Hernando County Homeowner Denied Sinkhole Coverage
Case Result: $475,000 Settlement Secured for Hernando County Homeowner After Sinkhole Coverage Denial
After noticing substantial damage to their home in Brooksville, our clients placed a sinkhole damage claim with their Tower Hill Select Insurance Company. Instead of honoring the claim, Tower Hill Select Insurance Company chose to deny our client’s claims and force them to file a lawsuit to obtain the benefit of their insurance policy. Throughout the five-day trial of this matter, Tower Hillpresented numerous expert witnesses who were biased toward the insurance company, and our firm worked hard to demonstrate this bias to the jury. Furthermore, our firm also demonstrated that the Neutral Evaluator – who testified that the home had not been damaged by sinkhole activity – was not “neutral” at all, considering over 90% of his yearly revenue was from insurance companies!After a five-day jury trial in Hernando County, the jury awarded our clients the total damages to repair their homes. Since we were the prevailing party in the case, Tower Hill was responsible for paying not only all of the attorney’s fees and costs incurred in prosecuting the matter but also interest on the total amount of the jury award.
