Is it wind, water, or both?
As insurance adjusters continue their near round-the-clock work evaluating Hurricane Ian’s tremendous damage on Florida homes and businesses, it’s even clearer now that most damage is from flooding rather than the wind. I recently …
Insurance defense attorneys’ take on new law
It took a little over a week for the roofing industry to file a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Florida’s new property insurance reform law that Governor DeSantis signed and is …
by Gregory Holder, Esq.
On April 29, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion in Case: SC20-1490 (see, 46 Fla.L.Weekly S95a). In this opinion, the Florida Supreme Court further amended the summary judgment (“SJ”) Rule …
By Tom Diana, Esq.
Once again, Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals (“DCA”) has allowed litigants to file bad faith lawsuits after an insurer covers a claim and timely pays the full amount of an appraisal award. This time, …