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Palm Beach County Justice Board Member Scott Dalton interviews fellow board member Jeff Adelman about how to prepare a client for their Defense/Compulsory Medical Examination (DME/CME). For more information about the PBCJA, go to www.pbcja.org . Scott and Jeff can be reached at scott@daltoninjury.com and jeff@lawbni.com .

Welcome to another edition of the Florida Appellate Review Case Law Update. In this week’s episode, Palm Beach County Justice Association Board Member and Podcast Host Andrew Harris, and fellow Board Members, Jennifer Dinetz and Jeff Adelman, discussed a series of cases addressing:

Whether insurance adjusters and a medical doctor’s affidavits were properly stricken by the trial judge, where the affidavits addressed the reasonableness of medical costs and whether medical treatment was reasonably related to the subject motor vehicle accidents;
Whether an adverse inference instruction was warranted in an Engle progeny case where a plaintiff shredded medical records, including the circumstances in which a duty to preserve evidence arises, and whether a duty to preserve evidence is required before an adverse inference instruction is given by a trial judge; and
Whether a hotel was entitled to summary judgment in a negligence case where an invitee fell in an unbeveled 3/8 inch change in evaluation between the tiled entryway and the carpeted floor of the hotel room.


If you would like to discuss any of the cases or issues discussed in this week’s episode, or are interested in appearing on one of our future episodes, please contact host Andrew Harris at andrew@harrisappeals.com. You can listen to this episode and all podcast episodes at any of your favorite streaming locations; just search for Palm Beach County Justice Association, the PBCJA’s podcast, or Florida Appellate Review, the podcast for Andrew Harris & Harris Appeals.

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Welcome to another edition of the Florida Appellate Review Case Law Update. In this week’s episode, host, Board-Certified Appellate Attorney Andrew Harris, joined by Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Jeff Adelman, discussed a trio of cases addressing:

•A $10 million dollar plaintiff’s verdict reversed due to a series of improper closing arguments by a trial attorney who was criticized out yet again by the Fourth District Court of Appeal for improper closing arguments in Engle progeny cases;

•The distribution of attorneys’ fees between partners in a contingency case when one partner leaves the Firm, where there is partnership agreement addressing fees ; and

•Whether Proposals for Settlement and other documents served (but not filed) must comply with the electronic service requirements for court-filed documents.


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If you would like to discuss any of the cases or issues discussed in this week’s episode, or are interested in appearing on one of our future episodes, please contact host Andrew Harris at andrew@harrisappeals.com.

Welcome to another edition of the Florida Appellate Review Case Law Update. In this week’s episode (July 13, 2021), Palm Beach County Justice Association Board Members Andrew Harris and Jennifer Dinetz discussed a trio of cases addressing:

•An Engle progeny case where an attorney’s improper closing argument resulted in a new trial;
•The “boarding” of past medical bills for a plaintiff who is a Medicare recipient, with the Fourth District certifying a question of great public importance to the Florida Supreme Court; and
•An appellate court’s referral of an attorney to the Florida Bar after the attorney engaged in improper conduct towards the opposing party and opposing counsel in trial proceedings.

If you would like to discuss any of the cases or issues discussed in this week’s episode, or are interested in appearing on one of our future episodes, please contact host Andrew Harris at andrew@harrisappeals.com.

You can listen to this episode and all podcast episodes at any of your favorite podcast platform; just search PBCJA podcast, or Florida Appellate Review, the podcast for Andrew Harris and Harris Appeals. Here is Apple Podcast link to listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pbcja-podcast/id1551882162 .

You can watch the video of the show at Youtube link https://youtu.be/BTdRu72l1RQ

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Welcome to another edition of the Florida Appellate Review Case Law Update.. In this week’s episode, Palm Beach County Justice Association Board Members Andrew Harris, Jennifer Dinetz, and Jeff Adelman discuss a trio of cases addressing:
•Whether a tortfeasor can claim set-off of a plaintiff’s settlement with an uninsured motorist carrier, with the Second District Court of Appeal certifying a question of great public importance to the Florida Supreme Court;
•Whether a tortfeasor is entitled to financial discovery of a plaintiff’s attorney’s financial relationship to a retained expert; and
•Whether a party was entitled to vacate a default judgment.


If you would like to discuss any of the cases or issues discussed in this week’s episode, or are interested in appearing on one of our future episodes, please contact host Andrew Harris at andrew@harrisappeals.com. You can listen to this episode and all podcast episodes at any of your favorite streaming locations; just search for Palm Beach County Justice Association, the PBCJA’s podcast, or Florida Appellate Review, the podcast for Andrew Harris & Harris Appeals.

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Welcome to another edition of the Florida Appellate Review Case Law Update. In this week’s podcast Palm Beach County Justice Association Board Members Andrew Harris, Jennifer Dinetz, and Jeff Adelman discuss a series of recent cases addressing improper Closing Arguments, misconduct by attorneys, and the approaches trial and appellate courts have taken, and maybe should take in the future to address misconduct. Andrew, Jen, & Jeff also provide some practical advice for trial attorneys to address similar issues in their legal practices. If you would like to discuss any of the cases or issues discussed in this week’s episode, or are interested in appearing on one of our future episodes, please contact host Andrew Harris at andrew@harrisappeals.com

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To listen to this episode and all podcast episodes from Harris Appeals and the Palm Beach County Justice Association, you can go to:
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pbcja-podcast/id1551882162

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6g09QD62dLq6MsNmHwEW4E

Spreaker:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/pbcja-podcast


Also available on Google Play and iHeartradio.

Video available at https://youtu.be/I5cD0IL-0Zs

For more information about the program, contact Andrew Harris at Andrew@HarrisAppeals.com

To learn more about the Palm Beach County Justice Association, visit us on the web at www.pbcja.org