Jim RosicaMarch 18, 2019
7min715
"The will of the voters is upheld."
Tag: 1st District Court of Appeal
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5min1359
The bill next heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Jim RosicaMarch 11, 2019
6min834
The Senate version is "language that we did agree to in the House."
Jacob OglesFebruary 27, 2019
4min290
State flagged hospitals as part of its 'Undocumented Immigrant Project.'
Jim RosicaFebruary 12, 2019
6min810
Lawmakers face a March 15 deadline to get a smoking ban repeal to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Jim RosicaJanuary 23, 2019
6min739
Legislation to ban the 'slot machine' style games failed last year
Staff ReportsNovember 29, 2018
3min329
The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday appealed a circuit judge’s decision denying it from intervening in a medical marijuana lawsuit. House general counsel Adam Tanenbaum filed the “notice of appeal” to the 1st District Court of Appeal. Tallahassee-based Circuit Judge Charles Dodson filed the written version of his decision earlier in the day, after ruling from the bench last […]
Jim RosicaNovember 19, 2018
10min415
The next big debate over gambling in Florida could be on sports betting — with one top lawmaker already flexing his muscle regarding lawmakers’ say over it. This month, voters approved Amendment 3, also known as the “Voter Control of Gambling” amendment, by 71 percent. Its aim: To “ensure that Florida voters shall have the […]
Michael MolineNovember 15, 2018
4min392
A company that provides cybersecurity training at the Navy’s Joint Cyber Analysis Course in Pensacola will get a trial on its claims that four employees violated an agreement not to seek work with other subcontractors at the school. The 1st District Court of Appeal reached that conclusion this week, overturning Circuit Judge John Miller of Pensacola. Miller accepted […]
Michael MolineOctober 31, 2018
3min513
You can’t buy workers’ compensation insurance to cover an injury that has already happened, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. “Uninsured persons cannot experience a loss, then scramble to get insurance and fail to disclose their loss, and then have the cost of their loss borne by the new insurer,” Judge Timothy Osterhaus wrote for a […]