A recent case supports the principle that a negligence claim against your insurance broker is NOT ripe until your insurance coverage dispute is resolved. In this case, a plaintiff sued his carrier in a coverage dispute and his insurance broker in negligence. The trial court denied the negligence...

You need to read and learn what you sign!

 The argument you did not read what you signed is a no-go. It’s not an argument you want to bank on in any way, shape, or form.

Here’s an example.  In a recent case, a...

“Sureties cannot exercise unilateral election rights that are reserved for the principal of the underlying contract.” Anderson Service Corp. v. Old Republic Surety Company, 2026 WL 61436, *2 (Fla. 4^th DCA 2026). This was the holding in a recent case dealing with arbitration.

In this...

It is not uncommon for property to be owned in the name of the trust as part of an estate planning agenda. In construction, improvements are made all the time to real property owned in the name of a trust or later transferred to a trust for estate...