Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Manor House, LLC, Case No. SC19-1394 (Fla. 2021).
Consequential damages such as lost rent are typically not covered by insurance policies and are reached through a bad faith action under Florida Statute section 624.155.In Re: Amendments To The Florida Rules of Judicial Administration—2020 Regular-Cycle Report, Case No. SC20-165 (Fla. 2021).
Substantial changes to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, including renaming the body of rules to “Florida Rules of General Practice and JudicialAdministration” to reflect the rules apply to attorneys as well as judges, as well as details on disqualification of judges, and rules on appearance and termination of attorneys in litigated matters.In Re: Amendments To Florida Rule of JudicialAdministration 2.420,Case No. SC20-1765 (Fla. 2021).
Clerks of court are no longer required to identify and designate confidential information in certain cases.Moise v. Ola Condominium Association, Inc., Case No. 3D20-143 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
The Litigation Privilege does not prohibit the filing of counterclaims against an attorney for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act.Ferro v. ECI Telecom, Inc.,Case No. 3D20-1334 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
Certiorari is the proper method to seek relief from being forced to litigate the same case in two different fora.The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida v. Waterfront ICW Properties, LLC, Case No. 4D19-3240 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021).
Man-made canals as of March 3, 1845 are not “navigable waters” and thus not sovereign lands of the state of Florida.
