Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Attorney, Sam D. Smart. She joins the firm as an Associate in our Jacksonville office. She practices auto liability defense, general litigation, and insurance defense. Sam was born and raised in […]

The Fifth District Court of Appeal recently reviewed a dismissal with prejudice as a sanction for failure to comply with a trial order in Faris v. Southern-Owners Ins. Co., 5D16-4037 (Fla. 5th DCA Mar. 9, 2018). Plaintiff, […]

Tovar v. Russell, 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 2940 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018) concerned a pre-suit settlement offer and acceptance in an auto accident case.  Plaintiff’s counsel offered to settle the matter if State Farm (1) tendered its […]

As attorneys and claims representatives, we are always mindful of Proposals for Settlement.  We often get questions concerning what is the last day the client can safely serve the Proposal.  In Meyrowitz v. Schwartz, 2018 Fla. App. […]

The Honorable Ralph Humphries entered a Final Compensation Order on February 23, 2018 denying temporary partial disability benefits.  Following the claimant’s compensable accident, the employer repeatedly offered the claimant work by way of certified letters and verbal […]

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Attorney, Kailey M. Evans. She joins the firm as an Associate in our Orlando office. Kailey has always been dedicated to helping others and she carries that dedication into the cases […]

A Florida circuit court jury returned a defense verdict for our client, a car seat manufacturer, after almost three years of litigation and a three-week trial. Plaintiff’s counsel had initially asked the jury to award between $10.5 […]

In Marin v. Infinity Auto Insurance Company, the Third District Court of Appeal considered whether the trial court’s order enforcing a settlement was in error. The Court held that the trial court was correct in enforcing a […]

The Fourth DCA issued an opinion dealing with (1) the reliability prong of the Daubert analysis and (2) the enforceability of a proposal for settlement containing typographical errors. In Sanchez v. Cinque, Case No. 4D16-2530, a customer […]

The Second DCA recently issued an opinion concerning contingent fee multipliers. “In setting reasonable attorneys’ fees, Florida courts use the federal lodestar approach which requires a determination of the number of hours reasonably expended multiplied by the […]