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Michael MolineNovember 29, 2016

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has appealed a trial court ruling blocking a 14.5 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, putting that ruling on hold pending review by a state appeals court. The office filed its notice of appeal Monday with the 1st District Court of Appeal. Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers ruled on […]

Jim RosicaOctober 21, 2016

AT&T Corp. on Friday lost its appeal over a contract potentially worth $360 million that went to competitor Harris Corp. to provide phone and internet service to the State of Florida. A unanimous panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Department of Management Services (DMS) to award the contract to a wholly owned […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 26, 2016

Attorneys for the statewide teachers’ union on Monday filed a brief asking the Florida Supreme Court to review a lower court decision involving the state’s largest private school voucher program. The Florida Education Association said the supreme court “should accept jurisdiction and review the (1st District Court of Appeal)’s decision.” The appellate court had sided with a […]

Tom JacksonSeptember 20, 2016

Now that the Florida Education Association has chosen to appeal its legal double-drubbing over the state’s scholarship program for students from low-income families, the question that leaps immediately to mind is this: Why does the teachers’ union hate poor kids? Seriously. About 92,000 students from modest circumstances are attending private schools through the 15-year-old Florida […]

Associated PressSeptember 14, 2016

Florida’s main teacher union is asking the state Supreme Court to keep alive a legal challenge to the state’s largest private school voucher program. The Florida Education Association on Wednesday appealed an August decision to throw out the lawsuit that the union and others had filed against a program used by more than 90,000 school […]

Jim RosicaAugust 29, 2016

A Florida appeals court has ruled state agencies don’t have to give a specific reason when they black out an individual bit of information in a document produced under a public-records request. Specifically, a three-judge panel of the the 1st District Court of Appeal said the state’s “Public Records Act does not require agencies to […]

Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2016

An appeals court has decided not to revive a lawsuit filed after a man was hurt by a collapsing movie theater seat in Pensacola. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal Monday unanimously agreed a lower court was right to grant summary judgment against Isaac Simmons. Summary judgments allow parties to win a case without a trial. Simmons had filed […]

Gary FineoutAugust 16, 2016

A Florida appeals court rejected a bid to end the state’s largest private school voucher program on Tuesday, but it’s unclear if the ruling will end the two-year-old battle. The 1st District Court of Appeal sided with a lower court’s decision to throw out the lawsuit filed by the Florida Education Association and others, who […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

An appellate court has thrown out a lawsuit over this year’s student government election at Florida A&M University. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously agreed Monday to reverse a trial judge’s earlier injunction and dismiss the case. The reason: Under state law, Circuit Judge John Cooper “did not have jurisdiction” to […]

Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2016

In a Stand Your Ground-related case, an appeals court has affirmed a Jacksonville man’s conviction and life sentence — after previously reversing it. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal on Tuesday unanimously upheld the punishment for John Swearingden, 48. Swearingden was convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing of another man during a fight in […]

Tag: 1st District Court of Appeal

Insurance office appeals ruling blocking workers’ comp premium hike

Court rejects AT&T appeal over $360M state contract

Teachers union asks Supreme Court to take voucher case

Tom Jackson: Appeal puts poor students under FEA’s boot

Legal battle over vouchers headed to Florida Supreme Court

Miami Herald loses appeal of ‘black outs’ in public records

Florida man loses again in court over broken movie seat

Florida court backs state’s largest school voucher program

Court tosses out lawsuit over FAMU student election

Court affirms Jax ‘Stand Your Ground’ conviction