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