January 29, 2024
A Florida federal judge has agreed to toss a storm damage contractor's more than $1 million lawsuit centering on an acrimonious breakup with its former law firm, but allowed the contractor a chance at refiling its legal malpractice claims.
January 17, 2024
A Florida storm-damage contractor should get "one last chance to file a proper complaint" in a $1 million dispute over a soured relationship between the business and its lawyers, a Florida federal judge recommended Tuesday.
October 19, 2023
A general contractor pursuing a legal malpractice suit against an insurance law firm has urged a Florida federal court to reject the firm's bid to enforce a settlement allegedly reached before the case was filed, saying the parties never signed an agreement despite exchanging emails about a possible deal.
September 25, 2023
A general contractor pushed back on an insurance law firm's bid to toss a malpractice lawsuit the contractor filed against it, telling a Florida federal court that litigation should proceed because a judgment in this dispute is "inextricably intertwined" with determining the outcome of numerous state insurance disputes.
August 24, 2023
A Florida insurance law firm has asked a federal judge to squash a malpractice lawsuit from a local general contractor it represented, telling the court that allowing the dispute to proceed any further would interfere with a bevy of state insurance cases in which the firm has significant legal fees at stake.