Florida Supreme Court

The Florida Supreme Court is set to consider how far defendants in personal injury suits can pry into possible referral relationships between doctors and attorneys, a move that defense attorneys say is necessary to peel back inflated costs for medical care in these...

City of Fort Lauderdale v. Dhar, __ So. 3d __, 2016 WL 743287 (Fla. 2016) While we do not have red light cameras here in Destin or our neighboring towns, there are red light cameras in Gulf Breeze, Florida so we thought it was a pertinent issue to raise with our...

Recently, the Florida Supreme Court held against insurance companies that delay, deny and assess legitimate claims with low values in the recent decision, Fridman v. Safeco Ins. Co., No. SC13-1607, __ So.3d __, 2016 WL 743258, 41 Fla. L. Wkly. S62 (Fla. 2016) .The...

Are Medicare benefits a collateral source that a jury should consider when determining future damages? The Florida Supreme Court said NO in Joerg v. State Farm. John Joerg, Jr., etc. et. al v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. (October 15, 2015).What is a collateral...

Last week, an appellate court asked the Florida Supreme Court to review its decision that Allstate and their policyholder who was found responsible in an underlying personal injury action have the right to seek payment from a group of medical care providers who...

The Florida Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that I expect will change how school districts handle school sports. Parents of a former high school student who suffered ventricular fibrillation during a soccer game on a school field can now sue the school...