Clients

21^st Century Insurance Company
ACE Aviation
ACE USA
Administrators for the Professions of Delaware
Admiral Insurance Company
Advance Auto Parts
AIG World Source
Allied World Assurance Company
Allstate Insurance Company
Amerisure Insurance
Arch Insurance Group
Argonaut Insurance Company
Aspen Insurance Company
Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A. Insurance Company
Averitt Express, Inc.
Avis Car Rentals
B.P. / Amoco Oil Company
Baptist Health Systems, Inc.
Blockbuster, Inc.
Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC
Broadspire Services, Inc.
Broward County Aviation Dept./Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int'l. Airport
Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.
Burger King Corporation
Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.
Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
Carolina Casualty Insurance Company
CBIZ Benefits and Insurance Services, Inc.
Central Parking System of Florida, Inc.
Chartis Insurance Company
Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Clarendon National Insurance Company
CNA
CNA Excess & Select
CNF Service Company
Constitution State Service Company
Cooper Industries
Couples Resorts
Crawford & Company
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Eastwood Insurance Company
Eckerd Youth Alternatives
ESIS
Farmers Insurance Group
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
First State Management Group, Inc.
Florida Insurance Guaranty Association
GAB Robins North America, Inc.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
The Gap Stores, Inc.
Great West Casualty Company
HCR – Manor Care
Health Management Associates
Holiday Inn Worldwide
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
IMG Worldwide, Inc.
Investors Underwriting, Inc.
Jacksonville Aviation Authority/Jacksonville Int'l Airport
J.C. Penney
Kemper Group
Kendall Auto Sales, Inc.
Kennedys
Lancer Claims Services, Inc.
Leaseway Transportation
Lexington Insurance Company
Lifemark Hospitals of Florida
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Markel Insurance Company
Marriott Hotels
MasTec, Inc.
McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc.
McLarens Toplis North America
Medical Staffing Network, Inc.
Mercury Insurance Group
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Nancy Carr Claims Risk Management
National Football League Players
National Freight, Inc.
Nationwide Insurance Company
Network Adjusters, Inc.
New England Insurance Company
New England Management Company, Inc.
Old Republic Insurance Company
Palm Beach County/Palm Beach International Airport
Penn Tank Lines, Inc.
Pennsylvania Property and Casualty
Philadelphia Insurance Company
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
Sedgwick Claims Management, Inc.
Select Medical Corporation
Sentry Insurance Company
Sirius American Insurance Company
SkyChefs
Six Continents Hotels
SOMPO
South Motor Company
Specialty Risk Services
Steadfast Insurance Company
Superclubs Resorts
Swift Transportation, Inc.
TransAmerica Insurance Company
TGI Fridays
The Travelers Company
T.H.E. Insurance Company
Truly Nolen of America, Inc.
USA Parking
USI of Georgia
Ward North America, Inc.
Westchester Specialty Group
Winn Dixie Stores, Inc.
Wyndham International, Inc.
York Claims Services
Zurich Insurance Company
Zurich North America Specialties

News

JOSH LEVY wins summary judgment in commercial coverage dispute involving catastrophic injury. Josh Levy recently won a summary judgment in federal court in an insurance coverage dispute on behalf of a commercial liability insurer. The case arose out of a catastrophic accident at a construction site in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The insured was a general contractor. The contractor’s president hired his company and used its employees to construct his new home. One of the employees suffered a spinal cord injury when a masonry wall he was reinforcing collapsed. The employee collected workers’ compensation through the contractor’s workers’ compensation policy. After collecting over $2 million in benefits, the employee sued the contractor for personal injury damages, claiming that he was a guest of the contractor’s president, rather than an employee, at the time of the accident. The contractor’s general liability policy contained an Employer’s Liability Exclusion, which excluded coverage for work-related injuries to employees. The court ruled that this exclusion applied to the employee’s personal injury lawsuit, because his injuries were clearly work-related, and his claim that he was the president's guest was inconsistent his earlier claim in that he was the contractor's employee eligible to receive workers’ compensation. The ruling eliminated the client’s potential exposure to a multi-million dollar judgment. (see opinion).

MARLOW CONNELL is proud to be recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® as a BEST LAW FIRM for 2011-2012. Additionally, Joel Adler and Andrew Connell were named in Best Lawyers® for 2011-2012.

SCOTT NEWMAN was recently appointed to the Managing Partner Task Force of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Scott, along with six other defense practitioners throughout the country, has been asked by this internationally recognized defense organization to develop strategies for law firms working closely with 21st century business.

JENNIFER HOFFMAN recently spoke on "Managing and Responding to a Crisis" along with a co-presenter as part of the CLE program to the Retail and Hospitality Law Committee at the DRI Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

SALLY SELTZER was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Florida Defense Lawyers Association.

JENNIFER HOFFMAN has been appointed as Vice-Chair of DRI's upcoming Retail and Hospitality Seminar to be held at the Swissôtel in Chicago May 10 and May 11, 2012.

SCOTT NEWMAN and RENEE DANIELS, in what appears to be a case of first impression in Florida, recently obtained a summary judgment in the U.S. Dist. Ct. S.D.Fla., voiding the Employer's Liability coverage part of a combined Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability Policy issued to a contractor, Sandi Construction, insured by Commerce & Industry Ins. Co. for material misrepresentations in the application for coverage. The ruling eliminated the carrier's exposure for liability in a wrongful death suit arising out of a workplace accident. (See Opinion).