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Michael MolineJune 13, 2018

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The state can’t charge the Rehabilitation Center of Hollywood Hills anywhere close to $30,000 to produce the records of deaths occurring statewide during and immediately following Hurricane Irma, a judge said Tuesday. The Department of Health wanted the Broward County nursing home, where 12 people died because of sweltering conditions when the power failed, to […]

Michael MolineJune 11, 2018

The State Retirement System earned a clean bill of health during its regular checkup Monday by overseers on the Florida Investment Advisory Council. Assets have grown by 10.5 percent since the start of the fiscal year, reaching a balance of $163.3 billion — $9.8 billion ahead of last year. The state distributes benefits worth between […]

Michael MolineJune 7, 2018

Florida Supreme Court justices on Thursday parsed the question of how being Facebook friends with an attorney involved in a lawsuit differs from actual human interactions between judges and members of the Bar. The justices suggested the wisest course is steer clear of the social media site — as they do themselves. “It’s fraught with […]

Michael MolineJune 5, 2018

Florida Power & Light Co. customers will have to wait for their average $3 rebates from a hurricane response fund, but the delay will allow a group of heavy power users to express qualms about a settlement agreement involving the account. The Public Service Commission gave Jon Moyle, an attorney for the Florida Industrial Power […]

Michael MolineJune 4, 2018

The outcomes of 18 lawsuits — and potentially many more — rest on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s appeal of a court order to reveal how it decides on a fair price to replace a shattered auto windscreen. State Farm v. Shazam Auto Glass may be the first test of whether the insurer’s “system […]

Michael MolineMay 31, 2018

State Farm is fighting a Hillsborough County judge’s order to turn over details of its claims-handling process to an auto glass repair shop that argues the insurer short-changed it for replacing a policyholder’s damaged windscreen. State Farm claims the information the judge ordered turned over during the spring comprises legally protected trade secrets. Disclosure, it […]

Michael MolineMay 31, 2018

Family and friends of some of Florida’s 97,000 prison inmates offered public testimony Thursday denouncing proposed visitation rules that could make it harder to see their loved ones regularly. “Limiting visitation is not in the best interest of the citizens of Florida and the communities in which they live,” Michael McBride, the father of an […]

Michael MolineMay 21, 2018

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Attorneys for a Broward County nursing home didn’t show up for a hearing into its contempt motion against the Agency for Health Care Administration over alleged public records violations. Scheduling error, said Geoffrey Smith, of the Smith & Associates law firm in Tallahassee, because of a “misunderstanding related to the scheduling of hearings in several […]

Michael MolineMay 18, 2018

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund has reserves enough to easily cover its Hurricane Irma liabilities — as much as $300 million in excess of its $17 billion statutory liability limit. But what happens if a major storm — or a swarm of them — wipes out the fund’s assets? It might have to demand emergency […]

Michael MolineMay 17, 2018

A state task force on Thursday approved grants worth nearly $1.33 million for projects designed to support military installations and preserve Florida’s reputation as the most military-friendly state. They included land and easement buys neighboring the Avon Park Air Force Range and Camp Blanding; development of a Bay County innovation center to advance amphibious warfare; […]

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Judge: Nursing home to pay ‘reasonable fee’ for records

Growth pushes Florida Retirement System above $163 billion in assets

Supreme Court hears arguments over judge’s Facebook friendship with attorney

PSC delays vote on FPL rebate agreement involving Hurricane Matthew response fund

Appeal could prove pivotal to auto-glass litigation in Florida

State Farm fighting disclosure order in AOB-linked auto glass repair dispute

Relatives of inmates riled over proposed tightening of prison visitation

Nursing home attorneys no-show at contempt hearing

Florida CAT Fund healthy, but council contemplates doomsday scenario

Task force OKs $1.3 million in grants to advance military