Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Blog

In the case of Tuong Vi Le v. Colonial Freight Systems, Inc., Case Number 1D18-39 (Fla. 1st DCA December 4, 2019), Florida’s First DCA held that a semi-trailer owner is not responsible under a theory of non-delegable duty for negligent maintenance of the trailer. Instead, the...

In the case of H. Greg Lee, personal representative of the estate of Raymond Consul, v. Mark Chmielewski, as guardian of Matthew Martin, Case Number 2D17-4275 (Fla. 2d DCA November 15, 2019), Florida’s Second DCA held that GEICO was not required to accept an offer of...

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...

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...

In the case of Natalie S. Deutsch v. GEICO General Insurance Company, Case Number 4D18-2714 (Fla. 4th DCA October 30, 2019), Florida’s Fourth DCA held that a mobile gym operated out of the back of a truck was not considered an uninsured vehicle for purposes of UM...

In the case of Rosella Wilcox v. Michael Neville, Case Number 1D18-4057 (Fla. 1st DCA October 30, 2019), Florida’s First DCA held that “postoffer settlement” in section 768.79(6), Fla. Stat. means after the offer was served. Underlying Facts This case arose...

In the case of Basner v. Bergdoll, Case Number 1D19-562 (Fla. 1st DCA October 23, 2019), Florida’s First DCA held that a handwritten modification to an insurance release was a counteroffer and that a settlement was not made. Facts This case arose out of a 2017 car...

In the case of Florida Power & Light Company v. Tricia Dominguez, as PR for the Estate of Justin Dominguez, Case Number 2D18-2363 (Fla. 2d DCA October 25, 2019), Florida’s Second DCA held that direct corporate liability for punitive damages requires willful or wanton...

In the case of City of Miami v. Kho, Case Number 3D18-2369 (Fla. 3d DCA October 16, 2019), Florida’s Third DCA held that a slip and fall plaintiff did not lay a proper foundation to admit a photograph from Google Maps. Basic Facts Ms. Kho slipped and fell on a...

In the case of Myrtle Gannon v. John Cuckler, MD, et al, Case Number 2D17-4888 (Fla. 2d DCA October 16, 2019), Florida’s Second DCA held that the failure to raise lack of personal jurisdiction as a defense in either by motion or in the answer to the lawsuit results in waiver...

In the case of Mario Larrigui-Negron v. AHCA, Case Number 1D18-1172 (Fla. 1st DCA October 11, 2019) Florida’s First DCA held that the ALJ could not reject uncontradicted evidence that a Medicaid lien should be reduced without identifying a reasonable basis in the evidence to...

In the case of Kelly Mitchell v. Applebee’s Services, Inc., Case Number 1D18-2555 (Fla. 1st DCA October 1, 2019), Florida’s First DCA held that an amendment after the expiration of the statute of limitations that introduces a new element to the same cause of action...

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...

In the case of Maureen Stoyka v. Mary Grecz, Michael Grecz, The Tides at Bridgeside Square Condominium, and Dag M. Hansson, Case Number 4D19-1607 (Fla. 4th DCA October 2, 2019), Florida’s Fourth DCA reiterated that a defendant’s medical records in a personal injury case...

Florida’s new law banning the use of cell phones in school zones and construction zones goes into effect October 1, 2019. Section 316.306, Fla. Stat. sets out new ways for law enforcement to enforce the “Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law” found in section...

In the case of Jayann Contardi as next friend of B.C. v. Fun Town, LLC, Cases Number 5D18-3518 (Fla. 5th DCA September 27, 2019), Florida’s Fifth DCA upheld a summary judgment in favor of a skating rink stating that uneven floors alone are an open and obvious danger where...

In the case of Harold Krueger v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc., et al, Case Number 2D18-3823 (Fla. 2d DCA September 13, 2019), Florida’s Second DCA held that building code violations may be considered by the jury as evidence of negligence and that there is not a distinction between...

In the case of Jose Raul Angeles-Delgado and Jessica Carillo v. Julio Costa Benitez, Case Number 3D19-1022 (Fla. 3rd DCA September 11, 2019), Florida’s Third DCA held that financial relationships between the defendant’s experts, the defendant’s law firm, and the...

In the case of John Gray v. AHCA, Case Number 1D17-355 (Fla. 1st DCA September 3, 2019), Florida’s First DCA upheld a refusal from an ALJ to entertain a reduction larger than the statutory formula in section 409.910(f), Fla. Stat. even though the injury was very severe and...

In the case of Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association v. Luis Arturo Jimenez, Case Number 3D18-1814 (Fla. 3d DCA August 28, 2019), Florida’s Third DCA held that parents who chose to reject a NICA award to pursue a lawsuit under the exceptions listed...