January 7, 2025 By William Rabb Almost five years after Florida lawmakers clamped restrictions on assignment-of-benefits agreements and two years after they effectively outlawed AOBs altogether, state appeals courts may have finally put an end to one creative way that had been used in attempts to get around the law. Florida insurance industry advocates said […]
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December 9, 2024 by Abby Bowman abowman@glass.com Florida auto glass lawsuits have dropped substantially since the passage of legislation banning the assignment of benefits (AOB) in 2023. About 83% fewer cases have hit the courts in 2024 than in 2023, according to state data shared by the insurance lobbying group called Florida Justice Reform Institute […]
June 03, 2020 BY ANA CEBALLOS – News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed John Couriel and Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, choosing two justices expected to cement the court’s conservative majority for years to come. DeSantis said the appointments, made May 28, came two months late because he was focused […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Sept. 14, 2020 that he nominated Judge Jamie Grosshans for the Florida Supreme Court. BY THE FLORIDA CHANNEL Jamie R. Grosshans, the last-minute choice of Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida Supreme Court, is an anti-abortion defender who has been active in a number of Christian legal groups, including […]
April 23, 2020 at 4:12 pm TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by healthcare providers to shield them from lawsuits stemming from the delivery of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s largest physician, hospital and nursing-home associations are asking DeSantis to […]
Jim Saunders – May 23, 2019 2019 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — In a move that left little doubt about the new direction of the Florida Supreme Court, justices on Thursday reversed a controversial 2017 decision about the testimony of expert witnesses in lawsuits. While drawing relatively little […]
Apr 16, 2019 A Senate panel Tuesday approved a bill that would lead to higher-dollar cases being heard in county courts instead of circuit courts. The bill (SB 328), filed by Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Chairman Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, would change a limit that took effect in 1992. Under that limit, county […]
Christine Sexton – Jan 17, 2019 TALLAHASSEE — The appointment of two new Florida Supreme Court justices has galvanized the business community’s interest in tackling attorney fees in the workers’ compensation insurance system. Bill Herrle, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business in Florida, has since 2016 called for the Legislature to limit […]