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Lawsuit In Death Of 19-Year-Old College Football Player Goes To Florida Supreme Court
Nick Blakely (Stetson University)
Stetson University has gone to the Florida Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed against the school in the death of a [...]
Sides Battle Over Transgender Athlete Law In Florida
TFP File Photo
Saying the law is part of a “larger national effort to scapegoat this protected group,” attorneys for a Broward County teen fired b [...]
Florida Bar Investigates Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism On Atlanta Police Facility
Atlanta's "Cop City" law enforcement training facility (Screengrab)
The Florida Bar is considering sanctions against a lawyer who was arrested in [...]
Florida Commission On Ethics Tosses Nikki Fried Ethics Case
Nikki Fried (Campaign)
On Friday, the Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a long-running dispute about whether former Agriculture Commissioner [...]
Court Upholds Florida Gun Age Law At 21
Source: TFP File Photo
Citing gun restrictions dating to the Reconstruction era, a federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 Florida law tha [...]
Federal Court To Expedite Andrew Warren’s Appeal In Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren
In a ruling Wednesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals [...]
Senator’s Eye Changes In Florida Lawsuit Limits Bill
Unsplash (TFP File Photo)
A Senate committee Tuesday approved a bill that seeks to shield businesses and insurance companies from costly lawsuits, [...]
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Agrees To Pay $4 Million To Settle Medicaid Funding Claims
Lakeland Regional Medical Center (File Photo)
LAKELAND, Fla. - Lakeland Regional Medical Center (LRMC) has agreed to pay the United States $4 mill [...]
Florida Senate Tees Up Lawsuit Limits
TFP File Photo
The Florida Senate will move quickly on a wide-ranging bill aimed at shielding businesses and insurers from costly lawsuits.
Ac [...]
Lawsuit Relives Hernando County Man’s Electrocution, Employer’s Alleged Wrongful Death
Source: United Signs and Signals
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - In a rare move, a Worker’s Compensation case has been judicially approved as a public [...]