Property Insurance
- Creekside Crossing Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. Empire Indem. Ins. Co., 2:20-cv-136-KCD-KRH (M.D. Fla., July 15, 2026 (Dudek, J.)) (granting in part and denying in part Empire’s motion amending its prior summary-judgment order to defer payment of the outstanding appraisal award until entry of final judgment, while denying Empire’s request for an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), holding that requiring immediate payment before final judgment improperly bypassed Empire’s usual post-judgment protections and that interlocutory review was unwarranted because § 1292(b) applies only in “exceptional cases” where immediate appeal would avoid protracted litigation).
https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026-00407-36-8-cv - Island Roofing and Restorations, LLC v. Empire Indem. Ins. Co., 2:21-CV-211-KCD-KRH (M.D. Fla., July 17, 2026 (Dudek, J.)) (denying Island Roofing’s motion to confirm appraisal award, holding that Island Roofing had not established the amount it “actually and necessarily spent” repairing the property, leaving factual disputes regarding hard costs, overhead, and profit that must be resolved at trial; and granting in part Empire’s motion to declare certain legal findings or, alternatively, for discovery to be reopened only insofar as it sought to reopen discovery for expert testimony on overhead and profit).
https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2021-00211-149-2-cv - Vicknair and Ungerleider v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest, 25-81155-CIV-CANNON (S.D. Fla., July 16, 2026 (Cannon, J.)) (overruling Hartford’s objections, accepting the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, denying Hartford’s motion to dismiss, and allowing Plaintiffs one final amendment solely to clarify that they are suing as successor trustees of the Kushner Trust, holding that the Amended Complaint plausibly alleged that Plaintiffs were the Trust’s successor trustees and therefore the proper real parties in interest and had Article III standing; moreover, even if the caption inadequately identified their representative capacity, Rule 17(a)(3) requires an opportunity to correct such an “understandable mistake” rather than dismissal).
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-flsd-9_25-cv-81155/pdf/USCOURTS-flsd-9_25-cv-81155-3.pdf
The Fine Print:
The cases discussed are not a comprehensive list of all Florida decisions from this week. SLC may omit some, including PCAs and procedural rulings unrelated to coverage. SLC also excludes any cases in which I am or have been personally involved. These summaries are provided solely for informational purposes and do not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship. Any opinions expressed are my own and are not intended as legal guidance for any specific situation.