Notable Results
Our lawyers have:
- Obtained $27 million judgment in replevin/contract action against distributor of home health equipment on behalf of manufacturer.
- Negotiated multi-million dollar recovery on behalf of conservator of viatical settlement company against surety of a theft bond.
- Negotiated refinancing of $100 million floor plan facility.
- Recovered $850,000 in settlement of case for dram shop liability against casino cruise ship.
- Successfully defended class action alleging Magnuson-Moss violations and TILA violations against retail dealer.
- Favorably resolved disputes between 50% owners of farming business.
- Successfully recovered insurance coverage of $3 million for a religious institution.
- Favorably resolved a dispute with a national appliance distributor for breach of contract.
- Favorably resolved a dispute over commercial property damage insurance coverage for damage caused by Hurricane Ivan.
- Successfully evicted a commercial tenant from a local warehouse.
- Favorably resolved a breach of duty of loyalty cause of action for improper solicitation by former employee of employer’s employees and clients.
- Obtained a summary judgment and successfully resolved a lawsuit on behalf of an insurance carrier in a multi-million dollar coverage action brought by corporation monetarily liable for federal anti-trust violations.
- Litigated and recovered millions for a regulatory agency in its role as Receiver for a number of liquidated Florida insurance entities, pursuing claims against the entities’ principals, affiliates and outside professionals and benefiting the insolvent insurers’ estates, including policyholders and creditors.
- Blocked proposed increase to insurance rates of homeowners in Monroe County, Florida.
- Successfully resolved eight-figure real estate dispute on behalf of Fortune 500 construction company involving Atlanta airport construction.
- Obtained summary judgment for large software development company in suit by putative shareholder.
- Negotiated resolution for technology company of copyright infringement claim made by national bank.
- Obtained multi-million dollar judgment on behalf of workers compensation insurer against state agency for overpayment of assessments.
- Successfully defended and resolved claims for damages and injunctive relief brought by property and casualty insurer against its managing general agent.
- Litigated and recovered in excess of $800,000 on behalf of independent insurance agent in action for breach of contract against insurer.
- Obtained summary judgment for insurer in suit by former agent seeking $1.4 million in commissions.
- Won declaratory judgment and attorneys’ fees for physicians seeking to leave large multi-specialty clinic without application of post employment restrictive covenants.
- Successfully defended an insurance arbitration arising out of managing general agency agreement.
- Reached favorable eight figure settlement on behalf of client in an inter-company management dispute.
- Recovered monetary damages in lawsuits brought by bank clients for corporate borrowers’ defaults of commercial loans.
- Served as local counsel and assisted in receiving federal court defense verdict after a one-week jury trial successfully defeating allegation that client, minority shareholder, promised to infuse $750,000 of capital into failing healthcare maintenance organization.
- Received summary judgment in defamation action against former tenant of publicly-traded real estate investment trust for defamation per se of company and its board of directors.
- Obtained temporary injunction and ultimate return of patient medical records of cardiology practice after formerly-employed doctor improperly removed and copied the patient medical records and solicited patients to set up competing practice.
- Favorably resolved potential bad faith claim against insurance company, preventing the institution of litigation regarding the handling of claims arising from an automobile accident involving three deaths. Final settlement amount was 25% of limits on low-limit policy and far less than the potential six to seven figure exposure arising from the wrongful death of an eighteen year old decedent.
- Received summary judgment in favor of a hospital client in a lawsuit against an insurance broker for the alleged aiding and abetting of placement of insurance policies by an unauthorized (and now insolvent) insurer to recover unpaid cancellation/return premium. Estimated recovery of damages and attorneys fees exceeds $2,000,000.
- Successfully negotiated and litigated the replevin of over $1,000,000 worth of construction equipment.