KD team members Caryn Bellus, from our Miami office, and Angela Flowers, from our Ocala office, recently represented KD overseas in Rome, Italy, during the strategic planning retreat hosted by the Appellate Section of the Florida Bar Association. Both Caryn
In Eli Wolf v. Exylena Williams, No. 5D2023-3234 (Fla. 5th DCA Nov. 25, 2024), the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed a Duval County trial court’s ruling that Florida Statute section 768.0427—part of the Florida Tort Reform Law passed in
In The Open MRI Guys of Palm Beach, LLC v. Progressive Am. Ins. Co., No. 3D23-2008 (Fla. 3d DCA Sept. 25, 2024), Kubicki Draper attorneys Michael Clarke and Joye Walford obtained an affirmance of an order granting Progressive’s motion to
In Univ. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Qureshi, No. 4D2023-1338 (Fla. 4th DCA July 24, 2024), the Fourth District reversed a final judgment awarding damages based on an insurer’s failure to pay for water leak damage, holding that the insureds
In Florida Insurance Guarantee Association v. Feijoo, 49 Fla. L. Weekly D801 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024), Caryn Bellus and Barbara Fox obtained a reversal of a summary judgment. Plaintiff amended the complaint to name FIGA after Windhaven Insurance Company was
Under section 44.103(5), Fla. Stat. (2021), “An arbitration decision shall be final if a request for trial de novo is not filed within” 20 days as required by Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.820(h). Since 2006, when the Fourth District decided
In Hale v. Geico General Insurance Company, Caryn Bellus and Ben Carter obtained an affirmance of a final judgment for Geico in an underinsured motorist case where the tortfeasor’s liability limits exceeded the insured’s damages. After the accident, the insured
In Holding Insurance Companies Accountable, LLC, a/a/o Parnell Dickinson v. American Integrity Insurance Company of Florida, Caryn Bellus and Ben Carter obtained an affirmance of a summary judgment in a first-party property case brought by an assignee where the assignment
In HCA Health Services of Florida v. Jo Ann Berlin, M.D., 4D2022-2652 (April 17, 2024), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held the trial court abused its discretion when it denied HCA attorneys’ fees because HCA had not set the
Caryn Bellus, of our Miami office, recently presented a webcast for the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar. Caryn and her co-panelist Rebecca Creed discussed the ins and outs of pre-suit notice statutes and the paths for avoiding unnecessary
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