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Attorney's Fees Policy Terms

Marshall Dennehey

As the Insurance Carrier Timely Complied With Its Policy’s Appraisal Clause and Issued Payments and Coverage in Accordance With...

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Alice Ward Valdivieso, et al., Appellants, v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Appellee, 3rd District, Case No. 3D22-2137, L.T. Case No. 18-23350, Mar. 6, 2024 - The Third District Court of Appeals was asked to...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Insurers May be on-the-hook for Pre-Suit Attorney’s Fees, but Can Avoid Them by Considering Pre-Suit Settlement

Tendering policy limits to an insured in response to a Notice of Intent to Litigate, under section 627.70152, Florida Statutes (2021), precludes insureds from recovering pre-suit attorney’s fees from their property insurers...more

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Treatment of attorney’s fees awards under liability policies-Kennedys

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Insureds may find themselves liable to pay a plaintiff’s attorney’s fees in various contexts, whether by virtue of a statute or contractual provision. If prevailing party attorney’s fees are awarded, a question arises as to...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Attorney’s Fees as an Element Damages in an Uninsured Motorist Bad Faith Lawsuit Make the Plaintiff Whole, not His or Her...

A plaintiff cannot recover attorney’s fees in a Florida lawsuit for Uninsured Motorist (“UM”) benefits unless there is a dispute about whether the insurance policy provides coverage.  However, attorney’s fees from the...more

Carlton Fields

Court Compels Arbitration of Balance Billing Dispute Under a California Health Plan, Severs Certain Unconscionable Provisions, and...

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A patient sued her health plan and the plan’s debt collector under various California and federal laws in connection with alleged attempts by the plan to unlawfully collect the balances of the plaintiff’s medical statements...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Superiority and Mootness of Injunctive Relief Claim Addressed in Recent Denial of Class Certification

A recent decision by a Washington federal district court caught my eye because it involved a circumstance I often see—a new development in the law results in a class action lawsuit being filed before the defendant has an...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 29, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Attorneys' Fees: borrower not entitled to attorneys' fees for prevailing on lender's claim for reformation of mortgage, where lender prevailed on claim of foreclosure without...more

Cozen O'Connor

Eleventh Circuit Holds Attorneys’ Fees Are Not Warranted Where Policyholder Filed Suit Instead of Undergoing Appraisal

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The Eleventh Circuit, in J.P.F.D. Investment Corp. v. United Specialty Insurance Co., recently affirmed a district court’s denial of statutory attorneys’ fees to a policyholder that, to resolve a disagreement over the amount...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

AOB lawsuits compound agony of Florida hurricanes

The storms of 2017 not only affected lives and property, they occasioned a flurry of litigation in Florida that has revived perennial calls for reform. During hurricane Irma, strong winds blew trees onto roofs, and heavy...more

Carlton Fields

The Privilege Maintains Its Power: Texas Supreme Court Blocks Discovery of Insurer Attorney’s Billing Information

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When (if ever) are an insurer’s attorney’s fees and billing information discoverable in a coverage dispute? Though the question is straightforward, the answer can vary from case to case and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

To Fee Or Not To Fee, That Is The Question: The Florida Supreme Court Finds Coverage For Proposal For Settlement Sanctions In...

To understand the implications of Macedo II, it is important to understand what brought us here. It’s a long and bumpy road, but understanding what brought us here will be critical in order to understanding how to go forward....more

Rumberger | Kirk

What's a Coverage Defense? 11th Circuit Addresses Coverage Defenses under the Florida Claims Administration Statute

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When coverage is at issue, the interplay between a policy’s language and an insurer’s duties under the Claims Administration Statute, Florida Statute Section 627.426, becomes a key factor in claims handling for insurers. In...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Eleventh Circuit Finds No Coverage for Contempt Proceedings under Lloyd's Professional Liability Insurance Policy

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In Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. v. Prosight-Syndicate 1110 at Lloyd’s, United States No. 15-12399, 2017 WL 586450 (11th Cir., February 14, 2017) the insured law firm sought to recover legal fees and costs incurred...more

Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown Submits Amicus Brief For Chamber Of Commerce, American Tort Reform Association, And American Insurance Association In...

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Seemingly minor legal issues sometimes can have a surprisingly significant effect. That is particularly true with the ratio guidepost because the effect of any dispute about the guidepost’s application is literally...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

What's a Court to Consider After a Post-Suit Payment?

Most first-party insurance lawsuits are accompanied by a claim for attorneys’ fees based on section 627.428, Florida Statutes. The operative language of this statute has been part of Florida law for over a century, and the...more

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