A case recently decided by the Florida Supreme Court created a new standard of proof for plaintiffs in strict product liability and design defect cases, a decision that could lead to more of those types of cases.
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Lawyers sharply debating whether to preserve the statewide standard for admitting expert testimony focused so tightly on civil cases that they overlooked the criminal field. Their error caught up with them on Oct. 16, when governors of the Florida Bar tabled a committee’s recommendation to preserve the current standard.
After nearly two years of seeking public input, the state Bar’s Code and Rules of Evidence Committee voted to reject the Daubert standard, which is tougher on expert testimony. The Bar’s BOG plans to review the committee’s recommendation later this month.
Tallahassee law firm Howard & Associates, along with attorneys Phillip Timothy Howard and Richard A. Daynard, contends it should receive a portion of the fees coming in a settlement of the more than 400 Engle Progeny Cases.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Recent developments in New York City’s asbestos docket have caused it to be declared the No. 1 Judicial Hellhole by a national legal reform group.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court has sanctioned a $25,000 fine against a Seminole County judge who admitted to violating the state's campaign finance laws.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Despite the Florida Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuits, many lawyers and legal scholars believe more can be done to limit the potential increase in those lawsuits in the future.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Since the Florida Supreme Court struck down the $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases, lawyers and industry experts have questioned whether the decision will once again increase malpractice claims and insurance premiums, or even force doctors to leave Florida to practice in other states.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Supreme Court justices in Florida may have given plaintiffs attorneys a reason to try to strike down legislatively imposed limits on non-economic damages in other states, a law professor and plaintiffs attorney agree.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- The Florida Supreme Court last week refused to adopt a procedural rule that would go along with a law that places restrictions on out-of-state expert witnesses testifying in medical malpractice cases.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- The Florida Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a rate increase approved last year for the state's largest utility provider.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court held that an arbitration provision in a valid contract between a nursing home patient and the nursing home binds the patient's estate and heirs in a subsequent wrongful death case.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- The Florida Supreme Court has adopted new rules governing lawyer advertising, according to an opinion released last week.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court ruled that knowledge that a contractor or subcontractor does not hold the state required license to perform the construction work of the contract does not allow the unlicensed party to establish the defense that the parties stand in pari delicto - as equal wrongdoers.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court answered four certified questions regarding state law in a breach of contract and deceptive trade practices case before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
TALAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday found that the amending of the Florida Retirement System by the state Legislature, which made several significant changes including changing the pension from noncontributory to contributory, was facially constitutional.