The Florida Insurance Law Blog
By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq.
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. I watched today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, “Return to Your Corners: Have Federal Boxing Laws Gone the Distance or Slipped the Jab?,” with real interest because it raised a larger question than boxing politics. The real issue is whether Congress should preserve a broken status quo in the name of…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. For many lawyers, judgment enforcement is treated as an afterthought—something procedural, mechanical, and secondary to the “real” litigation. That is a mistake. In serious commercial disputes, the ability to reduce a claim to judgment is only half the battle. The other half is knowing how to reach assets, unwind evasive…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. Florida’s recent decision in Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club, Inc. v. Grand Harbor Golf Club, LLC is not merely a country-club case, and it is not merely a dispute over aging facilities. It is a sophisticated contract case about risk allocation, long-term operational obligations, deteriorating physical assets, and the…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. In family law, a great deal of trouble starts when people confuse a broad understanding with an enforceable agreement. That is exactly why the Third District’s recent decision in Neira v. Acosta matters. The opinion is not long, and it does not wander. It says something trial lawyers should already…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. A recent Third District decision, Martinez v. Bustamante, is a useful reminder of a basic but often misunderstood principle of Florida contract law: not every drafting problem can be fixed by testimony about what the parties supposedly meant. When a material term is patently ambiguous on the face of the…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. There is a persistent misunderstanding in the legal market, and it cuts across family law, immigration, and commercial litigation. Too many prospective clients think a lawyer should “jump on a call,” hear the story, sort out the documents, assess the law, evaluate the risks, and give meaningful strategic advice before…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. A good opinion for plaintiffs’ lawyers—and for privilege law in general Here is the bottom line: just because an insured files a first-party bad-faith case does not mean the insurance company gets to dig through private attorney-client communications and opposing counsel’s mental impressions. That is what the trial court allowed…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. Florida construction lawyers should pay close attention to the Fourth District’s April 1, 2026 decision in K & M Electric Supply, Inc. v. Brown Electrical Solutions, LLC. The opinion is important not merely because the claimant lost, but because of why it lost: the court held that a supplier’s notice…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. I have been practicing law for nearly 27 years. Over that time, I have watched the civil justice system become steadily more bureaucratic, more standardized, more process-driven, and, in many ways, less intelligent. That is not a complaint about technology itself. Technology should have made litigation simpler. It should have…
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By Jeffrey T. Donner, Esq. Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal has issued one of the most consequential civil procedure decisions in recent years. In Crecelius v. Rizzitano, the court, sitting en banc, held that trial courts may strictly enforce expert disclosure deadlines in case management orders without first conducting a Binger prejudice analysis before…
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