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Florida Law Changes Roofing Contracts in Effort to Better Inform Consumers - CS/CS/HB 715
On May 19, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law House Bill 715, which amends existing Florida Statutes to introduce new regulations and consumer protections related to roofing services:
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Federal Court Holds Replacement Cost Value Coverage Requires Completed Repairs and an Actual Cost Value Estimate
The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier in a dispute arising from a hurricane property damage claim.
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Florida Appeals Court Upholds Insurer’s Denial of Interior Water Damage Claim Under Policy’s Water Damage Exclusion Endorsement
In Spartan Services Corp. v.
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Court Grants Summary Judgment to Insurer, Finding No Breach Where Plaintiffs Failed to Submit Competing Actual Cash Value Estimate or Make Repairs
The court ruled that an insurance carrier did not breach its policy by paying actual cash value damages alone because the plaintiffs neither submitted a competing actual cash value estimate nor made repairs required to trigger replacement cost val
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Fourth District Court of Appeal Reinstates Insurer’s Prompt Notice Defense, Reverses Trial Court’s Waiver Finding
In a dispute over an alleged undervaluation of their insurance claim, the insureds sued for breach of contract.
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Georgia Permits the Discovery of Litigation Funding – Will Other States Soon Follow?
On April 21, 2025, Georgia became one of the first states to enact a statute to permit the discovery of litigation funding, paving the way, perhaps, for a number of other states to soon follow.
Two incidents. One injury. Recurrence Versus Aggravation
The Delaware Superior Court reviewed and affirmed a decision by the Industrial Accident Board concerning a claimant who sustained a compensable work-related back injury in 2015, commuted the claim in 2018 and in 2023, while working for a different
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