Chad A. Pasternack of Cozen O’Connor and William J. Schifino Jr. and Daniel P. Dietrich of Gunster have stepped in to defend FKS Insurance Services and Property Loss Specialist LLC in a pending civil RICO lawsuit.

The case was filed Jan. 13 in Florida Middle District Court by Kutak Rock and the Law Office of Robert N. Pelier on behalf of SFR Services LLC. The plaintiff, a Florida general contractor, accuses the defendants of engaging in a scheme to systematically deny and underpay claims arising from Hurricane Irma. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, is 8:22-cv-00109, Sfr Services, LLC v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company et al.