On June 11, 2021, Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 76, which created Fla. Stat. §627.70152. This anti-policyholder statute was passed in an alleged effort to reduce insurance claim litigation. The new statute, entitled “Suits arising under a property insurance policy,” went into effect on July 1, 2021. The new law “applies exclusively to all suits not…
One of the common concerns for clients that are dealing with a legal issue, is attorneys’ fees and costs. “How can I reduce attorneys’ fees and costs” is not an uncommon question. We decided to prepare the information below so that our clients have a better understanding of how fees and costs are broken down…
An Explanation of H) Insurances Policies HO-00 – fire only; specified risk; highly unusual HO-01 – named peril policy; doesn’t cover personal property HO-02 – named peril policy; this one is a little broader than HO-01 policy; might be actual cash value policy; doesn’t cover personal property HO-03 – all risk policy covering both real…
A stolen yacht crashed into at least six other boats Sunday night at Miami Beach Marina, Miami Beach police said. The crash happened about 11:30 p.m. near Monty’s in Miami Beach. Police said the stolen 80-foot yacht was driven into a concrete pier and several boats at the dock. The thief then abandoned the boat…
A boater, who said he had been drinking Long Island Ice Teas before the incident, was arrested Wednesday morning after an 72-foot yacht washed ashore on Palm Beach.Thomas Henry Baker, 63, Belle Isle, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, told police he “failed to navigate his vessel into the Palm Beach Inlet and ran the vessel…
The firm’s attorneys’ represented a well-known marina/repair facility in West Palm Beach and handled both the underlying trial and the appeal. The underlying action concerned a claim for breach for purportedly defective repairs rendered to a 158’ sailing yacht. The case was tried before a jury in the summer of 2013 which resulted in a…
Update on the two south Florida teens lost at sea. We hope that the recovered cell phone can provide some answers. Everyone should be careful on the water and have proper safety gear – EPIRBs Perry Neblett Via Local10.com PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A Norwegian research crew found the boat that carried two Jupiter teens…
74 Spencer sinks. There is speculation that she was on her maiden voyage with a Spencer onboard. I also heard that there is no insurance. I hope that the vessel owner did have her insured.
Another boat fire at Grove Harbour Marina! A 41-foot cuddy cabin has apparently been deemed a totals loss and other boats were damaged. Luckily it appears that there were no people injured. This is the latest of a number of vessel fires in the last few years at the docks right in front of our…
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday set a Dec. 21 deadline for damage claims to be filed by the families of 33 sailors lost at sea when the freighter El Faro went down last month in a hurricane off the Bahamas. The deadline, coming just weeks after the…
