January 4, 2018
A recent case out of the Florida Supreme Court will likely have a big impact on the duty of insurers to defend Florida construction cases. The case, Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company arises out of …
January 16, 2015
Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The Florida Supreme Court recently handed down a ruling in a case (Morales v. …
February 5, 2013
The Florida Supreme Court says contract clauses requiring arbitration to settle related disputes include fraud claims. The justices unanimously reversed a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, which had ruled the opposite way. They wrote that the …
November 1, 2012
Florida’s high court is debating whether a driver forfeited her uninsured motorist coverage by refusing to meet the insurer’s specific requirement to undergo a scheduled medical exam. The state Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case [State Farm …