"Defendants don't eagerly write checks," Jeff C. Schneider, a partner at LKLSG in Miami, said. "It doesn't happen that way."

The Third District Court of Appeal posed a direct question to the Florida Supreme Court to resolve "a matter of great importance" involving State Farm.

The proposal, that was $90,000 less than the intended amount, was immediately accepted by the defendants.

Talk about legal drama.

A change in Florida Statutes requires an insurance company to summarize policy changes made after 2018.

Plaintiff counsel said that this case exemplifies that insurers must apply the deductible to the full bill, instead of applying a reduced amount, which yields lower reimbursement.

Since the judge denied the change-of-venue request and Spartan Race's most recent motion to stay all discovery, an attorney for the plaintiff said, "Now we will depose all of the executives."