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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am attaching the following additional materials for the CLE presentation tomorrow:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Judge Traynor’s April 20, 2012 Trial Order denying the Motion to Intervene;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">MCC’s requested Special Jury ROGS at Trial;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">MCC’s Pre-Trial Request to Insured though Insurance Defense Counsel for Special ROGS;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Insured’s Counsel’s Response to Carrier’s Request for Special ROGS;
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Carrier’s Request for Special ROGS/Allocated Verdict in Clean Seas Case – Prior to Trial;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">December 2011 Motion to Intervene in Case before Judge Davis in Nassau County, Insured’s separately retained counsel’s objection and Order Denying;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Duke v. Hoch, 468 F. 2d 973 (5<sup>th</sup> Cir. 1972)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I have had Insurance Carriers file motions to intervene in 2 cases I tried over the last year. In both, they moved to intervene on the eve of trial, arguing the need for an allocated verdict and/or special interrogatories.
Your email attached the Treace Trial that was in St. Johns County before Judge Traynor. This email includes the Dunes Trial that was before Judge Davis in Nassau County. The key case in this area is Duke v. Hoch, copy attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ed <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Edward M. Whelan <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Board Certified in Construction Law (Florida Bar)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Direct Dial: 904-350-7172 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:ewhelan@gunster.com">ewhelan@gunster.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Wright, Wm. Cary [mailto:cwright@carltonfields.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 14, 2012 3:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> liability_insurance@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Woolard, Barbara C.; Whelan, Ed<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Florida Bar Insurance & Surety Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Everyone:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Attached are: (1) Agenda for the monthly call scheduled for Monday, December 17, 2012; (2) Minutes from the November 19, 2012 teleconference; (3) a copy of an Order
and Motion to Intervene in the <i>Mid-Continent Casualty Company v. Clean Seas Company, Inc., et al.,
</i>(M.D. Fla. Mar. 20, 2012) case, which will be discussed in the CLE presentation; and (4) a copy of the
<i>Axis Surplus Insurance Company v. Contravest Construction Company</i>, 2012 WL 2048303 (M.D. Fla. June 5, 2012), which will be discussed if time permits.
<b>The conference call information is: dial-in: 888-376-5050; Participant Code: 8425484201#; Moderator Code: 13137# (Moderator does not input the Participant Code).</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Ed Whelan of Gunster,Yoakley & Steward, P.A. will discuss
<i>Mid-Continent Casualty Company v. Clean Seas Company, Inc.</i> case. This is an important case regarding the apportionment of damages following a jury verdict, and is very interesting. If time permits, I will lead a discussion on The
<i>Axis Surplus</i> case, which is also important because there the court held that the injury-in-fact theory, as opposed to the manifestation theory, is the appropriate trigger theory for recovery in Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks for everyone’s participation and we look forward to the call on Monday.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Cary and Fred<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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