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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …