Boyd & Jenerette, P.A.  is honored to announce the firm’s ranking in the 2022 “Best Law Firms” list published by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. Boyd & Jenerette is recognized for its outstanding work regionally in the following practice areas: Regional Tier 1 – Jacksonville Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Regional Tier 2 – Jacksonville Insurance Law

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Associate Attorney Mathew B. Johnston to the firm’s Jacksonville office. Mathew B. Johnston Associate Direct: 904.656.6964 Email: mjohnston@boydjen.com Mathew Johnston is an associate attorney practicing in the firm’s Jacksonville office. His practice focuses primarily on litigating automotive, premises, and general liability matters. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for local litigation firm affording him significant and diverse experience handling personal injury cases. Mr. Johnston received his B.S. from Auburn University in 2011. After undergraduate studies at Auburn, Mathew graduated second in his […]

Boyd & Jenerette Partner Kevin Franz was quoted in an article featured in The Florida Bar News titled, “Insurance Auditing Fees Can Be Improper Fee Splitting,” published on October 19, 2021. Kevin, a board certified appellate lawyer, has served on the Professional Ethics Committee since 2018. The article highlights the Professional Ethics Committee’s approval to Proposed Advisory Opinion 21-1, which advises attorneys responding to online criticisms from persons other than clients or former clients. The committee also agreed with a Bar ethics staff opinion that impermissible fee splitting under the […]

Boyd & Jenerette attorneys Tom Berger and Lisa Robinson recently tried a UM case in Palm Beach County, Florida and obtained a great result for the carrier. The Plaintiff is a 53-year-old male who works in construction management. He underwent a two-level fusion almost immediately after seeing a surgeon. He had medical bills of over $257,000—$200,000 of which was for the surgeon and surgery center. His wife also filed a loss of consortium claim. The case arose from a 3 car rear-end accident. The tortfeasor rear ended another vehicle, and […]

Boyd & Jenerette Partner Tom Berger successfully defended a UM carrier at trial in August 2021. Plaintiff was driving a company pickup truck in Ft. Lauderdale. Earlier in the day, he had gotten a flat tire and used fix-a-flat to allow him to continue. As he was driving, it began to rain very hard. He claimed that a phantom vehicle pulled in front of him; he slammed on the brakes, hydroplaned, and hit a palm tree. The Plaintiff underwent a cervical surgery and incurred medical bills of $288,418.34. The arguments […]

The firm’s appellate team recently won an appeal of a case involving a fatal automobile vs. motorcycle accident and conflicting evidence of fault. During her deposition, the defendant admitted to being intoxicated and causing the accident. At trial, the jury was presented with the defendant’s admissions, but also was shown conflicting evidence. The jury saw a video of the accident showing the decedent traveling on a motorcycle at approximately 112 mph and striking the defendant’s vehicle. After the jury found in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff moved for a […]

Boyd & Jenerette’s Human Resources Director, Melissa Rorabaugh, was the keynote speaker at the 27th Annual Hubbard House Barbara Ann Campbell Memorial Breakfast. This domestic violence awareness event occurred on October 5 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront and included motivational remarks, inspiring survivor stories, and remembrances of lives lost. Boyd & Jenerette was one of the sponsors of the event. The firm also selected Hubbard House as the designated charity for the month of October, which is domestic violence awareness month. Each month, the firm sponsors a “Casual for […]

The firm recently scored appellate wins in a pair of related PIP cases involving transfer of venue for inconvenient forum. Unlike the typical PIP case, these cases involved allegations of fraud that required fact witnesses. The trial court granted Defendant’s motions to transfer venue to the county where the auto accident occurred and the witnesses were located. On appeal, the Plaintiff-Appellants challenged the sufficiency of the affidavit supporting transfer and argued their choice of venue was appropriate. The appellate court rejected these arguments and affirmed the transfer in both cases. […]

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Associate Attorney Austin J. Lewis to the firm’s Jacksonville office. Austin J. Lewis Associate Direct: 904.643.2252 Email: alewis@boydjen.com Austin Lewis is an associate attorney in Boyd & Jenerette’s Jacksonville office. Austin’s practice focuses on litigating automotive, trucking, premises, and general liability matters. He also has experience facilitating United States security clearance disputes and other federal employment matters. After undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, Austin graduated from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, in Portland Oregon, where he […]

In a recent decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that the act of an insurance company leaving a voicemail to seek clarification was in fact a rejection and counteroffer of the claimant’s time-limited O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1 demand.  White v. Cheek, 2021 WL 2024866 (Ga. App. 2021). After receiving a time-limited Holt / O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1 demand from claimant’s counsel, a GEICO claims professional called claimant’s counsel to arrange a recorded statement of the claimant to determine the extent of GEICO’s insured’s liability.  When making these phone calls, the GEICO […]