The second meeting of Insurance Consumer Advocate Robin Westcott’s personal injury protection work group picked up where the first meeting left off: with members taking jabs at one another. The work group, comprised mostly of insurance executives as well as lobbyists for doctors and lawyers, is examining PIP fraud, abuse and potential recommendations on how […]
Florida Supreme Court rejects asbestos claim limit Updated July 08, 2011 By JIM SAUNDERS, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a decision that could open the gate to flood of lawsuits, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday rejected a key part of a 2005 law that made it harder to sue for asbestos-related injuries. David […]
SUPREME COURT REJECTS ASBESTOS CLAIM LIMIT By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 8, 2011…..In a decision that could open the gate to flood of lawsuits, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday rejected a key part of a 2005 law that made it harder to sue for asbestos-related injuries. […]
William Large: A new approach to fixing Florida’s mortgage crisis Posted Jun 20, 2011 at 9:42 AM Perhaps no other state in the country has been harder hit by the country’s mortgage crisis than Florida. Our state accounted for nearly a quarter of all homes in foreclosure during the first quarter of 2011 and 23 percent of loans here […]
Posted on Thu, May. 12, 2011 Legislative special interests fill Senate President Mike Haridopolos’ campaign coffers in U.S. Senate race By MARC CAPUTO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Whether it’s trial lawyers vs. the business community or workers comp doctors weighing in on pill mills, some of the biggest battles of the lawmaking session left their […]
The Florida Bar will retain its power to select members of judicial nominating commissions thanks to a late-filed amendment during a committee meeting Tuesday. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, filed a handwritten amendment during the Senate Rules Committee that restored the Bar’s influence of nominees to those commissions after protest from some senators and lawyers […]
Senate committee passes court reform bill, but they don’t like it APRIL 25, 2011 A bill that would cut the Florida Bar out of the selection of members of judicial nominating commissions passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, but senators expressed serious concerns about the committee bill, which was presented by Sen. Anitere Flores, […]
Bills limiting Floridians’ ability to sue are progressing By Lloyd Dunkelberger Tallahassee bureau Published: Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 11:05 p.m. TALLAHASSEE — Injured Floridians’ ability to sue nursing homes, doctors and hospitals for compensation when they are hurt by negligence could be curtailed under legislation pitting some of the capital’s most powerful lobbying […]
Powerful lobbies butt heads over negligence legislation By Lloyd Dunkelberger , Herald-Tribune / Thursday, April 21, 2011 Injured Floridians’ ability to sue nursing homes, doctors and hospitals for compensation when they are hurt by negligence could be curtailed under legislation pitting some of the capital’s most powerful lobbying groups against each other. Doctors, trial lawyers, nursing homes […]
Crash Liability Bill Fast-Tracked Along With Larger Reforms By GRAY ROHRER February 27, 2011 – 6:00pm A bill that would allow juries to hear more evidence and consider the fault of all parties when considering damages in a product liability case is getting the same treatment as other, more comprehensive reform bills in the […]