Wilson TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The American Medical Association has filed an amicus brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to uphold the state's limit on subjective awards for noneconomic damages.
Scott TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, said an executive order issued by Gov. Rick Scott "impermissibly" suspended agency rulemaking.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of tobacco company R.J. Reynolds of a $28.3 million verdict against it.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, said the state's First District Court of Appeal exceeded its authority by granting certiorari to review whether a plaintiff's expert met the proper qualifications.
Perry TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court has upheld a trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of rental car company Enterprise.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court said in a ruling last week that attorney-client privileged communications are not discoverable in a first-party action.
Scott TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Rick Scott's decision to reject federal grant funds for construction of a high-speed rail project.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Supreme Court says the state needs an additional 80 trial court judges -- 26 circuit court judges and 54 county court judges -- to handle the growing amount of court filings.
Ternus DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Voters in Iowa ousted three state Supreme Court justices who helped make same-sex marriage in the state legal.
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced on Tuesday that a Tampa electric company has agreed to issue a one-time refund to customers as part of a $24 million settlement.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida jury has awarded more than $17 million to a widow whose husband died in 1995 after a lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline)-The Florida Supreme Court on Monday issued an administrative order requiring a statewide mediation program to handle some home foreclosures.
ATRF President Sherman Joyce WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - South Florida is again the country's most plaintiffs-friendly jurisdiction, according to the American Tort Reform Foundation's annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, released Tuesday.
Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman has filed her dissent in a public records case, arguing that 13 e-mails written by former Justice Spike Maynard should have been released to the public.
Davis CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Private communications of government employees don't belong to the public, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided on Nov. 12.
Charles Wells TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles T. Wells has notified Gov. Charlie Crist that he will retire from the high court at the close of business March 3.
Florida Supreme Court building TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline)-The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a lawyer representing an injured worker is entitled to reasonable fees, sparking a sharp rebuke from the state Chamber of Commerce.
Florida Supreme Court building TALLAHASEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline)-The Florida Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a proposed ballot measure that would trade a significant property tax cut for increases in other taxes.