Law Office: Thomas A. Keller
Tom has been with Butler seeing that 2003. Prior to becoming a member of our crew, Tom practiced commercial and enterprise litigation and was a senior workforce attorney with the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Tom earned his regulation degree, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law in 1998.
Tom is a identified authority on property coverage coverage troubles. He lectures on the problem and related issues frequently, consisting of regulatory and legislative changes in condominium coverage coverage and…
Tom has been with Butler considering 2003. Prior to joining our team, Tom practiced commercial and enterprise litigation and became a senior group of workers lawyer with the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Tom earned his law degree, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law in 1998.
Tom is a recognized authority on belongings coverage coverage issues. He lectures at the concern and related problems often, along with regulatory and legislative changes in rental insurance coverage and Florida first-celebration assets insurance legal guidelines, as well as adjusting sinkhole claims and fraud in natural catastrophe claims like sinkholes, hurricanes, and floods. He is a frequent speaker for various insurance businesses and agencies just like the South Florida Claims Association and the Property Loss Research Bureau.
Publications
September 27, 2012 PUBLICATION The Troubles Of Trafalgar: Bad Faith In the Absence Of Breach Of Contract
How can a primary-celebration insurer be legally chargeable for insurance ‘‘bad religion’’ if it has already been determined not to be responsible for breach of the insurance contract? According to at the least one Florida appellate court docket, by way of paying an Appraisal Award timely.
May 01, 2007 PUBLICATION Hindsight vs. Foresight: The Adjustment of Business Income Claims
The hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 resulted in many claims for lack of business income. Applying this coverage, that's always problematic, may be even extra complicated within the context of substantial devastation.
April 18, 2006 PUBLICATION Achilles’ Heel: First-Party Property Bad-Faith Damages
Insurance awful-faith is identified throughout the US. In the setting of first-birthday party assets insurance, the connection among the insured and insurer commences contractually. However, that contractual relationship also can offer publicity for tort damages in a primary-celebration bad-religion movement. Indeed, the danger of dealing with a first-birthday party belongings terrible-faith tort movement usually influences insurers to resolve litigation out of worry, in preference to for substantial purposes primarily based at the merits. One of the Achilles’ Heels of such causes of action is the inability of the insured to show any measurable terrible-religion damages. The identity and size of damages in first-birthday party property awful-faith actions varies significantly relying on the jurisdiction. This commentary will speak certain jurisdictional variations relating to damages in first-birthday celebration awful-religion movements, one of a kind of punitive damages. [FN1]
Media
Events
April 15, 2018 EVENT PLRB Claims Conference- Appraisal Clauses: A State-via-State Analysis
Join Butler Partner attorney, Thomas Keller, and co-presenter Andrew Deckert of American Strategic Insurance as they defined the appraisal provision, potential pitfalls all through the appraisal manner, and defined how exclusive jurisdictions interpret and practice appraisal reasons.
January 17, 2018 EVENT WINDSTORM INSURANCE CONFERENCE - Filling Up on Florida Property Case Law
Thomas Keller from Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig supplied in Orlando, FL at the Windstorm Insurance Conference on the subject of Filling Up on Florida Property Case Law .
March 27, 2017 EVENT PLRB CLAIMS CONFERENCE - Appraisal Clauses: A State-through-State Analysis
Thomas A. Keller from Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig along with co-presenter Andrew Deckert, presented in Boston, MA on the PLRB Claims Conference on the subject of Appraisal Clauses: A State-by using-State Analysis on March 27, 2017.
April 17, 2016 EVENT PLRB Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo
Appraisal Clauses: A State-via-State Analysis
October 26, 2007 EVENT Sinkhole Investigations for the SIU Investigator
Central Florida Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigations Units
News
February thirteen, 2018 NEWS 2018 Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Annual Diversity Networking Social
Every yr, we're excited to sponsor the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Annual Diversity Networking Social. This HCBA Tampa Bay occasion permits us to fulfill up-and-coming regulation students and new attorneys with diverse backgrounds.
January 09, 2013 NEWS Tom Keller Selected to Serve on PLRB Board
The firm is pleased to announce that Tom Keller has been selected to serve at the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) board for any other term.
June 03, 2009 NEWS Governor Vetoes Condominium Insurance Bill
Governor Crist vetoes revisions to rental coverage statute. The latest legislative consultation passed Senate Bill 714 which sought to make clear the insuring responsibilties between the unit proprietor and the association. For reasons outlined in his letter of June 1, the Governor vetoed the measure.
