Kelly Smith | Snell & Wilmer On September 23, 2021, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Johnson Nathan Strohe, P.C. v. MEP Engineering, Inc., addressing a matter of first impression. The court of appeals held for the first time that an ambiguous limitation of liability clause may be enforced. This stands in contrast… Continue reading Colorado Enforces Ambiguous Limitation of Liability Clauses
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Florida Enacts Significant Reform Impacting Property Insurance Claims
Scott Seaman and Daniel Shatz | Insights for Insurers Earlier this month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law S.B. 76, enacting significant property insurance claim reform in the State of Florida that becomes effective on July 1, 2021. We summarize some of the highlights below. Regulation of Contractors and Public Adjusters Section One creates Florida… Continue reading Florida Enacts Significant Reform Impacting Property Insurance Claims
A Look Inside Florida’s Recent Property Insurance Reform
John Daid Dickenson and Chad A. Pasternack | Property Insurance Law Observer Two years after implementing meaningful assignment of benefits reform, Florida enacted broader property insurance claim reform. On June 11, 2021, Governor DeSantis sign S.B. 76, which takes effect on July 1, 2021. S.B. 76 focuses on reducing insurance claim litigation by, amongst other things,… Continue reading A Look Inside Florida’s Recent Property Insurance Reform
Witnesses, Add to Your ‘Truthiness’ by Showing Pictures
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm | Holland & Hart The idea is a merger of pop culture with academics. In pop culture, “truthiness” refers facetiously to the feeling of something being true, independent of its actual truth value (a term coined by late-night comedian, Stephen Colbert). Academics, however, have creatively adopted the term to describe the real phenomenon that… Continue reading Witnesses, Add to Your ‘Truthiness’ by Showing Pictures
Florida Senate Passes Legislation to Reform Litigation for Property Insurance Claims
Matthew Lewis | PropertyCasualtyFocus Toward the end of the 2021 Florida legislative session, the Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 76, a bill that focuses on reducing litigation related to property insurance claims and also places restrictions on companies soliciting insureds to file roof claims. At the heart of SB 76 is the implementation of a presuit… Continue reading Florida Senate Passes Legislation to Reform Litigation for Property Insurance Claims