Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal
Recent News About Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal
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Texas couple wins appeal over Airbnb rental where they were secretly recorded
A Florida appellate court reversed a Manatee County Circuit Court’s decision involving a Texas couple who discovered their three-day stay in an Airbnb rental in Longboat Key, Florida had been secretly recorded without their consent or knowledge. -
Florida adopts Delaware's standard for disclosure-only settlements in Quality Distribution merger case
LAKELAND – Following a complicated history of lawsuits, Florida has adopted Delaware's standard for reviewing disclosure-only settlements, which may prove to be helpful as it could limit merger objection litigation. -
Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals sides with Florida couple in foreclosure case
A Florida appeals court recently reversed a trial court’s decision to reject a woman’s request for a rehearing in a foreclosure case. -
Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals partly grants motion to quash discovery request in wrongful death suit
Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal has sided, in part, with Harborside Healthcare in its challenge of a trial court ruling that granted a request to obtain evidence by the estate of a former patient. -
Weather prompts rescheduling of arguments in indigent care reimbursement case
TALLAHASSEE -- Oral arguments will not resume until Feb. 8 in the constitutional battle over a 2003 state law requiring Sarasota County to reimburse private hospitals for providing indigent care, due to the weather. -
Florida appeals court rules medical malpractice limits are unconstitional
LAKELAND -- A second appeals court has declared that limits can't be placed on the amount of money awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits and that setting such limits is unconstitutional. -
Supreme Court to weigh in on video conferencing hearing for mentally ill patients
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on whether judges should use video conferencing for hearings involving mentally ill patients who were involuntarily committed. -
Judge: Law firms that released HIV patients’ names in press release protected by litigation privilege
MIAMI – A Miami judge has ruled that litigation privilege protects three law firms in a case where names of HIV patients were not redacted from press releases sent to the media. -
Minimum fare meant to prevent rider 'cannibalism'
LAKELAND – Hillsborough County’s minimum fair rule is meant to separate and protect two very different modes of for-hire transportation, according to Kyle Cockream, the executive director of the county’s Public Transportation Commission (PTC). -
Lawyer: Public, private sector whistle-blowers face different standards
NAPLES –Two Lee County Domestic Animal Services employees have been temporarily re-instated while their wrongful termination lawsuit is pending, which is one of the statutory remedies available for public employees under Florida’s whistle-blower laws, but is relatively uncommon in the private sector, according to a civil rights and employment attorney. -
Safeguards in place, but risk exists with compounded drugs
LAKELAND – The practice of mixing patient-specific medicines, known as compounding, has become big business in the pharmaceutical industry, but it’s not without risk, as evidenced by a lawsuit being considered in Florida courts against a lab accused of mixing a fatal mix of pain medicine. -
Appellate decision not likely to end litigation between Church of Scientology, attorney
LAKELAND – An author who has been writing about the Church of Scientology for two decades expects the spiritual group to file a new lawsuit against the Florida lawyer who allegedly broke a 2004 settlement agreement.