The 2023 amendments to Florida Statute § 624.155, enacted through HB 837, significantly reshaped the landscape of bad faith litigation in Florida. Among the most consequential changes were the ...

Resolving competing claims to insurance proceeds can become a complex and costly endeavor for an insurer without the proper strategies. Fortunately, the interpleader remedy offers a streamlined, ...

Jonathan C. Schwartz, principal with Bressler, Amery & Ross. Financial institutions and other entities that hold the property of their customers routinely find themselves in the middle of disputes ...

The true superpower of the lawyer is to turn all questions into questions about procedure—often, about procedure about procedure. A short excerpt from today's long Braid v. Stilley, written by Seventh ...

An individual or entity holding property or controlling a right for another may find themselves subject to multiple claims to that property or right. Litigating separately against each claimant could ...

Scenario without an Ex-Spouse: Let's consider a fact pattern where Michael, the policyholder, had a life insurance policy with a death benefit of $1 million. Michael named his two adult children, ...

Since the time of the Founding, actions in strict interpleader have allowed parties in possession of a fund or other asset to sue claimants who have competing claims to that asset. The party in ...

Fox Rothschild filed an interpleader complaint on behalf Wells Fargo on Friday in Florida Northern District Court. The lawsuit seeks to determine the proper owner of funds wire transferred from ...

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It’s define in section 88 and order 35 of Cpc. When the plaintiff on behalf of defendant filed a suit in the court for choosing the actual owner of the property, then it is called interpleader suit.

"Many people think they can't afford a lawyer, but we often handle these cases on a contingency basis, meaning no fees or costs unless we recover money," adds Turchin. The firm represents life ...

A federal district court in Connecticut, following the general rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, has denied attorneys' fees and costs to an insurer in an interpleader action.