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For decades, the Florida Statute by which legal fees may be recovered, provided this right to owners, subcontractors, laborers and materialmen, but did not include contractors. Historically, contractors could only pursue fees where provided for in a bond or under
For decades, the Florida Statute by which legal fees may be recovered, provided this right to owners, subcontractors, laborers and materialmen, but did not include contractors. Historically, contractors could only pursue fees where provided for in a bond or under
On October 4, 2018, in Allen v. Nunez, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion concerning proposals for settlement, which may be helpful in determining how best to phrase and consider proposals directed at multiple parties. In the underlying matter,
Progressive Select Insurance Company recently dealt a blow to Lee Memorial Health Systems when the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed Progressive’s position that the Hospital’s “Lien Impairment” statute was unconstitutional as a special law that created and impaired a
In the recent case, McCoy v. R.J. Reynolds, 4D16-1378 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct 25, 2017), the Fourth District held that since a PFS is not a “pleading” which is “filed” with the court, Rule 2.516 does not require the e-service
The Fourth District Court of Appeal, in Crane Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Hollingswoth & Vose Co. v. Delisle, 2016 WL 4771438 (Fla. 4th DCA September 14, 2016), recently reversed an $8 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff
