Samuel B. Spinner

Sam Spinner focuses on appeals and trial support with an emphasis on catastrophic injury, product liability, and insurance coverage litigation.

At the appellate level, Sam has handled more than 70 appeals and extraordinary writs in all Florida appellate courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He has presented more than a dozen appellate oral arguments across multiple jurisdictions.

At the trial level, Sam assists in cases concerning product liability, premises liability, negligent security, class actions, construction defects, and commercial disputes. He also assists in coverage cases involving property and casualty, cyber, directors and officers, financial lines, and aviation insurance policies. Sam has extensive experience drafting dispositive motions, Daubert motions, post-trial motions, and jury instructions. He has attended numerous trials in a support role to argue critical motions and ensure that necessary issues are properly preserved for appellate review.

Sam is board certified in appellate practice by the Florida Bar. Previously, Sam served as a law clerk to the Honorable F. Rand Wallis of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal and worked for a statewide defense firm.

• Affirmance of order granting judgment on the pleadings in malicious prosecution action. Zibelman v. Trazenfeld, No. 24-14206, 2025 WL 2794404 (11th Cir. Oct. 1, 2025). 
• Affirmance of order dismissing arbitrator in suit under the No Surprises Act. Reach Air Med. Servs. LLC v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., 160 F. 4th 1110 (11th Cir. 2025). 
• Affirmance of order denying motion for new trial in automobile negligence action. Rainone v. Organ, 413 So. 3d 931 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment for insurer in coverage action. Rockland Funding LLC v. ACE Am. Ins. Co., 407 So. 3d 462 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025). 
• Reversal of order denying insurer’s motion for prevailing party costs. Palm Beach Cty. Sch. Distr. v. Smith, 337 So. 3d 383 (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). 
• Quashal of order compelling insurer to produce protected work product in coverage action. Vault Reciprocal Exch. v. Luria, 390 So. 3d 117 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment in premises liability action. Chambers v. Tallahassee Hotel, LLC, 385 So. 3d 1054 (1st DCA 2024). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment in premises liability action. Sanchez v. Deerfield Hotel One, LLC, 378 So. 3d 616 (4th DCA 2024). 
• Reversal of order allowing plaintiff to plead claim for punitive damages in construction action. 701 Palafox, LLC v. Scuba Shack, Inc., 367 So. 3d 624 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023). 
• Affirmance of order denying new trial in premises liability action. Ringelstein v. Naples Courtyard Inn, LLC, 365 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023). 
• Affirmance of dismissal of complaint in coverage action. All-Star Pro Restoration Servs. v. Fla. Peninsula Ins. Co., 372 So. 3d 1268 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment in premises liability action. Jackson v. Reg8 Member, LLC, 372 So. 3d 660 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023). 
• Affirmance of order denying new trial in coverage action. SFR Servs., LLC v. Fla. Peninsula Ins. Co., 364 So. 3d 1044 (Fla. 6th DCA 2023). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment in premises liability action. Fenyvesi v. Suncoast Motel & Apartments, Inc., No. 22-10496, 2022 WL 17819527 (11th Cir. Dec. 20, 2022) 
• Reversal of order imposing sanctions against workers’ compensation insurer. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Samson, 331 So. 3d 1234 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022). 
• Affirmance of order denying motion to compel appraisal in coverage action. Landings At Victoria Isles Ass’n, Inc. v. Everest Nat’l Ins. Co., 413 So. 3d 773 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment in premises liability action. O’Brien v. Orion Inv. & Mgmt. Ltd. Corp., 346 So. 3d 628 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022). 
• Quashal of order compelling party to produce privileged work product. IMC Hospitality, LLC v. Ledford, 337 So. 3d 104 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). 
• Affirmance of summary judgment for general contractor on indemnity claim against subcontractor. Brother’s Painting & Pressure Cleaning Corp. v. Curry-Dixon General Constr., LLC, 298 So. 3d 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). 
• Affirmance of order denying nonparty’s motion to intervene in negligence action. Lexington Ins. Co. v. James, 295 So. 3d 367 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020). 
• Affirmance of order transferring venue in coverage action. Structural Wrap, LLC v. Sec. First Ins. Co., 415 So. 3d 738 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019). 

• Board Certified in Appellate Practice by the Florida Bar