Category: In The Courts

In a case filed by a woman who suffered a smoking-related illness that led to amputating her legs, a federal appeals court Thursday tossed out a $9 million punitive-damages award and scaled back other parts of a lower-court decision against a tobacco company. A three-judge…

A South Florida appeals court Wednesday ordered new hearings for four juveniles who objected to delinquency hearings being held by video conference amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal said the juveniles were denied due process because Miami-Dade…

A divided federal appeals court Tuesday ordered a new trial in a $12.6 million insurance “bad faith” case stemming from a 2008 Florida traffic accident. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court verdict in favor of Direct General Insurance…

A federal appeals court said Tuesday that a jury should decide whether Amazon.com infringed on the trademark of a Miami-based pornography company. Wreal, LLC, which created a porn streaming platform known as FyreTV, filed a lawsuit after Amazon launched Fire TV, which provides devices for streaming. In…

A federal appeals court Tuesday sided with a man who challenged a Fort Myers Beach ordinance that prevented him from carrying a sign with a Christian message on the town’s streets. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a district…

A Leon County circuit judge is expected to rule Thursday on a request to block a new Florida law that bars abortions past 15 weeks of pregnancy, after a battle of expert witnesses played out in court Monday. Judge John Cooper will hear closing arguments…

TAMPA, Fla. – A bereaved mother who lost her 12-year-old daughter on August 17, 2021, has filed a lawsuit against Tampa-based Integrity Funeral Services. The funeral home is accused of live-streaming the traditional, open-casket memorial service of Kianna Syi’ann Yvonne Revear on Facebook against the…

LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. – In September 2021, a new political party called “The People’s Party of Florida” received its registration for ballot access by the Division of Elections. Formed by former Bernie Sanders campaign members and activists after Sanders insisted on remaining a “Democrat”…

In one of a series of similar cases across the state, a circuit judge tossed out a potential class-action lawsuit that argued Florida State University should refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Leon County Circuit Judge Layne…