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...
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...
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...
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...