By Rory Jurman and Vanessa Alvarez (October 22, 2018, 4:57 PM EDT) -- As part of an ever-expanding trend to create a negligence standard against insurers, the Florida Supreme Court, on the heels of the Eleventh Circuit, has spoken. In its most recent decision on bad faith claims, the Florida Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, in part, because the Fourth District "relied ... on nonbinding federal cases that cannot be reconciled with [their] clear precedent."[1] In Geico General Insurance Co. v. Harvey, the Fourth District compared the present case to Novoa v. Geico Indemnity Co. and also cited to Barnard v. Geico General Insurance Co., both cases are decisions out of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[2]...