Credit: chrisdorney/Adobe Stock Court Finds Florida Law Requiring Pre-Suit Notice in Insurance Cases Applies Retroactively
"Every case that seems to come to a different conclusion than the preceding case law muddies the waters," said Margaret Garner, appellant counsel.
May 15, 2023 at 03:53 PM
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Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal weighed in on a suit arising under a residential or commercial property insurance policy law and the written notice of intent to initiate litigation.
The ruling seems to contradict previous case law, according to one attorney, who said she's not done seeing the case through to its full conclusion, if her client can hold out long enough.
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