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State Net
over 7 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
State Net Capitol Journal: Florida Supreme Court Rejects Congressional Remap
The Florida Supreme Court threw the state’s political landscape into chaos this month when it threw out the congressional district map drawn by the Republican-led Legislature in 2010, as well as a revised map drawn by the Legislature last year,...
Duane Morris LLP
over 11 years ago
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Duane Morris: Florida Supreme Court Says Bank, Homeowner Can't Settle Mortgage Foreclosure Case
In a significant decision that could widely impact mortgage foreclosure cases, the Florida Supreme Court has refused to allow a bank and a homeowner to settle a mortgage foreclosure case after the case had been appealed. Finding that the issue was "one...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Bipartisan Lawsuit Says Florida Must Take Rail Money
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (AP) Two state senators, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, asked the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to order Gov. Rick Scott to accept $2.4 billion in federal stimulus funds for a high speed rail project. Sens. Thad Altman...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Florida Supreme Court: Governor Can Reject Rail Funding
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (AP) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday that $2.4 billion in high-speed rail funding intended for Florida will be sent to other states after the state Supreme Court upheld Gov. Rick Scott's decision to reject...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Florida Ruling Big Tobacco Won Is Coming Back To Bite It
MIAMI - (AP) A Florida Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $145 billion award against cigarette makers is biting Big Tobacco back, making it dramatically easier for thousands of smokers to sue and turning the state into the nation's hot spot for...
Gerald C. Matics
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Smoker Wasn't Addicted, Fla. Jury Finds In Awarding Verdict To Tobacco Companies
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Jurors in a Florida circuit court on Oct. 6 capped a retrial in an Engle progeny case with a defense verdict, finding that the plaintiff was not addicted to smoking the defendant tobacco companies' cigarettes; the verdict extends...
Maureen McGuire
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Jury Cites Lack Of Proof On Causation, Finds For Philip Morris (Watch The Closing Statement Videos)
MIAMI — (Mealey’s) A state court jury returned a defense verdict Jan. 23 in a suit alleging that a longtime smoker’s laryngeal cancer was caused by his use of Marlboro cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris USA Inc. ( Jose Vila Jr...
Jennifer Hans
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida High Court: Insured’s Assignee Cannot Recover $4 Million As Bad Faith Damages
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (Mealey's) An employer's liability insurer's actions neither caused the damages claimed by an insured nor resulted in exposure of the insured to liability in excess of the policy limits of three policies issued to the insured...
Maureen McGuire
over 7 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Jury Awards $46.5 Million To Longtime Smoker With COPD (Watch The Closing Argument Videos)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A state court jury awarded $25 million in punitive damages April 21 to a man who alleged that his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was caused by his 40 years of smoking cigarettes manufactured...
LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida High Court Strikes Down Statutory Caps On Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages In Wrongful Death Cases
On March 13, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court issued a ground-breaking decision on an issue that has plagued plaintiffs’ lawyers for years – statutory caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. Estate of McCall v. United States...
Gerald C. Matics
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Smoker's Widow Gets $2.2 Million In Compensatory Damages; Punitives To Follow
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - (Mealey's) A Florida jury on Aug. 5 awarded $2.2 million in compensatory damages against a pair of tobacco companies to the widow of a smoker who died of small-cell lung cancer attributed to its products, finding that the smoker's...
Michael Lefkowitz
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Supreme Court Upholds $2.5 Million Verdict In Engle Tobacco Case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (Mealey's) Florida's Supreme Court on March 14 affirmed, with one dissent, a trial court's application of its landmark decision in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. (945 So. 2d 1246 [Fla. 2006]) [ enhanced version available...
Joan Grossman
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
High Court: Florida Supreme Court's Beachfront Property Ruling Not Unconstitutional Taking
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 17 unanimously affirmed a Florida Supreme Court ruling that the Florida Beach and Shore Preservation Act does not unconstitutionally deprive beachfront property owners of shoreline rights...
Maureen McGuire
over 7 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Jury Says Smoker Not Addicted, Returns Defense Verdict (Watch Video Excerpts Of The Closing Statements)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida state court jury returned a defense verdict May 21 in a suit alleging that the death of a former smoker from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular...
Maureen McGuire
over 7 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Jurors Hear Openings In Retrial Of Suit After Florida High Court Ruling (Watch The Videos Of The Opening Statements)
MIAMI — (Mealey’s) Trial got under way in the Florida 11th Judicial Circuit Court with opening statements April 10 in a suit that was the subject of a Florida Supreme Court ruling eight days earlier resolving a conflict among the state appellate...
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