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Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Filing a Wrongful Death Claim After a Fatal Auto Accident in Florida

When someone you love dies in an auto crash, it is a terrible tragedy. When the accident was caused by the actions of a negligent driver, Florida law allows family members to recover compensation for their loss by filing a...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Navigating the Legal Process After a Car Accident in Florida: Your Rights and Options

Being in a car accident can be a traumatic experience, particularly if there are serious personal injuries and/or significant damage to your car. Understanding the legal process in Florida is imperative to knowing your rights...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What to Do After a Motorcycle Accident in Florida: A Brief Guide

Riding a motorcycle is a thrilling experience, but it comes with inherent risks. In Florida, like in any other state, motorcycle accidents can happen at any given time and in any given place. That said, knowing what to do in...more

Marshall Dennehey

Take a Closer Look: The Precise Language of an Out-of-State Coverage Provision Leads To Varying Results

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Key Points: Where the language in an insurance contract is plain and unambiguous, the courts must interpret the terms of the contract according to their plain meaning as written....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Tips for Dealing with Insurance Adjusters After an Injury in Florida

Let’s say you’ve just suffered a personal injury in Florida. This can range from an automobile accident to a dog bite or from breaking a leg on an uneven staircase to a “slip and fall” in a big box store. All of these...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FAQs: What You Need to Know After a Car Accident in Florida

Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident is never easy. Even when you are involved in a minor fender-bender, dealing with the insurance companies and getting your car repaired can be a painful and difficult process. But,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FAQs: What You Need to Know After a Truck Accident in Florida

Truck accidents often have serious consequences. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a truck accident, you could be facing significant and long-term losses. You may be entitled to financial compensation (the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Florida Uninsured Motorist Coverage: Stacked vs. Unstacked

Uninsured motorist (UM) coverage is a component of an auto insurance policy that provides coverage for you, the policyholder, when you are involved in an accident with someone who does not have insurance. Underinsured...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler Wins Dismissal of a First-Party Bad-Faith Claim Involving a Civil Remedy Notice That Listed a Different Household Policy

In Florida, an insured cannot bring a first-party bad faith claim based on a claim for UM coverage unless the insured first files a Civil Remedy Notice (CRN) with the Florida Department of Financial Services. In Mathurin v....more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appellate Court Rejects Jury’s Bad Faith Verdict

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It feels like a black swan event: last month, in GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Harvey, No. 4D15-2724 (Fla. Ct. App. Jan. 4, 2017), a Florida appellate panel unanimously overturned a jury verdict, on the ground that the plaintiff’s...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Will Florida's Crazy PIP Litigation Soon Be a Thing of the Past?

Following an automobile accident, injured parties need immediate funds to pay for medical expenses. To ensure that injured persons have the ability to obtain necessary healthcare, Florida law requires auto insurers to...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Florida 4th DCA Reiterates Insurers Negligence Not Enough to Sustain Bad Faith Claim

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Directs Judgment to be Entered in Favor of Insurer - In GEICO v. Harvey, (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 4, 2017), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the trial court erred in denying the insurer’s motion for directed...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Clarifies “Permanency” Requirement under Florida Bad Faith Statute

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In Cadle v. GEICO Ins. Co., Case No. 15-11283 (11th Cir. Sept. 30, 2016), the Eleventh Circuit held that GEICO had not acted in bad faith when it failed to settle a claim after the insured did not provide any evidence of...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict in UIM Bad Faith Case

On Friday, September 30, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law that had been granted by the Middle District Court of Florida in a uninsured/underinsured motorist...more

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