October 10, 2022 | Legal Alerts

Contractor Fraud and Abuse Negatively Impacting the Florida Insurance Industry

The Florida property insurance market is in dire financial straits, and the situation is getting worse. Insurance companies are struggling to do business in the state, leaving homeowners to pay the price through reduced coverage and higher premiums. Many of the problems the insurance industry faces are the result of unscrupulous contractors who raise the cost of doing business for insurance companies. Many insurers have left the state in the face of insurmountable challenges. While the state has responded by attempting to reform the industry, many of the root causes of the insurance crisis remain unaddressed.

September 27, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Conroy Simberg Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in Trucking Case

Miles McGrane, IV, a partner in the firm’s Hollywood office, along with Aaron Zeilberger, an associate in the firm’s Orlando office, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a trucking company and its driver in a personal injury case after a five day jury trial in Lake County, Florida. The case was bifurcated and this trial was on liability only. The jury deliberated for thirty minutes before returning with their verdict.

September 8, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Hollywood Attorneys Prevail on Motion for Summary Judgment in a Slip-and-Fall Case

Seth Goldberg, a partner in the firm’s Hollywood office, along with Samuel Spinner, an associate in the firm’s appellate department, recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case involving a transitory foreign substance. The plaintiff testified that she did not see the liquid before she fell, did not know how long it was on the floor, and did not know how it got on the floor. The defense moved for summary judgment, arguing the plaintiff could not meet her burden to prove that the business owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the substance before the accident as required by Florida Statute section 768.0755. The plaintiff argued that the defendant must have known of the substance because there was an employee in the area where she fell. The trial court rejected this argument, agreeing with the defense that there was no evidence the employee spilled the liquid on the floor or knew about it before the accident. Therefore, the trial court granted final summary judgment for the defendant.

September 6, 2022 | Verdicts and Settlements

Conroy Simberg Attorneys Prevail on Motion for Summary Judgment in Wrongful Death Case

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.