In 2015, Dan Mouneimne’s stepdaughter sat outside a downtown Tampa bar when she noticed a drone hovering around her. She fled to her car, and it followed her and crashed on top of her car. The Tampa Police Department told Mr....more
The Federal Aviation Authority (“FAA”) Reauthorization Act of 2018 (the “Act”) was signed into law on October 5, 2018, by President Donald Trump....more
In Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Hollycal Production, Inc., Hollycal Production, Inc., was retained to take aerial photographs of a wedding that took place in April 2016. During the wedding, a drone operated by a...more
Model-aircraft hobbyist John Taylor didn’t want to register his model aircraft with the FAA pursuant to the newly created drone registry. So he took on the FAA, challenging new regulations aimed at unmanned aircraft...more
5/25/2017
/ Airspace ,
Aviation Industry ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
FMRA ,
Homeowner's Insurance ,
Insurance Industry ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Technology Sector ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more
3/3/2017
/ Admissibility ,
Appeals ,
Bad Faith ,
Bodily Injury ,
Daubert Standards ,
Drones ,
Evidence ,
Expert Testimony ,
Expert Witness ,
Explosions ,
Hurricane Season ,
Insurance Industry ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Objection Procedures ,
Preservation of Rights ,
Severe Weather ,
Slip and Fall ,
Technology Sector ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Unmanned flight isn’t new, nor is aerial photography. Hobbyists have been rigging cameras to model airplanes since long before the word “drone” became commonplace. What’s new is the proliferation of massproduced, inexpensive...more
2/22/2016
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Audio Recording ,
Drones ,
Exceptions ,
Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act ,
Imminent Harm ,
Law Enforcement ,
Photographs ,
Private Property ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Video Recordings ,
Warrants