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Valerie Dondero, of the Miami office, obtained a dismissal with prejudice in favor of an interstate trucking company on claims of negligent training and supervision of its driver. Valerie argued the Clooney doctrine and its progeny, which allows a Court
Insurance carriers have been at war with Lee Memorial Health System for the past three years in cases where LMHS has been actively filing lawsuits against carriers for alleged lien impairment for issuing settlement drafts without making LMHS a payee
Valerie A. Dondero, of our Miami office, obtained a pre-suit withdrawal of Plaintiff’s challenges to the electronic signatures contained within the insurer’s Application for Auto Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured Motorist Selection/Rejection Form. Valerie was seeking to obtain pre-suit Examination
Valerie A. Dondero, of our Miami office, obtained a dismissal with prejudice in a products liability action against a device manufacturer and its supplier. The Motion to Dismiss was based upon Plaintiff’s failure to respond to discovery and subsequent failure
Valerie A. Dondero, of the Miami office, obtained a dismissal with prejudice in favor of the insurer and against the injured third-party, who had obtained an assignment of coverage benefits from the insured. Valerie was able to show that the
In May, 2012, in Travelers Commercial Ins. Co. v. Harrington, 86 So. 3d 1274 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012), review granted, 116 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. 2013), the First District Court of Appeal ruled that the daughter of a Named Insured
The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 133 S.Ct. 735 (2013), has limited the scope of admiralty jurisdiction and the application of federal maritime law. The Court held a permanently-moored floating home was
Automobile insurers in Florida are facing increasing challenges to their online application and electronic signature processes, especially with respect to the execution of the Uninsured Motorist Selection/Rejection form. Under §627.727, Fla. Stat., a “signed” rejection of Uninsured Motorist coverage or
Valerie Dondero, of our Miami office, obtained a Summary Final Judgment in favor of a prominent hotel chain after brief discovery indicated the Hotel did not control or direct the method by which an independent contractor performed dangerous work on
