Legal Opinion

Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company and Texas Insurance Company v. Eric Small

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided January 6, 2026No. 8:25-cv-00425Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY and TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 8:25-cv-425-KKM-AAS ERIC SMALL, Defendant. ___________________________________ ORDER Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company and Texas Insurance Company move to sanction Defendant Eric Small under Rule 11 based on his unsuccessful motion to dismiss their complaint. Mot. (Doc. 23). Small’s counsel objects to the motion. Resp. (Doc. 30). Because Small’s counsel made frivolous and misleading representations, I grant the motion and order…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jacqueline Burns v. Windsor Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. William Mitchell v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  4. Melvin D. Reed v. The Great Lakes Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Reinhold Didie, Hakan Bennhagen v. Ashley Howes, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993

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