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Joshua R. Goodman

Chair, Subrogation & Recovery, Southeast Region

Office Miami

Phone (305) 704-5946  Fax (866) 248-2897

Email jrgoodman@cozen.com

 
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Josh represents insurers and self-insured entities in subrogation claims involving construction, product, admiralty, aviation, transportation, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and other business losses. He has litigated hundreds of subrogation cases in various state and federal jurisdictions (West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida); has tried subrogation cases first chair in both state and federal court; has argued appellate issues related to subrogation in the United States Courts of Appeal; has been lead appellate counsel before the Florida Supreme Court; and has been admitted to testify by the Florida State Circuit Court as an expert in subrogation. A Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court mediator, Josh has arbitrated and mediated hundreds of subrogation cases.

Josh is a frequent lecturer on subrogation topics, giving presentations to companies and groups throughout the country. He is the Chair of the Southeast Subrogation Region managing Cozen O’Connor’s subrogation team in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. He served as Managing Partner Vice Chair for Cozen O’Connor’s Miami office from 2014 to 2018. Josh also acted as the Firm’s Chair for the Defective Drywall Task Force and was cited by the MDL in Orders issued during that multidistrict litigation.

Josh received his Bachelor of Arts with honors from the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in 1994. He received his law degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1998.

Obtained a 100% verdict in excess of $1 million for insurers against an electrical utility following a five-day trial in a case involving a fire that was alleged to have spread from a three phase transformer through a field and to the insured’s real and personal property. The defendant alleged the fire started in electrical equipment on the insured’s property and spread to the three phase transformer. The case involved testimony from a number of employees from all parties, fire origin and cause investigators, fire protection engineers, electrical engineers, meteorologists, and damage experts. 

Obtained a $1.74 million judgment (plus pre- and post-judgment interest) on behalf of the insurer of a crane operating company in a negligent services case against the crane manufacturer’s wholly owned subsidiary, which acted as a services and training company. The case arose after a 600-ton mobile crane collapsed in on itself after the insured’s employees adjusted an incorrect locking pin on the crane during its set-up. We claimed the pin was adjusted and the crane collapsed because the crane manufacturer’s wholly owned subsidiary failed to provide the proper training and a product bulletin. After two years of litigation, the case culminated in a six-day trial finding the manufacturer’s wholly owned subsidiary 100 percent negligent.  The case involved testimony from a number of employees from all parties, crane experts, human factors experts, and damage experts. The case was appealed by the defendant to the United States Court of Appeals, which certified the case to the Florida Supreme Court.


Case to Clarify Economic Loss Rule Settles Days Before Fla. Supreme Court Arguments

February 12, 2025

Joshua R. Goodman was quoted in the article “Case to Clarify Economic Loss Rule Settles Days Before Fla. Supreme Court Arguments” for the Insurance Journal.

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How One Florida Engineer Charged Others With Fraudulent Insurance Reports, Testimony

September 03, 2024

Joshua R. Goodman was quoted in L&S Insurance and Financial Services Inc.’s Home Insurance Guru blog, “How One Florida Engineer Charged Others With Fraudulent Insurance Reports, Testimony.”

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Fed Court Wants Florida Supremes to Clarify Rule That Can Bar Subrogation Recovery

March 15, 2024

Joshua R. Goodman was quoted in the Insurance Journal’s recent article, “Fed Court Wants Florida Supremes to Clarify Rule That Can Bar Subrogation Recovery.”

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Construction-Defect Subrogation on the Rise But it Just Became More Difficult in Florida

June 29, 2023

Joshua R. Goodman was quoted in the Insurance Journal’s recent article “Construction-Defect Subrogation on the Rise But it Just Became More Difficult in Florida.”

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Florida Law Means Time Is of the Essence on Construction-Defect Subro Actions

July 17, 2024

Joshua R. Goodman published the article “Florida Law Means Time Is of the Essence on Construction-Defect Subro Actions” for the Insurance Journal.

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Fast & Furious Tort Law Changes, Part 2: Shorter Statute of Repose for Improvements [Alert]

April 18, 2023

Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 360, known as “An act relating to causes of action based on three improvements to real property.”

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Fast & Furious Tort Law Changes in Florida [Alert]

March 30, 2023

House Bill 837, “Civil Remedies,” focuses on bad faith litigation and attorney’s fee awards, and makes two important changes for negligence cases.

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Could Daubert be Dying in Florida? [Subrogation & Recovery Alert]

April 26, 2017

Joe Rich and Joshua Goodman discuss the Florida Supreme Court opinion in In Re: Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code, in which the court declined to adopt the Daubert standard, on procedural grounds, for admissibility of expert testimony.

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Florida’s Economic Loss Rule Comes Full Circle in Tiara Condominium Association v. Marsh & McLennan

June 11, 2013

The Supreme Court of Florida answered in the negative a certified question asking whether the economic loss rule bars an insured’s suit against an insurance broker where the parties are in contractual privity with one another and the damages sought are solely economic losses.

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That Sinking Feeling: Losses Arising from Sinkholes [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

December 20, 2010

That Sinking Feeling: Losses Arising from Sinkholes - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Sinkhole claims are emblematic of a number of different loss scenarios that may be one part mother nature and one part human error. The challenge from a subrogation perspective is to recognize and perfect the recovery opportunities arising from these complex claims, including engineering and construction deficiencies that may contribute to the subterranean failure, and to do so in a way that takes into account time bars triggered by statutes of repose.

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Summer 2010 [Subrogation & Recovery Observer]

July 29, 2010

Summer 2010 - Subrogation & Recovery Observer -

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Chinese Drywall Litigation [Subrogation Whitepaper]

July 09, 2009

Chinese Drywall Litigation - Subrogation Whitepaper - In a prior Alert, Defective Drywall: The Not‐So‐Great Wall of China1, we discussed the reported problems with Chinese‐manufactured drywall (“Chinese drywall”). This whitepaper provides an overview of pending litigation
arising out of the issues associated with Chinese drywall. From 2004 through 2006, the housing boom and rebuilding efforts necessitated by various hurricanes led to a shortage of construction materials. As a result, U.S. builders and suppliers

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Defective Drywall: The Not-So-Great Wall of China [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

April 01, 2009

Defective Drywall: The Not-So-Great Wall of China - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - The Great Wall of China is a Wonder of the World. It is the only man-made structure visible from space with the naked eye. While even the best made drywall will never compare to the Great Wall, drywall from China should not corrode and smell like rotten eggs in a matter of months. The following Alert explains the problem, and gives new meaning to a line from an Eighties classic, “When the walls come crumbling, crumbling, crumbling, crumbling, down.”

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Summer 2008 [Subrogation and Recovery Observer]

July 01, 2008

Summer 2008 - Subrogation and Recovery Observer -

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Subrogation and Recovery - Articles and Papers [Surge Protectors]

January 13, 2006

Subrogation and Recovery - Articles and Papers - Surge Protectors - A surge protector protects electronic devices from power surges. A power surge, sometimes called transient voltage, occurs when voltage increases above the standard normally associated with electricity in a specified area. The standard voltage in the United States is 120 volts...

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