2024
January / February
- Proper Causation Standard in FMLA and Whistleblower Claims is But-For Causation
- The Basics of Understanding the Exclusion of Expert Testimony
- Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Violation of Civil Rights Claims Pursuant to Bodycam Video
- Miami-Dade Jury Awards School Student Pain and Suffering Damages Twenty-Six Times Greater than Medical Expenses for Broken Arm
- Firm Success
2023
November / December
- Liability Under the Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine Does Not Multiply with a Shared Vehicle
- Law Enforcement – Public Records -Marsy’s Law
- Fourth District Court of Appeal Denies Standing to Restaurant to Challenge Settlement Agreement between a City and the State of Florida
- The Potential Liabilities from Trees
- Firm Success
September / October
- Eleventh Circuit Defines Legal Standard for Student-on-Student Race-Based Harassment Claims
- Should a Corporation Carry Uninsured Motorist Protection for Employees and Vehicles Occupants?
- Appellate Court Clarifies Requirements of Written Complaint Under Whistle-Blower’s Act
- Firm Success
July / August
- Letters of Protection – Required Disclosures
- If We Win the Case, Do We Get Fees?
- Landowner Prevails in Premises Liability Claim Based on Depression in a Raised Landscaped Area of Parking Lot
- No More Tik Tok for Florida Government
- Firm Success
- Firm News
May / June
- Torts-Premises Liability-Discovery
- Florida’s New Tort Reforms Expand the Scope of Damages Discovery
- Auto Negligence Claims
- 2023 Regular Legislative Session Update
March / April
- Florida Legislature Passes Landmark Tort Reform Bill
- Sunshine Law Violation Through Inadvertent Late Production of Meeting Minutes
- Appellate Court Finds Limitations of Life Care Planners
- Insurance-Bad Faith-Claims Handling
- Civil Remedy Notice Response: Object, Object, Object!
- Firm Success
January / February
- Limitations on Liability to Persons Who Make Land Available for Public Use
- Florida’s New Sixth District Court of Appeal Provides Clean Slate
- The Importance of the Opening Session at Mediation
- Federal Judge Rules on State Attorney’s Lawsuit Against Governor Ron DeSantis
- Firm Success
2022
November / December
- Civil Procedure – Settlement – Mediation
- The Power of the Public Records Policy
- Fifth District Court of Appeal Rejects Orange County Rent Control Ordinance
- The Changing Landscape for Electronic Evidence
- Firm Success
- Firm Announcement
September / October
- City Did Not Discriminate Against Sober Living Home
- Sudden Medical Emergency Defense
- Firm Success
July / August
- New Florida Medicaid Minimum Wage Requirements for Providers Effective October 1, 2022
- Attorney-Client Privilege Preserved by the Fifth DCA
- Documents and Communications Produced in Response to a Discovery Request are Not Privileged
May / June
- Dog Bite by Police K-9 Not Barred by Sovereign Immunity
- Sovereign Immunity – Agency – Contracts
- Third District Court of Appeal Affirms that an In Camera Review is Required Before Production of Exempt and Confidential Video Recordings
- Recent Florida Legislation Regarding Homeowners Insurance
- 2022 Regular Legislative Session Update
March / April
- Transitory Substances, Slip and Fall Litigation, and Jury Instructions
- DTI – Diffuse Tensor Imaging
- Eleventh Circuit Allows Employment Discrimination Plaintiff to Proceed on Alternative “Convincing Mosaic” Framework
- Insurance-Bad Faith-Cunningham/Coblentz Agreements
- Pre-Suit Requirements, Statute of Limitations, and the Assisted Living Facilities Act
- Firm Success
January / February
- Supreme Court Issues Ruling on OSHA and CMS Workplace Vaccine Mandates
- Making Public Records Requests to a Represented Party while Litigation is Pending is Not Ethical
- Outdated Jury Instructions on Transitory Foreign Substances in Premises Liability Actions
- Florida Supreme Court Expands Rule on Interlocutory Appeals for Orders Allowing Claims for Punitive Damages
- Firm Success