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Daily Business Review: Florida Standard for Expert Opinions Uncertain After Decision

By March 7, 2017

Kluger Kaplan associate, Gina Rhodes, is featured in today’s Daily Business Review Board of Contributors Column: Florida Standard for Expert Opinions Uncertain After Decision Commentary by Gina Rhodes, Daily Business Review On Feb. 16, the Florida Supreme Court declined to adopt the 2013 amendments to the Florida Evidence Code which replaced …

Abbey L. Kaplan

Castellanos v. Next Door Co.: Assuring Reasonable Compensation for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys and their Clients

By May 26, 2016

By James Diamond In April 2016, the Florida Supreme Court issued an important ruling in Castellanos v. Next Door Co., significantly impacting Florida’s workers’ compensation statute.  The high court struck down the fixed amount of attorneys’ fees that successful workers’ compensation claimants are entitled to under Fla. Stat. § 440.34 …

Abbey L. Kaplan

Daubert, Frye, or Both: Becoming an Expert on the Standards for Experts

By April 29, 2016

By Gina P. Villar Up until 2013, the standard for admitting expert testimony in Florida was fairly simple to comprehend: any expert opinion based on scientific technique is “inadmissible unless that technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community.” Thus, according to what many attorneys refer to …

Alan J. Kluger

Florida Supreme Court Rules Statute of Limitations Applies to Arbitration

By May 20, 2013

By Alan J. Kluger Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court answered a question certified by the Second Circuit in the case of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Phillips: Does Florida’s Statute of Limitations apply to arbitration? Yes. The plaintiffs in the case filed a claim for arbitration with the NASD, pursuant …

Abbey L. Kaplan

The Demise of the Economic Loss Rule Does Not Do Away With Basic Pleading Requirements

By April 16, 2013

By Abbey Kaplan In light of the recent Florida Supreme Court case of Tiara Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. which did away with the economic loss rule, in all matters except products liability cases litigators predict that this case opens the floodgates to tort claims that arise from the …