Christine Jordan Sexton – February 15, 2023 —The new enemy: LOP: Move over AOB — there’s a new thorny issue with an acronym business interests want tackled: LOP. A letter of protection (LOP) is a letter sent to a medical professional by a plaintiff’s attorney representing the patient. LOPs guarantee the provider payment for medical treatment […]
Christine Jordan Sexton – February 13, 2023 ‘If you ask me what is the most important thing you can do on civil justice or lawsuit abuse, it’s solving this issue.’ Now that the long-running lobbying over AOB (assignment of benefits) has been resolved, business interests are targeting another thorny issue with an acronym they want tackled: […]
Public Adjusters Can’t Also Be Appraisers on the Claim, Florida Supreme Court Finds By Jim Sams | February 10, 2023 A public adjuster cannot act as an appraiser for a homeowner they represent when the insurance policy specifies that the appraiser must be “disinterested,” the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court affirmed a 2nd […]
Blake Dowling – February 3, 2023 The firm announced that on Day One it was engaged by several top government and corporate clients. Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC is hitting the ground running. From its first day, a number of influential Florida businesses, trade associations and state agencies have engaged the newly launched law firm, which began operations […]
Staff Reports – February 3, 2023 Several top Florida businesses, trade associations, and state agencies have already engaged the new firm. Alan Lawson, who retired in August as a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, is teaming up with Paul Huck, Jason Gonzalez and Amber Nunnally to launch Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC. Several top Florida businesses, trade associations and state agencies […]
FLORIDA RECORD Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large agreed with the appeals court decision. | Florida Justice Reform Institute By Michael Carroll – Jan 26, 2023 A Florida appeals court has pushed back on a company’s application of a little-used legal practice and cast a shadow on the business practices it uses to secure Medicare […]
(l-r) Third DCA Chief Judge Ivan F. Fernandez, and Judges Bronwyn C. Miller and Alexander S. Bokor (Courtesy photos) January 17, 2023 – Michael A. Mora “Litigation should work as follows: sue first, discover second. MSP has a business model of discover first, sue second. That business model is no longer tenable in Florida,” William Large, president […]
FLORIDA RECORD Friday, January 13, 2023 Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large called the state Supreme Court ruling a victory for textualism. | Florida Justice Reform Institute By Michael Carroll – Jan 10, 2023 The Florida Supreme Court has struck down a $16 million punitive damages award in a wrongful death case, concluding that the […]
January 8, 2023 The Florida Supreme Court this week answered a certified question from Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal on relative damage awards in a tobacco-related wrongful death case. The case, Coates v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., saw a jury award the plaintiff $150,000 in compensatory damages and $16 million in punitive damages, […]
By William Rabb | January 8, 2023 The Florida Supreme Court has struck down $16 million in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. as “excessive,” a decision that could bode well for insurers and businesses relying on courts to interpret state law strictly as written. “Text matters,” said William Large, president of the Florida […]