Fifth District Court of Appeal Affirms Verdict for Brannock Humphries & Berman Client
After a jury awarded the plaintiff $3.3 million for extensive spinal injuries she sustained in a car accident, Brannock Humphries & Berman was hired to fight off her insurance company’s appeal, which raised two issues in an attempt to overturn the verdict.
Brannock Humphries & Berman Secures Writ of Certiorari to Prevent Disclosure of Medical Records
Agreeing with the arguments set forth by Brannock Humphries & Berman in a petition for writ of certiorari filed on behalf of its family-law client, the Second District Court of Appeal overturned a Polk County trial court’s order requiring the production of medical and mental health records in an ongoing
Brannock Humphries & Berman Obtains Affirmance Of Multimillion-Dollar Jury Verdict
Less than 48 hours after a virtual oral argument held via Zoom, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed, without comment, a Broward County jury’s award of $20 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the surviving spouse of a woman who died of lung cancer after smoking for over
Brannock & Humphries Obtains Pro-Consumer Decision On Important Arbitration Issue
In a thorough opinion disapproving the reasoning of several other appeals courts around the country, the Second District Court of Appeal sided with Brannock & Humphries today in ruling that a trial court, not an arbitrator, should decide whether to send a couple’s lawsuit against Airbnb to arbitration. The case stems
Brannock & Humphries Notches Second Appellate Victory In Ongoing Child Custody Dispute
For the second time in five months, Brannock & Humphries convinced the Third District Court of Appeal to deny a petition challenging a Miami-Dade County trial judge’s rulings in a child custody dispute centering on the mother’s relocation from Florida to Maryland. As noted when Brannock & Humphries defeated the mother’s first petition
Brannock & Humphries Wins Two Appeals On Same Day
Two cases that were orally argued by Brannock & Humphries on consecutive days last month, one in Daytona Beach and the other in Tampa, were both affirmed today, embracing the arguments made by Brannock & Humphries for upholding the multimillion-dollar jury awards. The first case involved a challenge by R.J. Reynolds
Fourth District Court of Appeal Hands Big Win to Brannock & Humphries’ Client
In a thoughtful opinion emphasizing the limited role of the judiciary in policing the internal affairs of voluntary membership organizations, a three-judge panel of the Fourth District Court of Appeal unanimously decided that a trial court should not have second-guessed a Martin County aviation community’s decision to suspend and terminate
Brannock & Humphries Obtains Affirmance Of Summary Judgment In Breach Of Contract Case
The Second District Court of Appeal has upheld a summary judgment entered in favor of a small business owner who was sued by a former employee, putting an end to the employee’s lawsuit and handing a win to Brannock & Humphries, which represented the business owner on appeal. The case arose
Second District Court Of Appeal Affirms Trial Court In Family Law Dispute
Working hand-in-hand with the Sessums Law Group, Brannock & Humphries helped obtain an important appellate victory today from the Second District Court of Appeal. The case involved a dispute between two former spouses. The former wife attempted to argue that a letter written by the former husband during the marriage was
Brannock & Humphries Prevails In Case About The Limits Of Federal Patent Jurisdiction
In one of the most comprehensive opinions concerning patent jurisdiction since a seminal 2013 Supreme Court decision on the issue, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today that a Florida federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear a breach of contract case involving a