Insurance expert witness for South Florida litigation

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · For the defendant · Opinion report

Whether an agent breached the standard of care when placing yacht coverage that carried a port restriction tied to unfinished repairs.

AZ55S, LLC v. FLINSCO.COM, No. 0:22-CV-61658

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, FL · For the plaintiff · Testimony

Whether unnecessary delays in settling a sinkhole claim were a bad faith claims practice.

David and Jean Carruthers v. Tower Hill Prime Ins. Co., No. CACE 15-001849

Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, FL · For the plaintiff · Testimony

Agent's standard of care when procuring commercial auto fleet coverage for a family business.

Interian v. Gil Garden Avetrani Insurance Group, No. 2017-026613-CA-01

Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Collier County, FL · For the plaintiff · Deposition

Agent's standard of care when business income coverage was placed with 90% coinsurance after a no-coinsurance form was proposed.

Boutique Tere, Inc. v. Gulfshore Insurance, Inc., No. 17-CA-001618

Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, FL · For the defendant · Deposition

Insurer's right to void an auto policy for material misrepresentation on the application.

L.S.R. Corp v. Esurance Property and Casualty Ins. Co., No. 2016-009203-CA-01

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, FL · For the plaintiff · Affidavit, deposition, trial

Agent's standard of care when placing a construction and payment bond with an unauthorized offshore insurer. Qualified at trial in 2016.

The Lexington Club Community Association, Inc. v. Strategy Insurance Limited, No. 50 2007 CA-0018961

Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, FL · For the plaintiff · Affidavit

Insurer's retroactive cancellation of an auto policy after accepting premium.

Juanita Orozco v. Government Employees Insurance Company, No. 15-CA-001581

Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, FL · For the defendant · Deposition

Whether an agent placing liability coverage for a convenience store also had a duty to write workers compensation.

Mohammad Rashid v. Shores Insurance, Inc., No. 11-18924 CA 23

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · For the plaintiff · Opinion report

Whether a manuscript flood exclusion reached damage from groundwater pressure.

Business Telecommunications Services, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine, No. 1:13-cv-24201-UU

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, FL · For the defendant · Deposition

Agent's standard of care when insuring more than 250 condominium associations, and when an agent becomes a fiduciary.

Ventnor B Condominium Association v. The Plastridge Agency, No. 09-037544-25

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, FL · For the defendant · Deposition

Captive agent replacing a whole life policy with a variable life policy.

Douglass Soref, Trustee v. New England Life, No. 50 2004 CA 011746

Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, FL · For the plaintiff · Deposition

Wrongful denial of a catastrophic homeowners fire claim involving ambiguous application wording.

Fredericks v. Universal, No. 09-CA-00051

Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, FL · For the plaintiff · Deposition

Wrongful denial of a catastrophic homeowners fire claim and the agent's handling of the application.

Phillips v. First Protective, No. 08-49368

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County, FL · For the defendant · Deposition

Captive agent's standard of care and the duty to advise.

State Farm v. A and M Food Store, No. 05-413CA