Andrea Defield

April 25, 2023 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Florida's recent "tort reform" bill has upped the ante for policyholders seeking to hold insurance companies accountable for bad faith.

By Walter J. Andrews, Andrea DeField, and Jae Lynn Huckaba

4 minute read

September 30, 2022 | Daily Business Review

In a recent string of opinions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has corrected and clarified the requirements for a bad faith claim under Florida law, concluding in a decision in favor of policyholders that establishes that a consensual settlement and acceptance of a proposal for settlement qualify as "excess judgments," satisfying the causation requirement for bad faith claims.

By Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField, Veronica Adams and Alice Weeks

5 minute read

September 16, 2022 | Daily Business Review

In McNamara, the court held that a final judgment that exceeds all available liability policy limits, whether such judgment results from a jury verdict or a consensual settlement, constitutes an "excess judgment" that can be used to satisfy the causation requirement of an insurer bad faith claim in Florida.

By Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField, Veronica Adams and Alice Weeks

5 minute read

February 09, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Discovery in insurance coverage actions in Florida is often hotly litigated. Despite the prevalence of discovery disputes, case law has often failed to provide much uniform guidance to practitioners around the state.

By Andrea DeField and Adriana Perez

6 minute read

January 17, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Cyberattacks are an unavoidable business risk. A recent U.S. Treasury Department report observed that through June 30, 2021, the total value of suspicious activity associated with ransomware transactions in 2021 was $590 million, exceeding the total value reported for all of 2020.

By Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField and Sima Kazmir

6 minute read

September 03, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Since the start of the pandemic, cyber criminals have become increasingly brazen. An unfortunate byproduct of these emboldened criminals is that fallout from their cyber attacks has become increasingly public, disruptive, and detrimental to public and private companies.

By Andrea DeField, Geoffrey Fehling and Sima Kazmir

8 minute read

September 28, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Title, Firm: Insurance Coverage Associate, Hunton Andrews Kurth Experience: Hunton Andrews Kurth, 2015-present; Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, 2012-2015 Education: University…

By Andrea DeField

4 minute read

June 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Prior to the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the costliest U.S. civil disorder occurred between April 29 and May 4, 1992, after police officers involved in the brutal beating of Rodney King were acquitted. The five days of rioting caused $775 million in insured losses.

By Andrea DeField, Rachel E. Hudgins and Latosha M. Ellis

8 minute read

January 18, 2018 | Daily Business Review

In December, the Florida Supreme Court held that a Chapter 558 notice of construction defect constitutes a “suit” under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy so as to potentially trigger the insurer's duty to defend the contractor in the proceedings. The case is captioned Altman Contractors v. Crum and Forster Specialty Insurance, No. SC16-1420 (Fla. Dec. 14, 2017).

By Walter J. Andrews and Andrea DeField

5 minute read

October 05, 2017 | FC&S Insurance

It is hornbook law that documents prepared by a party in anticipation of litigation are protected by the work product privilege. In addition, an attorney’s…

By and Katherine E. Miller Andrea DeField Syed S. Ahmad

7 minute read