Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Associate Attorneys Josh I. Corriveau, Geneva R. Fountain and Lovecia Holmes-Oglesby to the firm.  Josh I. CorriveauAssociate Direct: 407.309.4754 Email: jcorriveau@boydjen.com Josh I. Corriveau is an Associate Attorney in Boyd […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 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 of […]

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 […]

In Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Gore, Case No. 4D15-3892, the Fourth DCA recently issued an opinion on the preservation of error of Daubert challenges. In this wrongful death case, Plaintiff called an expert historian to testify […]

Boyd & Jenerette is pleased to welcome Attorneys Danielle L. Day and Barron K. Martin to the firm’s Jacksonville office.  Danielle L. Day is an Associate of Boyd & Jenerette practicing in the Jacksonville office. Her practice […]