Category: In The Courts

A federal appeals court Friday ordered a jury trial in a lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured when she slipped on a grape and fell at a Walmart store in West Palm Beach. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of…

Read More Lawsuit Revived Against Walmart From Florida Woman Who Slipped On A Grape

The National Rifle Association on Thursday asked the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments in a challenge to a 2018 Florida law that prevents sales of rifles and other long guns to people under age 21. A three-judge panel of the…

Read More NRA Seeks Rehearing On Florida Gun Law That Prevents Sales To People Under Age 21

The Florida Senate gave final approval Wednesday night to a bill that would shorten the time for residents to file lawsuits about construction defects in their homes. The Senate voted 31-7 to back the bill (SB 360), which the House approved last week. The dissenting…

Read More Construction Lawsuit Changes Head To Florida Governor DeSantis

With judges divided about what it means to post threats, a state appeals court upheld the detention of a Duval County public-school student who had a “kill list” of teachers. A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision Monday, rejected…

Read More Court Upholds Detention For Student In Florida With ‘Kill List’

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up an appeal filed by three Miami firefighters after a lower court shielded the city and Fire Chief Joseph Zahralban from defamation allegations. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2017 incident in which a Black firefighter’s family…

Read More Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Firefighter Defamation Case

A challenge to a 2022 law restricting classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation has gone to a federal appeals court, as state lawmakers and education officials look to expand the restrictions. Attorneys for students, parents and teachers filed a notice of appeal at…

Read More Florida Education Fight Goes To Appeals Court

An open-government group is appealing a Leon County circuit judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the Florida Department of Transportation and a contractor did not fully comply with public records requests about controversial state-funded flights of migrants to Massachusetts. The Florida Center for Government…

Read More Florida Migrant Flight To Martha’s Vineyard Records Case Appealed

After the Senate gave final approval Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday quickly signed a bill aimed at helping shield businesses and insurance companies from lawsuits. DeSantis formally received the bill (HB 837) on Friday, and the House and Senate websites said he signed it.…

Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Lawsuit Limits

An appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for a man to pursue part of a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami over allegations that he was sexually abused by a priest while a child. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned…

Read More Court Clears Way For Lawsuit By Man In Florida Alleging Priest Sexually Abused Him As A Child

An attorney for Death Row inmate Louis Bernard Gaskin on Wednesday went to the Florida Supreme Court in an attempt to block an execution scheduled for April 12. Attorney Tracy Martinell Henry filed a notice of appeal, after Flagler County Circuit Judge Terence Perkins on…

Read More Florida Death Row Inmate Files Appeal At Supreme Court To Block Execution