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March 22, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Esther Ruderman, a workers’ compensation partner in our West Palm Beach Office, and Diane Tutt, an appellate partner in our Hollywood Office, were successful in a significant workers’ compensation case involving a teacher whose leg fell asleep while sitting on a chair in the classroom, causing him to fall when he got up, sustaining injury.
March 21, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Cristobal Casal, managing partner, and Elliott Tubbs, an associate, in the firm’s Fort Myers office, obtained a defense verdict in a first party property case tried over 3 days in Lee County, Florida. Plaintiffs were the insured homeowners who claimed that their home's shingle roof and a significant amount of the interior of the home was damaged as a result of Hurricane Irma, and that the insurance carrier breached the subject policy of insurance by denying the claim. The jury found that the Plaintiffs had not met their burden of proving that the home was damaged by Hurricane Irma.
March 11, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements
Cris Casal, managing partner in the Fort Myers office obtained a defense verdict on behalf of First Protective Insurance Company in a three-day jury trial in Lee County, Florida. The Court previously granted Frontline’s partial summary judgment finding Plaintiffs breached the policy of insurance by their failure to promptly report the claim.
March 10, 2022 | Legal Alerts
The legal landscape in which insurance companies operate is constantly in flux, especially when technology is involved. There are core legal obligations that require insurance companies to play defense when dealing with cybersecurity issues; however, an insurance company can get ahead of these issues by being proactive. At a minimum, carriers must follow data security safeguard laws.
February 28, 2022 | Speaking Announcements
Matthew J. Troy, a partner in Conroy Simberg’s Orlando office, will present “The Employment Relationship, Employee Leasing Companies, Covered and Excluded Employment, Defenses to Claims and Fraud,” at the 2022 Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Forum in Orlando, Florida on April 7, 2022.