On Monday, July 29, 2019, the Florida Supreme Court, by a vote of 4 to 3, decided to discharge jurisdiction and not address whether Florida law allows for an insurer’s homeowner’s policy to require the consent of all insureds, including a mortgagee such as a bank, before a post-loss assignment
On April 5, 2019, the First DCA issued a rare en banc decision in Sedgwick CMS and The Hartford/Sedgwick CMS v. Valcourt-Williams, Case No. 1D17-96. Writing for the majority, Judge Winsor opined that Valcourt-Williams, a workers’ compensation claims adjuster employed under a telecommuting agreement for claims adjudication firm Sedgwick CMS,
In Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. ___ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court established that the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines is an incorporated protection that applies to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. While the facts in Timbs were centered around the accused’s underlying conduct in
Tom Crapps, Shareholder at Meenan P.A. is cited in a Florida Politics article following his client’s victory in a trade secret case. The article text can be found here or on the Florida Politics website.
The U.S. Supreme Court, taking the same position as the Florida Supreme Court, recently declined cert and therefore will not exercise judicial review over a case challenging the worker’s compensation system established in Florida. The U.S. Supreme Court gave no comment or explanation as to why they denied the petition
by Tim Schoenwalder The Florida Supreme Court has issued its much-awaited opinion in Wells Fargo Bank. N.A. v. Pruco Life Ins. Co., Case No. SC15-382 (Fla. S. Ct. Sept. 22, 2016). In its analysis of two questions of Florida law certified by the Eleventh Circuit in Pruco Life Ins. Co.