Florida Eminent Domain Practice and Procedure, Tenth Edition

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When can government ""take"" private property for a ""public purpose?"" Can private property owners obtain restitution for partial takings and business damages? This manual is a comprehensive treatment of current legal practice, including detailed review of proceedings from both the condemnor's and condemnee's perspective.

The new edition contains:

• NEWLY REVAMPED PUBLICATION with ALL NEW authors and Steering Committee.
• New Chapter 15 — Florida Boating Law
• New Chapter 18 — Maritime Security Law
• New Chapter 19 — Sales of Vessels
• Updated case law, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Discussion of hot topics including:
• The 2013 United States Supreme Court opinion addressing the question of what constitutes a “vessel.” See Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 133 S.Ct. 735, 184 L.Ed.2d 604 (2013).
• In depth discussion and analysis of the historic divide between courts over the 2011 amendments to the Removal Statute (28 U.S.C. §1441).
• The 2014 Eleventh Circuit court opinion establishing a cause of action for respondeat superior liability against a cruise liner for the medical negligence of a ship physician. See Franza v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 772 F.3d 1225 (11th Cir. 2014).
• 2016 York-Antwerp Rules.
• 2009 American Institute Hull Clauses.
• The 2015 reaffirmation of the application of the federal marine-insurance doctrine of uberrimae fidei as an “entrenched admiralty rule.” See AIG Centennial Insurance Co. v. O’Neil, 782 F.3d 1296 (11th Cir. 2015); Catlin (Syndicate 2003) at Lloyd’s v. San Juan Towing & Marine Services, Inc., 778 F.3d 69 (1st Cir. 2015).
• The new Insurance Act of 2015.
• Discussion and analysis of the 2016 Florida Legislature’s amendment to F.S. 327.33(2) regarding careless boating.

Revised forms are also included.

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