SA PALM BEACH v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S

No. 20-14812, No. 21-10190, No. 21-10490, No. 21-10672.

32 F.4th 1347 (2022)

SA PALM BEACH, LLC, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD's LONDON, Underwriters at Lloydslondon known as Syndicates CNP 4444, AFB 2623, AFB 623, BRT, 2987, BRT 2988, NEO 2468, SAM 727, AXS1686, XIS H4202, QBE 1886, DUW 1729, WBC 5886, CHN 2015, HDU 382, MSP 318, AGR, Defendants-Appellees. Emerald Coast Restaurants, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. R.T.G. Furniture Corp., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company, Evanston Insurance Company, Everest Indemnity Insurance Company, Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Rococo Steak, LLC, d.b.a. Rococo Steak, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: May 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Andrew Davidson , Paul J. Geller , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, James E. Cecchi , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, PC, Roseland, NJ, James E. Cecchi , Lindsey H. Taylor , Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart & Olstein, Roseland, NJ, Samuel H. Rudman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP, Melville, NY, Michael Joseph Sacks, Law Office of Michael Joseph Sacks, Parkland, FL, Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul Lindsey Fields, Jr. , Gregory L. Mast , Fields Howell, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Freddy L. Alvarez , David E. Walker , Walker Wilcox Matousek, LLP, CHICAGO, IL, Armando Pedro Rubio , Fields Howell, LLP, MIAMI, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Gabriel K. Gillett , Jenner & Block, LLP, CHICAGO, IL, for Amicus Curiae Restaurant Law Center.

Laura A. Foggan , Crowell & Moring, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Wystan M. Ackerman , Robinson & Cole, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Amicus Curiae American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, and Jordan and Anderson, Circuit Judges.


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