On behalf of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Kansas Gooden and Kevin Franz filed an amicus brief in Baker v.Dottson-Pruett, Case No.  1D17-4048, in support of the Appellee insurance company.   Dottson-Pruett’s insurance company provided a rental car […]

On April 18, 2018, incoming Florida Bar President Michelle Suskauer appointed Mark Eckels to serve on the Florida Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Board Certification Committee, for a term to begin July 1, 2018. Mr. Eckels became board certified […]

It was previously reported that the Georgia Superior Court, sitting in its capacity as an appellate court, had affirmed an order of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers Compensation affirming an administrative law judge’s […]

In a recent case, Stark v. Alan Slootsky, the JCC denied the Employer/Carrier’s Motion to Tax Costs for a number of reasons. As a procedural background, by way of a compensation order dated November 3, 2014, both […]

In Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Brown, 1D15-2337 (Fla. 1st DCA April 18, 2018), the First District Court of Appeal recently resolved an appeal where the jury – after much deliberation – was instructed to stop deliberating […]

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Attorney, Said “Sammy” Farhat. He joins the firm’s Jacksonville office as an Associate. He devotes his practice to civil litigation with an emphasis on the defense of cases involving first […]

Boyd & Jenerette Partners Randy Dow and Michael Childers recently obtained a court order vacating a safety violation assessed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) against a client of the firm.  Although Florida is not […]

The Second District Court of Appeal continued the recent trend of discouraging trial courts and counsel from nitpicking proposals for settlement to search for ambiguities in Bright House Networks, LLC v. Cassidy, et al., 43 Fla. L. […]

Please join Boyd & Jenerette for an open house event on Thursday, May 31 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. as we celebrate our move from Coconut Creek to Boca Raton. Attorneys located in the Boca Raton office are: […]

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to be a sponsor of this annual event offered by the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar and the WCCP Association. The educational forum is for board certified (CWC) claims professionals […]