A bill to protect Florida businesses, houses of worship, government agencies and health care providers from frivolous COVID-19-related lawsuits became the first measure of the 2021 legislative session to be sent to the governor.
In the wake of companies winning approval for double-digit increases in property insurance rates, a Florida Senate panel this week sent an insurance reform bill to the Senate floor on a 12-5 vote.
A bill that updates the Florida Right to Farm Act and its restrictions on the filing of nuisance lawsuits against farmers easily passed the state Senate earlier this month on a bipartisan vote.
As a bill to shield health care workers and facilities from COVID-19 legal liability advances in the Senate, supporters warn that plaintiffs’ attorneys are getting such lawsuits in the pipeline quickly to evade the bill’s protections.
A bill to better protect Florida farmers from nuisance lawsuits filed by neighbors sailed through the Senate Rules Committee March 4 on a 14-2 vote, setting up a vote on the Senate floor.
Attorney General Ashley Moody, a staunch supporter of Florida law enforcement, is highlighting legislation aimed at protecting police K-9s injured in the line of duty.
House and Senate bills to provide COVID-19 legal liability protections to Florida health-care providers and facilities contain a number of sticking points, but one attorney tracking the legislation expects lawmakers to iron out their differences soon.
The following cases categorized as "contracts and indebtedness" were on the docket in the Pinellas Circuit Court on Feb. 18. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Pinellas Circuit Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by United States Senate Federal Credit Union against Jim Elbakkali on Feb. 18.
The presiding judge of the Florida Supreme Court expressed optimism that the state legislature will give consideration to court budget requests that in part ask for more than $12.5 million for a pandemic recovery plan to address an anticipated backlog in cases.
When Lobbyist Brewster Bevis heard the arguments of those opposed to COVID-19 liability protection at a recent Senate committee hearing, he was surprised.“It's about money,” said Bevis, senior vice president of state and federal affairs for Associated Industries of Florida, a business trade association.
Legislation designed to protect businesses, schools and houses of worship from frivolous litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic easily passed a Florida House panel this week.
The Florida state legislature met Tuesday in an organizational prelude to the upcoming legislative session, with new leaders taking their posts and interest groups honing their legislative priorities for the coming year.
Critics of a legal concept known as rights of nature expect renewed litigation in the wake of Orange County voters overwhelmingly approving a charter amendment that confers such rights on two local rivers.
Parties who had been sparing in litigation over the preservation of Florida ballot documentation have agreed to a temporary ceasefire until after the presidential election.
Some key Florida elected leaders, including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, are voicing enthusiasm about the possibility of Judge Barbara Lagoa being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, but not all legal experts see this scenario as a likely one.
Hundreds of thousands of felons may not be able to cast ballots in the presidential election after a split federal appeals court upheld a Florida law requiring them to pay all legal financial obligations before they can vote.