January 18, 2018 Condominium D&O
Ramy Elmasri and Adam Davis (Miami, FL) (Condo D&O) were successful in revoking Plaintiff’s counsel’s pro hac vice admission. A New York attorney represented the Plaintiff, who is a family member in a lawsuit against an Association’s former agents. Thi… Read More
January 10, 2018 Condominium D&O
Matthew Bernstein (Deland/Central FL) (Condo D&O) Our client, a condominium association, was sued in Osceola County by a LLC that allegedly provided maintenance and marketing services to the association pursuant to an implied or oral contract. The Plai… Read More
January 10, 2018 Property
Matthew Bernstein (Deland/Central FL) (Property) The Plaintiff (a collection company that had purchased a mold assessment company’s assignment of benefits in exchange for a second-tier assignment) sued our client, American Integrity, in Seminole County… Read More
October 18, 2017 Workers Compensation
Traci Teer (Atlanta, GA) (Workers’ Compensation) successfully defended an “all issues” Georgia workers’ compensation case. In Toler v. Brunswick Memorial Park, the Claimant worked as a part-time office manager at a funeral home. On June 29, 2016, she s… Read More
December 22, 2017 Insurance Fraud
Ken Amos and William Gula (St. Petersburg, FL) (Fraud) defended a Tampa, Florida Chick-fil-A restaurant in a case where a Plaintiff was found to have committed fraud upon the court. The Plaintiff filed suit on October 1, 2013, alleging negligence again… Read More
December 13, 2017 Automobile Liability
Ken Amos and William Gula (St. Petersburg, FL) (Automobile Liability) obtained its second zero verdict in two months in a rear-end collision auto accident. The four day trial was held in Tampa, Hillsborough County before judge Herbert Baumann, Jr. It t… Read More
September 1, 2017 Workers Compensation
Maloree McDonough (Birmingham, AL) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of One Beacon Insurance. Plaintiff was an owner-operator who sued the common carrier, Southeast Logistics, Inc., for which he drove his truck for workers’ co… Read More
October 17, 2017 Premises Liability
William Gula, Esq., Kory Watson, Esq., and Ken Amos, Esq. (St. Petersburg, FL) (Premises Liability) secured a defense verdict for the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the world, NPC International, Inc., from a Pasco County, Florida jury. Plaintiff, Benj… Read More
July 28, 2017 Education-Title IX, Governmental Law
Dirk M. Smits, Esq. and Scott C. Black, Esq. (Florida Keys) (Government/Education – Title IX) won summary judgment on behalf of The School Board of Monroe County, Florida in Federal District Court in the Southern District of Florida. This high-profile… Read More
August 24, 2017 Automobile Liability
Scott Black and Matthew Francis (Florida Keys) (Auto Liability) obtained a defense verdict after a three week jury trial against Progressive insureds in Monroe County, Florida. Plaintiff, a 19 year old local female, sought $37 million dollars in damage… Read More