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September 7, 2022 | Announcements, Diversity
Jayne Ann Skrzysowski-Pittman, chair of Conroy Simberg’s construction practice group and managing partner of the firm’s Orlando office, has been appointed to serve on the newly created Sixth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC). She is appointed for a 4 year term ending on July 1, 2026.
September 6, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Joshua C. Canton, a partner in the firm's Tallahassee, Florida office, Justin B. Hales, an associate in the firm’s Tallahassee, Florida office, and Jesse Dyer, an associate in the firm’s appellate department, recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death premises liability negligent security claim in Madison County, Florida where they argued that the Defendant apartment complex breached no duty owed to the Plaintiff because the incident was not foreseeable, and, even if there was a breach of duty, the Defendant was not the proximate cause of decedent’s death.
August 29, 2022 | Legal Alerts
Florida insurance companies and employers must closely track workers’ compensation developments. Workers’ compensation claims are a major expense for insurance companies. That’s why employers can expect to pay over one percent of their estimated payroll in workers’ compensation insurance costs. Even if there are no major annual changes each year, there are always some developments around the margins that will change both the costs and operation of the workers’ compensation program in the state. Here are some recent developments surrounding the workers’ compensation program and some that may happen in the immediate future.
August 25, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Rod Lundy, a partner, and Tylar Heintz, an associate, both of our Orlando office, secured a favorable verdict in Orange County, Florida following a 7 day trial.
August 22, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Conroy Simberg's Hinda Klein obtains a reversal of a trial court‘s award of attorney fees in a PIP suit filed over pennies of interest.On August 17, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. PAN AM Diagnostic Services Inc. d/b/a PAN AM Diagnostic of Orlando a/a/o Claudine Jean, 4D21-2156, (Fla. 4th DCA 2022), reversing an attorney fee award of $24,028.27 in a suit filed over $0.14 cents of statutory interest.