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Weaponized Use Of Car

Weaponized Use Of Car

Car Accidents

In the case of Arthur Sager v. Madalina Blanco and Ricardo F. Blanco, Case Number 3D20-1194 (Fla. 3rd DCA October 12, 2022), Florida’s Third DCA held that an injured party is not precluded from pursuing vicarious liability when the vehicle involved has been weaponized by...

Fraudulent Transfers After A Car Accident

Fraudulent Transfers After A Car Accident

Car Accidents

In the case of Rose Renda v. Joseph Price, Case Number 4D21-534 (Fla. 4th DCA July 27, 2022), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that using fraudulent funds to obtain a homestead for the purpose of defeating a judgment creditor results in an equitable lien on the homestead subject to...

Release of Employee Also Released Employer

Release of Employee Also Released Employer

Car Accidents

In the case of Patrick Campbell v. Harper’s Air Inc., Case Number 3D21-0750 (Fla. 3d DCA January 19, 2022), Florida’s Third DCA held that a release of the driver that includes a release for “employers” also releases the employer at the time of the accident...

Available for Regular Use In GEICO Policy

Available for Regular Use In GEICO Policy

Car Accidents

In the case of GEICO Indemnity Company v. Brian Walker, et al, Case Number 4D20-764 (Fla. 4th DCA May 12, 2021), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that a vehicle to which the driver had been given open permission without restriction to use was not covered because it was...

Inconsistent Testimony Does Not Necessarily Amount to Fraud

Inconsistent Testimony Does Not Necessarily Amount to Fraud

Car Accidents

In the case of Jean Carlos Salazar v. Miguel Rogelio Gomez, Case Number 3D19-1448 (Fla. 3rd DCA February 17, 2021), Florida’s Third DCA reinstated a verdict for the plaintiff after it had been set aside after a trial based on an inconsistent statement made by the...

Jury Question Over Control In Dominos Pizza Accident

Jury Question Over Control In Dominos Pizza Accident

Car Accidents

In the case of Dominos Pizza, LLC v. Yvonne Wiederhold, as PR for the Estate of Richard Wiederhold, Case Number 5D19-2343 (Fla. 5th DCA October 23, 2020), Florida’s Fifth DCA affirmed the use of an “agency” jury instruction as it relates to the...

Advance Payment from UM Carrier Functions as a Setoff

Advance Payment from UM Carrier Functions as a Setoff

Car Accidents

In the case of Richard Solomon v. State Farm, Case Number 5D18-3920 (Fla. 5th DCA August 21, 2020), Florida’s Fifth DCA held that an advance payment by a UM carrier is considered a setoff. Underlying Facts Solomon sued State Farm as the uninsured motorist...

Proposal For Settlement With Wrong Amount Not Enforced

Proposal For Settlement With Wrong Amount Not Enforced

Car Accidents

In the case of Kyle Dale v. Viktoria Schaub and State Farm Automobile Insurance Company, Case Number 4D19-900 (Fla. 4th DCA August 19, 2020), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that a mistake in the amount of a proposal for settlement with a number not consented to by the client was...

Directed Verdict For Causation of Injuries Reversed

Directed Verdict For Causation of Injuries Reversed

Car Accidents

In the case of USAA v. Robyn Rey, Case Number 2D18-5120 (Fla. 2d DCA August 5, 2020), Florida’s Second DCA held that USAA was not required to present expert testimony to rebut conflicting evidence on causation of injuries resulting in reversal of jury verdict. Outline of...

Applying Owner Liability Caps In Florida

Applying Owner Liability Caps In Florida

Car Accidents

In the case of Brian Walker, as personal representative of the Estate of Sophie C. Walker v. GEICO Inemnity Company, Case Number 4D18-3706 (Fla. 4th DCA March 25, 2020), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that an at-fault driver with coverage under four policies had more than the...

Rear End Presumption For Sudden Stops At An Intersection

Rear End Presumption For Sudden Stops At An Intersection

Car Accidents

In the case of Lynn Fonger v. James Nall, Case Number 5D17-2927 (Fla. 5th DCA November 15, 2019), Florida’s Fifth DCA held that the sudden stop of an unidentified vehicle at an intersection does not rebut the rear-end presumption of negligence in Florida. Therefore, the...

Nationwide Gets Stuck Paying On Proposal For Settlement

Nationwide Gets Stuck Paying On Proposal For Settlement

Car Accidents

In the case of Sandra Davis v. Jessica Muro consolidated with Nationwide v. Jessica Muro, Case Numbers 4D18-907 and 4D18-2824 (Fla. 4th DCA November 13, 2019), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that an insurance company losing on a proposal for settlement is required to cover attorney...

Winter Haven Car Accident US17 October 2019

Winter Haven Car Accident US17 October 2019

News Events

A car accident in Winter Haven on US17 at the intersection with Avenue C, SW was reported in The Ledger on October 16, 2019. The accident happened when a Honda Civic ran a red light and hit a county-owned vehicle. These vehicles spun after the collision and then struck another...

Pure Opinion Testimony On Liability Not Allowed Under Daubert

Pure Opinion Testimony On Liability Not Allowed Under Daubert

Car Accidents

In the case of Mastec North America, Inc. and Robert W. Dumas v. Kathleen Morakis, as guardian of Manual Perez Garcia, Case Number 4D18-1321 (Fla. 4th DCA October 2, 2019), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that an accident reconstruction expert’s opinion that an impaired...

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