Three state Supreme Court justices being targeted by Republicans and other conservatives said Friday that such partisan and special interest attacks are threatening the independence and fairness of Florida’s judicial system. The Florida Republican Party this year broke with a …
The Republican Party of Florida is injecting itself into this year’s state Supreme Court elections. The party’s executive board last week voted to oppose three justices who are seeking a new six-year term through an up or down vote on …
The failure to strictly follow the requirements for providing policyholders with information about their hurricane deductible does not mean the deductible is unenforceable, Florida’s high court has ruled. The Florida Supreme Court recently issued the ruling in a case [QBE …
A pay day loan company’s lawyer argued this week that the Florida Supreme Court must uphold a contract provision prohibiting customers from banding together in class action arbitration cases against the firm because of a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision. …
The fate of Florida’s caps on damages in medical malpractice cases now rests with the state’s high court after attorneys on both sides of the issue debated whether the caps are constitutional. The Florida Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments …
Florida’s high court has ruled that the state fund charged with paying claims from insolvent insurers is not responsible for paying a claimant’s legal fees on a pre-insolvent claim unless they are specifically covered under the terms of their policy. …
A Florida rental car customer’s auto insurer must cover crash injuries, even though the driver was someone not authorized under the rental car company’s contact. In a 5-2 opinion on Nov. 23, the Florida Supreme Court overturned a district court …
Florida’s highest court has upheld the so-called “household exclusion” clause in automobile policies that states the injuries suffered by family members residing with an insured driver are not covered under the policy. The Florida Supreme Court in the case of …
Florida highest court will consider whether a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the state’s constitution. The Florida legislature enacted the cap as part of a 2003 law overhauling the state’s medical malpractice stature. Led …
The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a public hospital’s appeal of a $2 million malpractice verdict in the death of an infant. Justice Jorge Labarga wrote in the unanimous opinion that the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County was trying …
