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 […]
https://www.fljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fjri-news.jpg800800RAD Techhttps://www.fljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Florida-Justice-Reform-Institute.jpgRAD Tech2011-05-12 15:58:182024-12-11 18:04:42Legislative Special Interests Fill Senate President Mike Haridopolos’ Campaign Coffers in U.S. Senate Race
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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Business groups target Florida’s ‘bad faith’ law A business friendly trial-lawyer hating group (Associated Industries of Florida, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Justice Reform Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform) have announced they’re going after Florida’s “bad faith” insurance laws to “protect Florida’s small business owners and […]
A new battle dawns at the Florida Supreme Court The Florida Supreme Court faces skirmishes with the Legislature over political redistricting, public defenders’ duties and their own powers, but the most contentious issue is bound to be the budget. by Daily Business Review | February 07, 2011 Case Digest Summary The Florida Supreme Court […]
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By Matt Dixon (PolitiJax) January 27, 2011 – 9:33am Rep. Mike Weinstein, R – Jacksonville, says he is in favor of a bill (SB 142/HB201) that would provide automakers more leverage when they are sued over product defects. Currently Florida is one of a handful of states where a defective part can leave automakers liable regardless of the role that driver error played in […]
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For those enamored with the “fair and balanced” label, don’t expect to see it on most of the packages Gov. Scott’s advisers send to Floridians. The new governor knows less about this state and state government than any governor in at least 40 years. Sure, I can imagine some of you thinking: “Darn right. […]
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Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Florida lawsuit critics eager for their day in court By Brandon Larrabee/News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE – In 2003, Gov. Jeb Bush tried to push an expansive package of civil-justice changes through the Florida Legislature. Bills moved easily through the House; the main obstacle to some of the more sweeping […]
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GOP Has Trial Lawyers On Run By KENRIC WARD December 1, 2010 – 6:00pm rial lawyers are getting the bum’s rush at the Legislature, where a Republican supermajority — led in the Senate by right-minded President Mike Haridopolos — will push aggressively for tort reform next year. The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to pass […]
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Gov-elect Rick Scott announces two transition team Posted: Nov. 30, 2010 By Via Press Release Gov.-elect Rick Scott continued taking steps toward getting Florida back to work. Scott today announced two new transition teams tasked with identifying opportunities to reduce the size of government, transform the regulatory climate in Florida and look for ways […]
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Rick Scott announces transition team aimed economy The 76-member team is tasked with finding ways to reduce the size of government, cut regulation on businesses and find ways to attract new businesses to the state so the Republican governor-elect can fulfilll his promise of 700,000 new jobs in the next seven years. Like Scott’s […]
Tort reform an under-the-table issue in governor’s race Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau October 18, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink is a big fan of lawyers. Her husband, former gubernatorial nominee Bill McBride, is a partner in a Tampa law firm. Her running mate – former legislator Rod Smith — is a former prosecutor and plaintiff’s […]
The Democratic Party fashions itself as a party of the people. In Florida, those people include plenty of big-time trial lawyers. Nearly $1 of every $10 contributed to the party over the past year has come from attorneys. Many of the largest donations are from large firms specializing in personal-injury litigation. All told, lawyers […]
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Saved From Death Suits in Florida By Jason Garcia | October 4, 2010 How Florida Workers’ Comp Law Shields Disney World, SeaWorld from Liability In 2003, lawmakers approved a 182-page rewrite of the state’s laws for workers’ compensation. They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect […]
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CHAMBER PUMPS MONEY INTO MCCOLLUM 527 By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA HE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 28, 2010… The U.S. Chamber of Commerce steered $500,000 to a political committee associated with Bill McCollum a few hours before Wednesday’s announcement that the Republican gubernatorial contender was being endorsed by the Florida chamber. […]
Florida Supreme Court Rejects Asbestos Claim Limit
/in News Service of FloridaSUPREME 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. […]
A New Approach to Fixing Florida’s Mortgage Crisis
/in Gainesville SunWilliam 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 […]
Legislative Special Interests Fill Senate President Mike Haridopolos’ Campaign Coffers in U.S. Senate Race
/in Miami HeraldPosted 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 […]
Senate Committee Splits from House on Court Reform Bill
/in Miami HeraldThe 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
/in St. Petersburg Times The Buzz BlogSenate 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
/in Gainesville SunBills 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
/in Sarasota Herald-TribunePowerful 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 Other Larger Reforms
/in Sunshine State NewsCrash 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 […]
Business Groups Target Florida’s ‘Bad Faith’ Law
/in Miami HeraldBusiness groups target Florida’s ‘bad faith’ law A business friendly trial-lawyer hating group (Associated Industries of Florida, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Justice Reform Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform) have announced they’re going after Florida’s “bad faith” insurance laws to “protect Florida’s small business owners and […]
A new battle dawns at the Florida Supreme Court
/in Daily Business ReviewA new battle dawns at the Florida Supreme Court The Florida Supreme Court faces skirmishes with the Legislature over political redistricting, public defenders’ duties and their own powers, but the most contentious issue is bound to be the budget. by Daily Business Review | February 07, 2011 Case Digest Summary The Florida Supreme Court […]
Weinstein ‘fully supportive’ of bill to add protections for automakers in liability lawsuits
/in The Florida Times-UnionBy Matt Dixon (PolitiJax) January 27, 2011 – 9:33am Rep. Mike Weinstein, R – Jacksonville, says he is in favor of a bill (SB 142/HB201) that would provide automakers more leverage when they are sued over product defects. Currently Florida is one of a handful of states where a defective part can leave automakers liable regardless of the role that driver error played in […]
Scott the Outsider Hearing from the Insiders
/in The Palm Beach PostFor those enamored with the “fair and balanced” label, don’t expect to see it on most of the packages Gov. Scott’s advisers send to Floridians. The new governor knows less about this state and state government than any governor in at least 40 years. Sure, I can imagine some of you thinking: “Darn right. […]
Florida Lawsuit Critics Eager for their Day in Court
/in Jacksonville Times UnionMonday, Dec. 6, 2010 Florida lawsuit critics eager for their day in court By Brandon Larrabee/News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE – In 2003, Gov. Jeb Bush tried to push an expansive package of civil-justice changes through the Florida Legislature. Bills moved easily through the House; the main obstacle to some of the more sweeping […]
GOP has Trial Lawyers on the Run
/in Sunshine State NewsGOP Has Trial Lawyers On Run By KENRIC WARD December 1, 2010 – 6:00pm rial lawyers are getting the bum’s rush at the Legislature, where a Republican supermajority — led in the Senate by right-minded President Mike Haridopolos — will push aggressively for tort reform next year. The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to pass […]
Gov-elect Rick Scott announces two transition teams
/in Naples Daily NewsGov-elect Rick Scott announces two transition team Posted: Nov. 30, 2010 By Via Press Release Gov.-elect Rick Scott continued taking steps toward getting Florida back to work. Scott today announced two new transition teams tasked with identifying opportunities to reduce the size of government, transform the regulatory climate in Florida and look for ways […]
Rick Scott announces transition team aimed economy
/in St. Petersburg Times The Buzz BlogRick Scott announces transition team aimed economy The 76-member team is tasked with finding ways to reduce the size of government, cut regulation on businesses and find ways to attract new businesses to the state so the Republican governor-elect can fulfilll his promise of 700,000 new jobs in the next seven years. Like Scott’s […]
Tort reform an under-the-table issue in governor’s race
/in Orlando SentinelTort reform an under-the-table issue in governor’s race Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau October 18, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink is a big fan of lawyers. Her husband, former gubernatorial nominee Bill McBride, is a partner in a Tampa law firm. Her running mate – former legislator Rod Smith — is a former prosecutor and plaintiff’s […]
Trial Lawyers Double Down for Democrats, Alex Sink
/in Sunshine State NewsThe Democratic Party fashions itself as a party of the people. In Florida, those people include plenty of big-time trial lawyers. Nearly $1 of every $10 contributed to the party over the past year has come from attorneys. Many of the largest donations are from large firms specializing in personal-injury litigation. All told, lawyers […]
Saved from death suits in Florida
/in The Insurance JournalSaved From Death Suits in Florida By Jason Garcia | October 4, 2010 How Florida Workers’ Comp Law Shields Disney World, SeaWorld from Liability In 2003, lawmakers approved a 182-page rewrite of the state’s laws for workers’ compensation. They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect […]
Chamber Pumps Money into McCollum 527
/in News Service of FloridaCHAMBER PUMPS MONEY INTO MCCOLLUM 527 By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA HE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 28, 2010… The U.S. Chamber of Commerce steered $500,000 to a political committee associated with Bill McCollum a few hours before Wednesday’s announcement that the Republican gubernatorial contender was being endorsed by the Florida chamber. […]