Jury Verdict In Hotelier’s Fraudulent Insurance Claim Lawsuit Allowed To Stand

Mealey's (November 16, 2021, 4:51 PM EST) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — In a Nov. 5 opinion, a federal judge in Florida denied an insured hotel operator’s motions during trial for a mistrial, sanctions, a new trial and judgment as a matter of law in an insurance dispute stemming from the insured’s alleged filing of a fraudulent commercial property insurance claim for a hotel allegedly damaged by Hurricane Irma, ruling that the insured failed to sufficiently show that it was entitled to any of the relief it sought....