About 100 attorneys have submitted letters to the Florida Bar Board of Governors, opposing or supporting the Daubert standard. Twenty-seven out of 80 opposition letters are from Morgan & Morgan attorneys. But Mitnick said there is no concerted effort at Morgan & Morgan to lobby on the issue. Support for the Daubert rule is coming […]
Jessica KarmasekOct. 8, 2015, 5:22pm ALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors, seemingly at the behest of plaintiffs’ attorneys, may end up pushing the state Supreme Court to review and reject a relatively new standard governing expert witness testimony. In June 2013, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a […]
Thursday, June 25, 2015 3rd DCA Reverses Summary Judgment in FWA Constitutional Challenge to Exclusive Remedy by Sherri Okamoto (Legal Editor) The Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal dismissed a district court judge’s ruling that the state workers’ compensation system is unconstitutional, for procedural reasons, failing to address the core arguments of the […]
By NANCY SMITH– March 22, 2015 – 7:00pm At any time during a Florida legislative session, trial attorneys in the Capitol are like pollen in a field of ragweed. They’re everywhere. Walk anywhere, you’re infected. But this is the week it gets worse. Starting Tuesday, a quartet of tort reform bills comes before various […]
By KEVIN DERBY– February 27, 2015 – 6:00pm At a Federalist Society event at Walt Disney World on Saturday, legal experts discussed Florida’s tort system which has led the Sunshine State to be labeled as a judicial hellhole. William Large, the president of the Florida Justice Reform Institute and Mark Behrnes, an attorney from Shook, […]
Business and Insurance Groups Defend Exclusive Remedy in FWA Lawsuit by Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) – January 15, 2015 Groups representing Florida businesses and insurers are stepping up to defend the state workers’ compensation system as the exclusive remedy for injured workers, filing amicus briefs Monday in the case now known as The State […]
Florida’s Supreme Court in transition Gov. Rick Scott could appoint four new justices to the Florida Supreme Court during his second term. Jason Garcia | 12/26/2014 Michelle Evette McCall gave birth to a healthy boy on Feb. 23, 2006. Four days later, McCall was dead after a series of mistakes, including a more than one […]
by Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) – Monday, December 8, 2014 State: Florida Topic: Top Defense attorneys in and around the state are celebrating last week’s decision from the Florida Supreme Court that they say establishes the continuing viability of the state comp system as the exclusive remedy for an industrial injury. The high court […]
Appeals court upholds disputed part of state medical malpractice law by Phil Ammann – October 14, 2014 On Friday, a federal appeals court upheld part of Florida’s divisive medical-malpractice law, ruling that it does not violate requirements for shielding patient privacy. Three judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned last year’s […]
By Kelly Knaub Law360, New York (June 11, 2014, 4:05 PM ET) — The state of Florida argued Wednesday to a state appellate court that it has the authority to dismiss a False Claims Act suit brought against Motorola Inc. it deemed frivolous, saying it does not need approval from the relator who filed suit. Russell S. […]