Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending April 3, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 27, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 20, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending March 13, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending February 27, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending February 20, 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...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending February 13, 2026
Property Insurance
Seventh Day Church of God International Ministries, Inc. v. Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 2:25-cv-00121-JES-NPM (U.S. Middle District of Florida, Feb. 12, 2026 – Judge Steele) (denying Westchester's motion for summary judgement, holding that multiple genuine disputes of material fact exist—including the value...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending January 30, 2026
Auto Insurance
Ray Haas, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Tiner v. Metropolitan General Ins. Co., 8:23-cv-2753-CEH-SPF (U.S. Middle District of Florida, Jan. 26, 2026 – Judge Honeywell) (denying Metropolitan's motion for summary judgement, holding that genuine disputes of material fact exist as...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending January 23, 2026
Burlington Ins. Group, LLC, v. Earl Joseph Gordon, et al., 2D2025-0948 (Florida 2nd DCA, Jan 23, 2026 – Judge Silberman) (granting Bullington Insurance Group’s petition for certiorari and quashing the trial court’s order denying Bullington’s motion to dismiss, holding that the lower court departed from the essential requirements of law by failing...
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Florida Insurance Coverage Case Update – Week Ending in January 16, 2026
Property Insurance
Elio Mulas, et al. v. Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., 2: 25-cv-955-SPC-DNF (U.S. Middle District of Florida, Jan. 14, 2026 – Judge Polster Chappell) (granting Westchester's motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' anticipatory breach of contract count, holding that Plaintiffs failed to allege facts showing...
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