Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 30, 2026
Flood Insurance
Ft Myers Tav Apts, LLC, et al v. Everest Nat'l Ins. Co., et al., 2:26-cv-02325-SPC-KRH (M.D. Fla., Oct. 29, 2026 (Huguelet, J.) (granting Plaintiff's motion to remand and remanding the case to the Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County,...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 23, 2026
Commercial General Liability
The Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Monogram Builders, Inc., et al., No. 8:26-cv-2298-TPB-LSG (M.D. of Fla. October 20, 2026 - Barber, D.J.) (granting the motions to dismiss filed by FCCI Insurance Company and Admiral Insurance Company and dismissing with prejudice The Cincinnati Insurance Company’s claims for...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 16, 2026
Commercial Property Insurance
Global Approach v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., No. 24-cv-22531-ALTMAN/Hernandez (S.D. of Fla., Oct. 14, 2026- Altman, J.) (adopting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation in full, and granting in part the defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees, awarding Scottsdale Insurance Company $33,899.80 in attorney’s fees after previously...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending October 9, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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 21, 2026
Auto Insurance
Travelers Property Casualty Ins. Co. v. Davis, 24-13310 (11th Cir., Aug. 18, 2026- Pryor, CJ.) (affirming in part and reversing in part, holding that Kamesha Davis was a resident of the Highway 308 property at the time of the accident but that the district court...
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