Automobile Liability
Susan Kent (Palm Beach, FL) (Automobile Liability) represented a carrier in a UM claim where the insured claimed he was run off the road by a phantom vehicle in Alabama. Ms. Kent and attorney James Potts from Vernis & Bowling’s Birmingham Alabama o… Read More
Mold, Property
Terrence Lavy, Cassius Borel and Alexis Barkis,(Southwest FL/Ft. Myers) (Property/Mold) obtained a defense verdict in a dispute between a homeowner and a mold remediation contractor in Lee County. Kelly v. Nu Image Claims involved a plumbing failure in… Read More
Workers Compensation
Will B. Ramhofer (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained an order in the Palm Beach District denying claims for permanent total disability and retroactive temporary indemnity benefits, and fees and costs. The case involved complex… Read More
Workers Compensation
Jerry M. Hayden (Miami) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained a Final Compensation Order denying all benefits in a claim brought pursuant to the Florida Heart & Lung Bill for compensability of an employee’s heart disease and a resulting heart attack. The de… Read More
Automobile Liability
Kenneth Amos and William Gula (Gulf Coast/St. Petersburg, FL) (Automobile Liability) obtained a defense verdict despite Defendant admitting fault for the accident. Plaintiff, who was making a claim for personal injuries, which included past medical bil… Read More
Automobile Liability, PIP
Jose Pete Font and Jaime Martin (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Automobile Liability/PIP). In this claim for PIP benefits State Farm prevailed in arbitration shortly before trial. Although the arbitrator’s signed award was not served until the following… Read More
Property
Jose Pete Font and Kristin Yoder (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Property) obtained a dismissal for Southern Oak Insurance Company. When this first-party homeowner’s insurance claim was first reported by Plaintiff to SOIC, it was said that the loss had o… Read More
Property
Jose Pete Font and Kristin Yoder (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Property) obtained a voluntary dismissal for Southern Fidelity Property and Casualty. Plaintiffs claimed that a loss as a result of a wind/weather event that took place on October 15, 2013…. Read More
Automobile Liability, PIP
Jose Pete Font and Deniz Cankaya (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Automobile Liability/PIP) obtained a dismissal in a case for State Farm. Plaintiff was a chiropractic clinic, who per an assignment of benefits sought PIP benefits from State Farm in relati… Read More
Automobile Liability, PIP
Jose Pete Font and Deniz Cankaya (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Automobile Liability/PIP) obtained a defense verdict after a multi-day trial for State Farm. Pursuant to an assignment of benefits, the Plaintiff sought payment of PIP benefits for a course… Read More