Insurance Opinions Archives - Sylvester Law Center

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending May 1, 2026

Posted on May 5, 2026

Flood Insurance Donnelly v. Allstate Ins. Co., 8:26-cv-00328-SDM-NHA (M.D. of Fla., Apr. 27, 2026- Merryday, J.) (denying without prejudice Allstate’s motion to dismiss, finding that although Donnelly’s National Flood Insurance Program claim appears untimely on the existing record, Donnelly sufficiently disputed the authenticity and reliability...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending April 24, 2026

Posted on April 30, 2026

Discovery: Accelerant Specialty Ins. Co. and Texas Ins. Co., v. Gutska, Goldston, and Anderton, 5:25-cv-506-JSM-PRL (M.D. Fla., Apr.24, 2026 (Lammens, J.)) (granting in part and denying in part Plaintiffs' motion to compel initial disclosures, holding that the request to compel Rule 26 initial disclosures was moot because Defendants...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending April 17, 2026

Posted on April 21, 2026

Auto Insurance McGee v. Progressive Select Ins. Co., No. 8:25-cv-00868-JLB-NHA (M.D. Fla., Apr. 13, 2026 (Hirt Adams, J.)) (denying the plaintiff’s motion to compel production of Progressive’s Electronic File Folder (EFF) index, finding that the requested discovery was not relevant or proportional under Rule 26, and reasoning that...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending April 10, 2026

Posted on April 20, 2026

Flood Insurance Souliaev v. Allstate Ins. Co., 8:26-cv-00129-SDM-LSG (M.D. Fla., Apr. 10, 2026 (Merryday, J.)) (granting Allstate's motion to dismiss, holding that Plaintiff's claim was time-barred as Plaintiff filed suit more than one year after Allstate mailed its partial denial of coverage under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending April 3, 2026

Posted on April 8, 2026

Auto Insurance Kesler v. Progressive Select Ins. Co., 2D2025-1038 (Fla. 2nd DCA, Apr. 1, 2026- Sleet, J. (Silberman and Morris, JJ., concur)) (granting certiorari and quashing the trial court’s order compelling deposition testimony from the insured’s attorney, holding that the order improperly required disclosure of attorney‑client and work...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 27, 2026

Posted on March 31, 2026

All Risk Insurance SafePoint Ins. Co. v. Ellison, Jr., 3D24-1126 (Fla. 3rd DCA, Mar. 25, 2026 (Logue, Lindsey, and Gordo, JJ.)) (affirming the trial court’s denial of SafePoint’s motions for directed verdict and for a new trial, leaving intact the jury’s verdict in favor of Ellison, and reasoning...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 20, 2026

Posted on March 31, 2026

Health Insurance Mendoza v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 23-13674 (11th Cir., Mar. 19, 2026 (Lagoa, C.J., with Newsom, J. and Kidd, J. concurring)) (affirming in part and reversing in part the district court's dismissal of Plaintiff's Complaint, holding that Mendoza failed to plausibly allege that Aetna was the...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 13, 2026

Posted on March 17, 2026

Property Insurance Miller v. Nat'l Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2:24-cv-822-SPC-DNF (M.D. Fla., Mar. 9, 2026 (Polster Chappel, J.)) (granting National's motion for partial summary judgement, holding that the policy’s anti‑concurrent causation clause bars recovery for damage to the ground floor and detached garage because undisputed record evidence...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending February 27, 2026

Posted on March 3, 2026

Property Insurance Coach Homes V at Moody River Estates Condo. Ass'n v. Steadfast Ins. Co., 2:25-cv-1215-SPC-NPM (M.D. Fla., Feb. 23, 2026 – Mizell, J.) (denying Coach Homes' motion for leave to file motion to compel appraisal out of time, holding that Coach Homes failed to...

Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending February 20, 2026

Posted on February 24, 2026

Auto Insurance State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., v. Kevin E. Cochran, et al., 8:25-cv-2265-KKM-NHA (M.D. Fla., Feb. 18, 2026 (Kimball Mizelle, J.)) (dismissing State Farm’s declaratory‑judgment claim for lack of subject‑matter jurisdiction because the insurer failed to prove that the amount in controversy exceeded...