In matter styled Jesus Marisol Gamarra v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Junior Partners Jeremy Fischler, Esq., and Matthew Wendler, Esq., convinced Plaintiff and the Property Law Advocates (formerly The Strems Law Firm), to settle a roof damage claim for $500.00, inclusive of attorney’s fees and costs, after nearly four (4) years of litigation. The matter involved an allegation that the Plaintiff suffered wind damage at her Broward County property in February, 2017. After the claim was inspected by a field adjuster, it was determined that there was no wind damage to the property, and the claim was denied. The Strems Law Firm immediately filed suit, and to avoid summary judgment retained an engineer to claim that there was wind damage to the roof. Plaintiff’s water mitigation company also retained an expert to assert that there was wind damage to the roof.  Plaintiff testified, as most Insureds do, that she noticed damage to her property and contacted the appropriate people to assist her with the claim. However, after diligently uncovering that Plaintiff withheld pertinent information in the policy application and during litigation, we persuaded Plaintiff to dismiss the claim for nominal damages.  Read more