My client, who lives in eastern Volusia County, suffered wind damage to his roof during a significant unnamed storm on January 25-26, 2011.  He submitted the claim to his homeowners insurer.  As often happens, the homeowners insurance company hired an engineering firm to inspect the roof and prepare a report.  As often happens, the engineer…

My client, a local lawyer, sustained substantial wind damage to his tile roof as a result of the severe unnamed storm that hit our area on March 30, 2011.  He submitted the claim to his homeowners insurance company.  The insurance company had his roof inspected by an engineering firm that found that his tile roof…

My client’s slate roof was damaged by wind in a severe March 30, 2011 unnamed storm.  I have many, many roof cases arising from this severe wind event.  Several tiles were blown off during the storm.  Thankfully, there is no leaking yet.  Nor, does there have to be in order to force your insurance company…

My client purchased a standard Florida homeowners insurance policy when she bought her home in 2006.  At the time of the purchase her mortgage company required a home inspection.  The home inspection revealed that the roof was in good shape with no noticeable damage.  In 2010, she noticed that several of her neighbors were having their roofs replaced at the same time.  She asked one of the roofers performing the work to inspect her roof.  The roofer found that her roof had substantial hail damage.
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On March 30, 2011 a severe unnamed storm hit Central Florida with high winds, rain and hail.  Since then I have filed at least 20 lawsuits against various homeowners insurers for wrongly denying roof damage claims.  Most of those cases were immediately settled by the insurance company as soon as they received the lawsuits.

Yesterday,…