Steve Rawls - Tampa, FL

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
    J.D.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Trial Group Litigation Manager

Published Works

Articles

• Pre-Tender Defense Costs: Who Pays?, International Risk Management Institute, July, 2006
  
• Selected Third Party Bad Faith Liability Standards Governing Failure to Settle Cases, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 20, #4, p. 1, June, 2006
  
• Are Products Advertisements That Give Rise to Advertising Injury Coverage?, International Risk Management Institute, April, 2006
  
• Allocation of Damages for Ongoing Losses over Multiple Policies Who Pays and How Much?, International Risk Management Institute, January, 2006
  
• The Scope of the Prior Publication Exclusion: Now You See It, Now You Don't, International Risk Management Institute, October, 2005
  
• Insurers: Can You Get Your Defense Dollars Back?, International Risk Management Institute, July, 2005
• An Insurer's Liability For Punitive Damages In An Excess Judgment, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 19, #3, p. 27, June, 2005
• Hospital Lien Laws and Personal Injury Settlements, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 18, #14, p. 30, November, 2004
• Do Liability Insurers Have A Duty To Make An Offer Where There Is No Claim Against The Insured?, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 17, #18, p. 27, January, 2004
• What Is A Reasonable Settlement When There Are Multiple Claimants?, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 17, #6, p. 26, July, 2003
• Recognizing Subtle Exposures To Avoid Bad Faith Claims, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 15, #14, p. 29, November, 2001
• Justices: Please Take This Case!, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 15, #12, p. 24, October, 2001
• Additional Insured Coverage & Bad Faith, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 15, #10, p. 25, September, 2001
• Bad Faith Findings In The Absence of Coverage, For The Defense, Vol. 42, No. 1, January, 2000
• The Duty Of Insurers To Advise Insureds Of Policy Benefits, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 12, #18, p. 28, Jan., 1999
• Good Faith Settlement Of Claims In Excess Of Policy Limits Against Multiple Insureds, Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, Vol. 13, #10, p. 21
• Attacking the Consent Judgment: Corralling the Horse That Gets Out of the Barn, DRI, 1993
• Discovery Issues in Bad Faith Cases, Recurring Issues in Insurance Disputes: A Guide for Insurers and Insureds, 1996
• Litigating Coverage During the Pendency of the Underlying Tort Suit, West's treatise Law and Practice of Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Additional Insured Coverage And Bad Faith
• Allocation of Damages for Ongoing Losses Over Multiple Policies -- Who Pays and How Much?
• An Insurer's Liability For Punitive Damages In An Excess Judgment
• Are Products Advertisements That Give Rise to Advertising Injury Coverage?
• Chinese-Drywall Cases And Their Impact On Liability-Insurance Carriers In Settling Multiple Claims In Good Faith Against Their Insureds In Certain State Courts
• Discovery Issues in Bad Faith Cases
• Do Liability Insurers Have A Duty To Make An Offer Where There Is No Claim Against The Insured?
• Duty of Insurers to Advise Insureds of Policy Benefits
• Good Faith Settlement of Claims in Excess of Policy Limits Against Multiple Insureds
• Hospital Lien Laws and Personal Injury Settlements

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar (Member)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)