May 11, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Conroy Simberg Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in Products Liability Case

Hollywood partners Seth R. Goldberg, Joshua E. Nathanson, Michael J. Paris and appellate partner Hinda Klein recently obtained a defense verdict. This was a products liability case based upon a claim that the product, a portable generator was defective as it caused severe burns to the plaintiff. The defense was that there was no defect as several hundred of the same generators were sold by the defendant, our client without incident. Despite the fact that the plaintiff told the ER Doctor he was putting gasoline in the generator when it exploded, the plaintiff's attorney asked the jury to ignore this fact and argued that the generator was defective and that is what caused the injuries.

May 4, 2022 | Legal Alerts

Rising Litigation Pushing Insurers to the Brink of Insolvency

While plaintiffs’ lawyers like to continuously point their fingers at insurance companies, the reality is that insurers must contend with a number of minefields and difficulties on all sides. When insurance companies deny claims, they are portrayed as heartless and penny-pinching; however, increases in fraud and litigation have made things precarious for Florida’s homeowners' insurance companies. Now, many of them are on the verge of bankruptcy and could go out of business without help from the Florida Legislature. 

April 13, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Hollywood Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in a Premises Liability Case

Thomas McCausland, partner, and Lauren McEndree, associate, obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability case that was tried over 4 days in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Plaintiff claimed she slipped and fell in the parking lot of the defendant gas station as a result of an improperly painted parking stripe. The jury ruled for defendant in under 15 minutes of deliberations having concluded that defendant was not negligent.

April 8, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Melissa McDavitt and Sarah Kippers Successfully Prevailed on their Motion for Final Summary Judgment in PIP Case

Congratulations to West Palm Beach attorneys Melissa McDavitt and Sarah Kippers for successfully prevailing on their Motion for Final Summary Judgment.  In granting the Defendant’s Motion, the Court found the recent Supreme Court ruling in MRI Associates of Tampa, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., NO. SC 19-1390 to be determinative of the issues and held there is nothing in the PIP statute or the Policy that would require an insurer to pay in excess of 80% of a submitted charge.

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