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We Received Expert Interrogatories and Requests for Production. Now What?

Submitted by Roberta Harter on 09 Nov, 2021

How many times have you received expert interrogatories that are accompanied by an expert request for production? If your response is almost every time you receive expert interrogatories, you are not alone. Do you respond to those requests? You should not! While it is common in Florida for parties to…

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Florida Wrongful Death Act – When is a spouse a surviving spouse?

Submitted by Maureen Martinez on 09 Nov, 2021

Under Florida’s Wrongful Death Act (“Act”), “survivors” is defined as: “Survivors” means the decedent’s spouse, children, parents, and, when partly or wholly dependent on the decedent for support or services, any blood relatives and adoptive brothers and sisters. It includes the child born out of wedlock of a mother, but…

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Punitive damages against an Entity

Submitted by Bryan McLaughlin on 27 Oct, 2021

Even if a Plaintiff is able to assert a punitive damage claim against an individual defendant driver, it is often very difficult to collect on such a claim because punitive damages are rarely covered by insurance in Florida. Accordingly, Plaintiffs often attempt to obtain punitive damages from not only a…

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