Since everybody knows what a legal “suit” is, why did a federal appellate court ask the Florida Supreme Court for a definition?

A lot of money spent—and saved—depends on this inquiry. Florida contractors want their general-liability insurers to pick up the costs of pre-litigation efforts to resolve disputes about defects. The problem for the contractors is that their standard insurance agreement promises to defend and indemnify only in the context of lawsuits.

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