Businesses have agenda at Legislature Lawmakers tackle issues from tax credits to tort reform Monday, Mar. 06, 2006 Business groups will try again this year to get rid of a Florida statute where accident victims can receive full compensation from any one defendant if the others can’t pay their share. The attempt to repeal […]
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The votes may be lined up for business-friendly changes in Florida’s civil courts. The St. Petersburg Times – JONI JAMES Published February 26, 2006 ——————————————————————- Five more votes. That’s all the Florida business lobby needed last year to pass a law that would have lessened liability for businesses when someone is injured in a crime occurring […]
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By William Large My View February 26, 2006 Thanks to Florida’s trial attorneys, there’s no running allowed on playgrounds. Swings, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters and sandboxes are also rapidly becoming extinct. You can blame the trial attorneys for that, too. Because they are constantly targeted by personal injury attorneys in search of easy paydays, school districts are […]
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FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 2006 Business groups unite to repeal a law they say unfairly forces business to pay up to $2 million more in a lawsuit when a co-defendant can’t pay. The issue is at the […]
Lobbyist Implores Kissimmee Chamber to Back Tort Reform or Risk Hefty Lawsuit By MIKE GROGAN / The Reporter Posted Feb 9, 2006 at 12:01 AM KISSIMMEE — A lobbyist who is pushing tort reform in the Florida Legislature has urged small-business owners in Osceola County to get behind the effort that would make them less vulnerable to expensive lawsuits. […]
TALLAHASSEE — Byline: Sarah Skidmore, Times-Union staff writer July 27, 2003 TALLAHASSEE — On the day a Florida Senate committee concluded its work for the second special session on the malpractice quandary, a key Senate negotiator said the debate could have been concluded as well if the governor would bend on his position. The session, held to find a resolution to the […]
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Businesses have agenda at Legislature
/in Miami HeraldBusinesses have agenda at Legislature Lawmakers tackle issues from tax credits to tort reform Monday, Mar. 06, 2006 Business groups will try again this year to get rid of a Florida statute where accident victims can receive full compensation from any one defendant if the others can’t pay their share. The attempt to repeal […]
Liability Business is Back
/in St. Petersburg TimesThe votes may be lined up for business-friendly changes in Florida’s civil courts. The St. Petersburg Times – JONI JAMES Published February 26, 2006 ——————————————————————- Five more votes. That’s all the Florida business lobby needed last year to pass a law that would have lessened liability for businesses when someone is injured in a crime occurring […]
Lawsuit industry is taxing all Floridians
/in Florida Justice Reform Institute NewsBy William Large My View February 26, 2006 Thanks to Florida’s trial attorneys, there’s no running allowed on playgrounds. Swings, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters and sandboxes are also rapidly becoming extinct. You can blame the trial attorneys for that, too. Because they are constantly targeted by personal injury attorneys in search of easy paydays, school districts are […]
Push to Reform
/in Gulf Coast Business ReviewFRIDAY, FEB. 24, 2006 Business groups unite to repeal a law they say unfairly forces business to pay up to $2 million more in a lawsuit when a co-defendant can’t pay. The issue is at the […]
Lobbyist Implores Kissimmee Chamber to Back Tort Reform or Risk Hefty Lawsuit
/in Lakeland LedgerLobbyist Implores Kissimmee Chamber to Back Tort Reform or Risk Hefty Lawsuit By MIKE GROGAN / The Reporter Posted Feb 9, 2006 at 12:01 AM KISSIMMEE — A lobbyist who is pushing tort reform in the Florida Legislature has urged small-business owners in Osceola County to get behind the effort that would make them less vulnerable to expensive lawsuits. […]
Senators Get New Take on Insurance; Agreement Hinges on Governor’s Role
/in The Florida Times-UnionTALLAHASSEE — Byline: Sarah Skidmore, Times-Union staff writer July 27, 2003 TALLAHASSEE — On the day a Florida Senate committee concluded its work for the second special session on the malpractice quandary, a key Senate negotiator said the debate could have been concluded as well if the governor would bend on his position. The session, held to find a resolution to the […]