The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling May 17 rejecting the 5th District Court of Appeal's decision to reverse a trial court’s ruling to deny a woman sued for car accident injuries to accept a settlement offer that expired.
The Florida Supreme Court in a May 17 decision denied the Sierra Club’s appeal that had claimed a Florida Public Service Commission order granting a Florida Power & Light (FPL) petition to raise utility rates was not in the best interest of the public.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – The question of whether a deaf academy acted in medical malpractice or negligence was answered in a Supreme Court of Florida’s April 26 opinion.
The Florida Supreme Court entered a ruling on April 26 that injuries sustained as a result of the use of a restraint maneuver on a patient at The National Deaf Academy were the result of negligence rather than medical malpractice.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court quashed a ruling by the Fourth District Court of Appeals that allowed a jury to hear testimony regarding what a doctor at Miami Children’s Hospital would have done to treat a patient transferred to the hospital if she had arrived an hour or two earlier, according to an opinion entered on April 26.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Trinity attorney James Patrick Stanton Jr has been voluntarily and permanently disbarred following a March 8 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he used video equipment to tape female employees in an employee bathroom, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Tampa attorney Abraham Mohammad Shakfeh, practicing in Florida less than seven years, will be publicly reprimanded following a March 22 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations that included improper fee sharing with a non-attorney, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Wesley Chapel attorney Mercedes Gonzalez Hale has been publicly reprimanded following a March 2 Florida Supreme Court order after she was found in contempt for not responding to an official inquiry, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Lehigh Acres attorney Vana Renejuste has been disbarred following a March 15 court Florida Supreme Court order over a history of failing her clients, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Orlando attorney Adam Paul Philpott has been suspended for six months following a March 1 Florida Supreme Court order after his no contest plea on a misdemeanor charge stemming from a 2016 DUI arrest, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Fort Pierce attorney Joseph John Mancini, practicing in Florida for 34 years, will be publicly reprimanded by publication in the Southern Reporter following a March 1 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations arising from two cases, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — St. Petersburg attorney Brandon Lee Kolb has been suspended for 30 days following a March 22 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations stemming from an alleged "frivolous claim", according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Coral Gables attorney Andrew Michael Kassier, first admitted to the bar in Florida nearly 37 years ago, was briefly suspended earlier this month following a March 1 Florida Supreme Court order for allegedly mishandling an adoption case, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Pensacola attorney Richard Duane Cserep has been publicly reprimanded by a judicial referee following a March 22 Florida Supreme Court order after he was sanction by an appeals court in 2016, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Boca Raton attorney Jason Steven Dalley has been suspended until further order following a March 6 Florida Supreme Court order and his guilty plea to felony mail fraud, wire fraud and health care fraud charges, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE (Florida Record) — Miami attorney Cary G. Blake, a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, has been disbarred following a March 8 Florida Supreme Court order regarding allegations in a multiple client matter, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE – A recent Florida Supreme Court case regarding foreclosure and the payment of attorney's fees has been gaining a great deal of traction and may even impact attorney pay for the foreseeable future in the state.
TALLAHASSEE — In a split 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court recently sided with a 6-year-old kidney transplant patient's family who an appeals court said resorted to unfair tactics to secure a $4.1 million trial court award in a medical malpractice case.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling March 8 that went directly against its previous judgment that banned lawyers from participating in for-profit lawyer referral services.
