Category Archives: Class Actions

Wites & Kapetan, P.A. Investigates Overpriced “Force-Placed Insurance” Taken Out by Banks

Most home mortgages obligate you to maintain a homeowner’s policy that names your bank as an “additional insured.”  This requirement protects the asset that secures your loan: your property.  In other words, the bank is willing to lend money, in … Continue reading

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Class Action Lawsuit Resulting in Charitable Contributions of $300,000

After eight years of litigation, Wites & Kapetan, located in Lighthouse Point, Florida, resolved a class action that included charitable contributions totaling $300,000. The lawsuit, which began in Broward County Circuit Court, moved from there to The United States District … Continue reading

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Florida Supreme Court Rules that Insurance Policy Provides Coverage for Advertising Injuries Caused by Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

On January 28, 2010, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in Penzer v. Transportation Insurance Company “that an advertising injury provision in a commercial liability policy that provides coverage for an “oral or written publication of material that violates a person?s … Continue reading

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100,000 Floridians Receive Notice of Class Certification

Marc A. Wites and Wites & Kapetan, P.A., are lead counsel in a certified class action lawsuit pending against Chicago Title Insurance Company in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. The Firm just sent notice to approximately 100,000 Floridians of the certification of … Continue reading

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