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. […]
SCOTT UNVEILS SWEEPING SLATE OF LAWSUIT LIMITS By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 20, 2010…Shortly after he was elected, Gov. Charlie Crist set the tone for his term as chief executive by declaring, “lawyers are back,” signaling an end to his predecessor, Gov. Jeb Bush’s, support for lawsuit […]
Florida Workers’ Comp Law Shields Disney World, SeaWorld from Suits By Jason Garcia | September 17, 2010 They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect of potentially ugly lawsuits stemming from a worker’s death on the job. And yet Walt Disney World, which is being sued […]
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Disney, SeaWorld accident lawsuits face tough odds Florida law protects Disney, other theme parks against wrongful death lawsuits. September 13, 2010 | By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect of potentially ugly lawsuits stemming from a worker’s death on the […]
THE NATIONAL PULSE Sunshine State Freezes Caps BY JOHN GIBEAUT – JULY 2010 Tampa lawyer C. Steven Yerrid says he didn’t need the job in 1995 when then-Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles came calling on him and 10 other private lawyers to wage war on Big Tobacco. The four-lawyer firm Yerrid founded in 1989 had already […]
Politically wounded personal injury lawyers salvage something By John Frank, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau They overcome bruises to get favorable bills on liability waivers and sits against the state. April 20, 2010 TALLAHASSEE – The final passage of the two litigation measures Tuesday gave Florida trial lawyer two legislative victories in a year when few were […]
TALLAHASSEE – As the House voted Tuesday to send the final pieces of major court legislation to the governor for his signature or veto, both sides moved to claim victory in this year’s fight over civil-justice reform. In all, the Legislature passed four major bills dealing with lawsuits, two of which have already been signed […]
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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. […]
Scott Unveils Sweeping Slate of Lawsuit Limits
/in News Service of FloridaSCOTT UNVEILS SWEEPING SLATE OF LAWSUIT LIMITS By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 20, 2010…Shortly after he was elected, Gov. Charlie Crist set the tone for his term as chief executive by declaring, “lawyers are back,” signaling an end to his predecessor, Gov. Jeb Bush’s, support for lawsuit […]
Florida Workers’ Comp Law Shields Disney World, SeaWorld from Suits
/in The Insurance InsiderFlorida Workers’ Comp Law Shields Disney World, SeaWorld from Suits By Jason Garcia | September 17, 2010 They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect of potentially ugly lawsuits stemming from a worker’s death on the job. And yet Walt Disney World, which is being sued […]
Disney, SeaWorld accident lawsuits face tough odds
/in Orlando SentinelDisney, SeaWorld accident lawsuits face tough odds Florida law protects Disney, other theme parks against wrongful death lawsuits. September 13, 2010 | By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect of potentially ugly lawsuits stemming from a worker’s death on the […]
Sunshine State Freezes Caps
/in ABA JournalTHE NATIONAL PULSE Sunshine State Freezes Caps BY JOHN GIBEAUT – JULY 2010 Tampa lawyer C. Steven Yerrid says he didn’t need the job in 1995 when then-Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles came calling on him and 10 other private lawyers to wage war on Big Tobacco. The four-lawyer firm Yerrid founded in 1989 had already […]
Politically wounded personal injury lawyers salvage something
/in St. Petersburg TimesPolitically wounded personal injury lawyers salvage something By John Frank, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau They overcome bruises to get favorable bills on liability waivers and sits against the state. April 20, 2010 TALLAHASSEE – The final passage of the two litigation measures Tuesday gave Florida trial lawyer two legislative victories in a year when few were […]
Legislature: Both Sides Claim Victory in this Year’s Fight Over Civil-justice Reform
/in The Florida Times-UnionTALLAHASSEE – As the House voted Tuesday to send the final pieces of major court legislation to the governor for his signature or veto, both sides moved to claim victory in this year’s fight over civil-justice reform. In all, the Legislature passed four major bills dealing with lawsuits, two of which have already been signed […]