Garcia v. Harbor Mutual Insurance Co.
The panel reviews a fee award after a rejected proposal for settlement and discusses the evidence needed to show a proposal was not made in good faith.
Civil / PI
Florida civil and personal injury updates
Insurance, bad faith, proposals for settlement, UM/UIM, negligence, damages, liens, discovery, tort reform, and civil procedure.
Latest Civil / PI Updates
Jun 23, 2026 / PFS, Attorney Fees
Proposal-for-settlement fights keep coming back to the good-faith record
Florida civil litigators should build the record around the information available when the proposal was served, not just the verdict delta.
Jun 20, 2026 / Insurance, Discovery
Claim-file discovery remains a battleground in insurance cases
UM/UIM and bad-faith disputes continue to turn on timing, privilege logs, work-product objections, and targeted in-camera review.
Civil Opinions
Rivera v. Peninsula Casualty
The court grants certiorari in part and discusses when insurer claim-file materials become protected work product in UM litigation.