Erroneous Jury Instruction Warrants Reversal Of Hailstorm Coverage Suit, Panel Says

(January 22, 2018, 1:43 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— A Florida appeals panel on Jan. 17 found that a lower court wrongly applied the efficient proximate cause doctrine in instructing the jury and improperly shifted the burden of proof in a hailstorm coverage dispute, reversing and remanding (Richard W. Jones, et al. v. Federated National Insurance Company, No. 4D16-2579, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 561)....

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