Submitted by Melanie Barker on 13 Jan, 2026
Often a party will sue on a contract for a material breach. However, just because a party to a contract did not fulfill every obligation within the contract does not mean there is a material breach. A material breach occurs when a party fails to perform a contractual…
Submitted by Jessica Gregory on 21 Oct, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit’s unpublished decision in KATHERINE MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEICO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. 11th Circuit. Case No. 24-10641. September 23, 2025, is a defense-side win that sharpens the boundary between negligent claim handling and bad-faith claim handling under Florida law. Applying…
Submitted by Jessica Gregoy and Carri Leininger on 23 Sep, 2025
In Susan Davis v. State Farm, Case # 6:23-cv-1145-WWB-DCI , the U.S. Middle District of Florida recently granted summary judgment in favor of State Farm in a third-party bad-faith action arising from a 2020 auto collision where the claimant repeatedly demanded the $50,000 BI…