida State Senator Jeff Clemens...
Yesterday, September 23, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal, sitting en banc (the entire court) reversed its previous ruling in the Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg case that had heretofore extended...