Attorney Michael Shelby Sperounes's Legal Cases

Insurance

United Water Restoration Group, Inc, a/a/o Donald Knight v. Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Feb 12, 2014

OUTCOME: Final Summary Judgment Granted

Mr. Sperounes' Motion for Final Summary Judgment on the issue of whether the assignment agreement between United Water Restoration Group, Inc and Donald Knight was enforceable against Homeowners Choice ... Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. was granted by the Court when the Judge held that the express terms of the insurance contract rendered the assignment unenforceable against Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. absent a waiver of the policy provisions by the insurer.

Insurance

Emergency Services 24, Inc .a/a/o Theresa Devlin v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company.

Nov 07, 2013

OUTCOME: Final Judgment in favor of client.

Mr. Sperounes was successful in obtaining a Final Dismissal with Prejudice and in granting the dismissal with prejudice, the Court stated that it was Emergency Services 24’s business decision to initia ... te work under an “assignment of benefits” from the policyholder and to file suit directly against Florida Peninsula Insurance Company for payment contrary to the express language of the policy and Florida law which prohibits Emergency Services 24, Inc from acquiring by assignment the right to sue Florida Peninsula Insurance Company for breach of the insuring contract.

Insurance

Dunedin Restoration Services Inc. aao Jon Harmon v Universal Property and Casualty Ins. Co.

Mar 01, 2013

OUTCOME: Final Summary Judgment Granted

Final Summary Judgment for Universal Property & casualty Insurance Company – water mitigation company's assignment of isurance benefits from the named insured which formed basis of its breach of contra ... ct anc claim for attorney fees complaint invalid as a matter of law as a partial assignment.

Insurance

Farrel Bernstein and Marie Angerame v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Jan 01, 2013

OUTCOME: Order Granted

Order – bifurcating/dividing confirmed sinkhole breach of contract jury trial into, first, a trial as to appropriate method of repair and pricing without including any aspect of: breach of contract; th ... e claims process; or above-ground cosmetic repairs. Additionally the Order provided that once a jury determined the proper method of land and building stabilization and foundation repair, along with pricing, Citizens would have no obligation to pay to stabilize the land and building and repair the foundation unless and until Plaintiffs enter into a contract for the repairs in accordance with the jury’s findings, pursuant to the insurance policy and Florida Statutes.

Insurance

Elzbieta & Ireck Juraszek v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

N/A

OUTCOME: Prevailed on Order.

Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Defendant to Answer Deposition Questions and for Actions Obstructing Discovery – Plaintiffs attempted to elicit testimony from Defendant’s trial expert geolog ... ist at deposition as to his participation in, if any, mock trials and trial training that Plaintiffs alleged were conducted by Citizens as well as the names of individuals who may have been present and the topics of discussion if any. Citizens’ counsel instructed the deponent not to answer and asserted privileged work product communication as a bar. Judge agreed that such inquiry was protected by the opinion work product doctrine and denied Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel.

Insurance

Universal Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v Bianco and Barnes

N/A

OUTCOME: Final Summary Judgment Granted

Motion for Final Summary Judgment in Declaratory Judgment Action Granted when court upheld the Insurer's animal liability policy exclusion.

Commercial real estate

Lanci Ltd. v. Young Pest Control

N/A

OUTCOME: Jury verdict of no liabililty.

Defense Jury Verdict – $1.2 million damages claim pursued as a result of water loss from broken pipe allegedly caused by improper pest control appliance installation. My client Young Pest control was f ... ound not liable by jury verdict.

Personal injury

Cynthia Johnson v GEICO

N/A

OUTCOME: Final Summary Judgment Granted. Upheld on Appeal to Second District Court of Appeal.

Final Summary Judgment, PCA Affirmed 2DCA (slip and fall in parking lot – open and obvious doctrine; and, impermissible stacking of inferences – no liability)

Personal injury

Trinia Mitchell v. Herbert Menendez

N/A

OUTCOME: Jury verdict of no liabililty.

Defense Jury Verdict – automobile negligence asserting: permanent injury; past and future medical expenses; lost wages; future loss of earning capacity; and, pain and suffering.

Personal injury

Audrey Pinion v KMart, Hillsborough County Circuit Court,Florida

N/A

OUTCOME: Verdict in favor of Client, Mr. Pinion

Client, Mr. Pinion, was struck in the head by a micro wave cart not adequately secured on a top-self of an aisle. Jury found liability on KMart and awarded over $800,000.00 in damages.

Michael Shelby Sperounes's Legal Cases (10)

United Water Restoration Group, Inc, a/a/o Donald Knight v. Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Emergency Services 24, Inc .a/a/o Theresa Devlin v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company.

Dunedin Restoration Services Inc. aao Jon Harmon v Universal Property and Casualty Ins. Co.

Farrel Bernstein and Marie Angerame v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Elzbieta & Ireck Juraszek v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Universal Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v Bianco and Barnes

Lanci Ltd. v. Young Pest Control

Cynthia Johnson v GEICO

Trinia Mitchell v. Herbert Menendez

Audrey Pinion v KMart, Hillsborough County Circuit Court,Florida