February 12, 2021
CSK Orlando Partners, Ryan S. Sawyer and Scott Shelton obtained a favorable trial result after a four-day in-person jury trial in this premises liability case. This trial was one of the first in-person jury trials to take place in Florida since early 2020. The two Plaintiffs alleged they were injured[...]
February 11, 2021
CSK recently obtained an Opinion quashing a trial court order that compelled an employer to produce financial worth discovery in an employment discrimination case under the Florida Civil Rights Act (“FCRA”), wherein the former employee’s complaint sought punitive damages. CSK successfully argued before the Fourth District Court of Appeal that[...]
January 21, 2021
On January 21, 2021, in the case of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Manor House, LLC, et al., SC19-1394 (Fla. 2021), the Florida Supreme Court held that extra-contractual, consequential damages are not recoverable in a first-party breach of contract action, but instead are only recoverable in a bad faith suit[...]
