Week ending December 4, 2021 Jain v. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Case No. 3D20-1529 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). Florida Statute section 768.79 awards fees paid by a party as well as those paid on the party’s behalf, and accordingly, a prevailing defendant may be awarded attorney’s fees even if his firm (not him) paid...Read More
Week ending November 6, 2021 Reynolds v. Servis First Bank (In Re: Stanford), Case No. 20-11652 (11th Cir. 2021). Unless a section 363 sale or lease was stayed pending appeal, the reversal or modification on appeal of the authorization under 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) does not affect the validity of a sale or lease to...Read More
January 2, 2021 January 9, 2021 January 16, 2021 January 23, 2021 January 30, 2021 January 25, 2021 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Manor House, LLC, Case No. SC19-1394 (Fla. 2021). Consequential damages such as lost rent are typically not covered by insurance policies and are reached through a bad faith action under Florida Statute...Read More