Schwartz Law Group Sponsors Leukemia Society "Team In Training"
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June 20, 2011
The Schwartz Law Group is proud to announce its partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's, Palm Beach County "Team in Training". The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. Founded in 1949, the Society's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma while improving...
Firm Wins Defense Verdict in Air Conditioning Contractor Liability Case
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May 5, 2011
Senior trial attorney Mark Hruska won a defense verdict for our client, an air conditioning systems installer, B & L Air Conditioning, in Martin County after a five-day jury trial. The case was brought by the home buyer who had a prior diagnosed lung condition which ultimately lead to a transplant some two years after he moved into his new home. Plaintiff alleged ...
Simon A. Abramovici Joins Schwartz Law Group
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April 25, 2011
The firm proudly announces that Simon A. Abramovici, a skilled litigator for over 15 years, has joined our office. Mr. Abramovici has successfully handled major commercial auto liability, workers compensation and insurance coverage matters throughout Florida as both a private lawyer and as staff counsel for an insurer. A cum laude graduate of the Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, Simon is fluent in both Spanish and French.
Nancy I Stein-McCarthy Joins Schwartz Law Group
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April 25, 2011
We are delighted to announce that noted insurance defense and appellate litigator Nancy Stein-McCarthy has joined the firm. Ms. Stein-McCarthy has handled insurance coverage and defense matters throughout Florida for 15 years for both regional and national carriers with numerous successful appeals as well. Nancy is a member of both the Florida and New Jersey Bars, The American Bar Association and the Florida Bar's special Appellate Division. She started her practice in New Jersey with the distinction of handling one of the largest subrogation recoveries in its history before relocating her practice to South Florida in the late 1990's.
Steve Schwartz Named to Council on Litigation Management
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February 14, 2011
The Schwartz Law Group is pleased to announce that Steve Schwartz has been invited to join the prestigious Council on Litigation Management. The Council is a nonpartisan alliance comprised of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals and attorneys. Through education and collaboration the organization's goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. Selected attorneys and law firms are extended membership by invitation only based on nominations from CLM Fellows.
Appeals Court Certifies Insurer Objections to Appraisal-Coverage Dual Track Approach
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October 27, 2010
In a Miami appeal, argued by the firm in a case closely analogous to its victory in Sunshine State Insurance Company v. Corridori, the Third District Appeals Court reached the opposite conclusion from the Fourth District on the right of an insured to demand an appraisal before showing compliance with the insurer's claim investigation requests. In the case of ...
Firm Wins Lawsuit Against City for Unpaid Engineering Fees
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October 8, 2010
Trial attorney David Pascuzzi won a large verdict against the City of Arcadia which refused payment for our client's civl engineering work done in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. Our client's firm had provided infrastructure damage assessment services to the municipality to help with its clean-up after the storm. The multi-day trial involved numerous fact and expert witnesses with voluminous documents including testimony from a consulting group run by the former head of FEMA. The trial judge also granted our firms' post-verdict motion for award of attorneys' fees and taxable costs. The City has filed an appeal of the lower court's findings.
Firm Wins Appellate Reversal of Large Jury Verdict on Plaintiff's Economic Damages Claims
Date:
June 23, 2010
Senior appellate counsel, Steve Schwartz won a major appellate reversal in the Second District Court of Appeal overturning a high six figure jury verdict in a commercial multi-vehicle auto accident case in favor of a drywall installer for future diminished earnings because the verdict lacked reasonable certainty of calculated projected amounts. The plaintiff's award ...
Appeals Court Rejects Appraisal Demand Where the Insured Fails to Meet the Insurer's Post-Loss Claim Investigation Requests
Date:
February 3, 2010
In a decision of major importance to the entire insurance community, the firm won a trend-setting appeal rejecting the insured's petition to compel a homeowners claim appraisal where the insured had failed to comply with the insurer's post-loss requests for supportive documentation, Examination Under Oath and timely submission of a Proof of Loss. In Sunshine State ...
Firm Wins Key Appellate Decision on When Prejudgment Interest Accrues for Payment of an Appraisal Award
Date:
July 15, 2009
Insurers are increasingly presented with a demand by plaintiff attorneys to pay prejudgment interest on a loss often in the aftemath of an appraisal award where the insured's counsel demands interest dating back to the original date of loss years before even where the insurer has fully cooperated in the appraisal process. In a major holding in favor of the insurer, as argued by the firm, in the case of ......