Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 9, 2026

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Flood Insurance: Barlow and Barlow v. American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida, 2:26-cv-2189-SPC-NPM (M.D. Fla., Oct. 5, 2026 (Polster Chappell, J.) (granting American Banker’s motion to dismiss holding that plaintiffs’ claim was barred by the one-year limitations period in 42 U.S.C. § 4072, having been filed on July...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 2, 2026

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Homeowners Insurance Florio v. Florida Ins. Guarantee Ass’n, Inc., No. 5D2025-0464 (5th Dist. of Fla., Oct 2, 2026- Kilbane, J.) (reversing the directed verdict entered against Sam Florio on his personal property claim, vacating the order limiting his damages evidence, and remanding for further proceedings, holding that Florio...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending September 25, 2026

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ERISA/Life & Accident Insurance: Tegu-Watkins v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co., 8:24-cv-02722-CEH-AAS (M.D. Fla., Sep. 25, 2026 (Edwards Honeywell, J.) (granting Hartford’s motion for summary judgment and denying Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, holding that Hartford’s denial of Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefits was not de novo...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending September 18, 2026

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UM Insurance Daniels v. The Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, No. 8:26-cv-2526-KKM-AEP (M.D. of Fla., Sept. 16, 2026- Kimball Mizelle, J.) (remanding Allison Daniels’s lawsuit against The Travelers Indemnity Company of America to Florida state court, holding that the insurer failed to establish federal diversity jurisdiction because it...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending September 11, 2026

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Annuity & IRA Contracts Davis v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., LPL Financial, LLC, 2:26-cv-01546-KCD-KRH (M.D. Fla., Sep. 10, 2026 (Dudek, J.) (granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss and transferring case to the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), holding that the dispute over the annuity...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending September 4, 2026

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Auto Insurance Dunaway v. Chubb Ins. Co. of New Jersey, a foreign corporation, 8:26-cv-1767-KKM-SPF (M.D. of Fla., Sept. 1, 2026-Kimball Mizelle, DJ.) (granting Chubb’s motion to dismiss and dismissing the Dunaways’ declaratory judgment action without prejudice, holding that although the coverage dispute was ripe because the state-court...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending August 14, 2026

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Disability Benefits Kendall v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. and Bank of America, 2:26-CV-950-KCH-KRH (M.D. Fla., Aug. 11, 2026 (Dudek, J.) (granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss, dismissing Kendall’s ERISA benefits-recovery claim with prejudice because it was barred by the plan’s...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending August 7, 2026

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Commercial General Liability Insurance Ohio Security Ins. Co. v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., 2:25-cv-581-SPC-NPM (M.D. of Fla., August 5, 2026- Polster Chappell, J.) (granting summary judgment for Ohio Security Insurance Company and denying Harbor Freight’s cross-motion, holding that Candu was an additional insured under Harbor Freight’s...
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