Adolfo Pesquera

June 01, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion favoring QBE Insurance that critics claim make it easier for insurance carriers to delay resolving property damage claims.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

February 08, 2013 | Law.com

A lender's voluntary dismissal to avoid a robo-signing inquiry is permitted in foreclosure cases, but sanctions remain an option, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

June 07, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Allstate Insurance won a new trial when a state appeals court cited prejudicial closings arguments and cross-examination by a policyholder's attorneys seeking uninsured motorist coverage.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

March 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Insurance companies and business boosters are calling for "truth in damages," while personal-injury attorneys dismiss the plan as LIMP, short for limitations in medical payments. The proposed tort bill in the coming legislative session promises to be a major fight.

By Adolfo Pesquera

7 minute read

August 16, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A jury found a crane company negligent for a truck driver's injuries due to a fall from his truck when he saw a section of a crane falling toward him.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

June 06, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Kristin Bianculli, Robert W. Kelley and Bonnie Navin of Kelley Uustal helped win a $38.5 million jury verdict for the guardian of an accountant who fell into a coma while under anesthesia.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

May 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Voter advocacy groups argue in the Florida Supreme Court that they should be allowed to pursue a challenge to legislative redistricting maps at the trial court level.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 19, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Marie Stoyanovich will have to do better than tell the court she doesn't know where her costly engagement ring went. Applying the breakup guidance of etiquette mavens on ring returns to an insurance case, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Chubb Indemnity Insurance Co. has a right to pursue negligence and breach of contract claims against the former fiancée.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

December 20, 2012 | Law.com

Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse and the Home Shopping Network have been selling counterfeit German cutlery, profiting from the reputation of the trademark name Solingen without permission, according to a German trade association asking a Florida federal judge for an injunction. The association seeks $24 million in damages.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

June 04, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A $2.7 million settlement with officers of the collapsed supbrime mortgage lender First NLC represents the last of several large settlements secured by the bankruptcy trustee.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read