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Samantha S. Loveland

Partner

Jacksonville

P | (904) 329-7269

F | (305) 379-3690

sloveland@hamiltonmillerlaw.com

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Samantha S. Loveland is a partner in the firm’s Jacksonville office. She is an accomplished trial lawyer with extensive experience in the areas of transportation (automobile, marine, trucking liability), personal injury, premises liability, wrongful death, insurance defense, and other civil litigation matters.

Samantha is a skilled litigator who is highly specialized in defending high-profile personal injury, medical malpractice, assault, and wrongful death claims in state and federal court. Her extensive trial and case management experience includes being adept at strategy and understanding complex issues. She takes particular pride in her communication with her insurance company clients including case status and paths to early resolution.

She has represented the world’s preeminent insurers and their insureds, including the largest cruise lines, marine industry corporations, healthcare providers, and national corporations in a variety of diverse industries. In addition, Samantha has handled numerous arbitration matters before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

Samantha has received much recognition over her legal career which includes being named by Super Lawyers as a “Florida Rising Star.” She is a member of the Admiralty Law Committee for the Florida Bar, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association. Samantha resides in Jacksonville Beach, FL with her husband and two children.

Practice Areas

Education

J.D., cum laude, St. Thomas University School of Law

  • Editor on the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review
  • Moot Court Team
  • Student member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States

B.A., with honors, University of Miami

  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national warehouse retailer in a premises liability action where the court found the plaintiff failed to establish actual or constructive notice of the alleged dangerous condition, that the condition was open and obvious, and that no duty to warn existed, resulting in final judgment for the defense.
  • Obtained summary judgment in a premises liability claim against a national warehouse restaurant supplier after the court agreed that the open and obvious nature of a parking bumper negated any duty to warn and that the duties to warn and maintain premises in a reasonably safe condition were not mutually exclusive.
  • Obtained summary judgment on punitive damages in a commercial trucking accident case. The court found that the plaintiff failed to establish any violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and further held that, even assuming a violation existed, there was no causal nexus between the alleged violation and the accident.
  • Obtained a complete defense verdict in a complex commercial trucking case following a two-week jury trial involving multi-million-dollar claims arising from an alleged eight-year course of medical treatment. Successfully defended the insured against all claims, resulting in a complete defense verdict and entitlement to pursue recovery of taxable costs based upon a rejected proposal for settlement.
  • Obtained a complete defense verdict in a four-day premises liability jury trial involving an alleged chemical spill at a warehouse retailer. The jury found the plaintiff 90% comparatively negligent. Under Florida’s modified comparative negligence statute, the plaintiff’s fault exceeded 50%, resulting in a complete bar to recovery and judgment for the defense.
  • Obtained a complete defense judgment through summary judgment based upon workers’ compensation immunity, resulting in dismissal of the premises liability action before trial.

  • Named by Super Lawyers as a “Florida Rising Star”

  • Presenter, A Legal Guide: Passenger & Crew Claims In The United States, topics: Damages, Limitation of Liability, and Retaliatory Discharge and Penalty Wage Claims, 2018
  • Substitute Instructor, St. Thomas University School of Law, Admiralty II, topic: Removal and “Saving to Suitors” Clause, 2017

  • Florida
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  • Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, Member
  • Florida Bar
    • Admiralty Law Committee
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Member