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Michael MolineSeptember 26, 2018

A state appeals court has rejected a class action filed by a Medicare Advantage organization seeking double reimbursements for its costs of providing care that should have been covered by a no-fault auto insurer. In a unanimous ruling, the 3rd District Court of Appeal said such organizations would have to establish each claim separately against […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2017

The state’s highest court set oral argument in what could be a landmark case regarding who pays whom to play old rock ‘n’ roll. The Florida Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear argument April 6 in a case pitting Flo & Eddie, two original members of the 1960s band “The Turtles,” against satellite radio operator […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 21, 2016

The musicians behind the hits “Happy Together” and “Elenore” say they have an “exclusive Florida common law copyright” to their music, entitling them to get paid for their old rock ‘n’ roll. Lawyers for Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, original members of the 1960s band The Turtles and later known as Flo & Eddie, filed […]

Jim RosicaJune 30, 2016

The state’s highest court has been pulled into a case over what could be “multiple millions of dollars” owed for old rock ‘n’ roll. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday certified questions of state law to the Florida Supreme Court in a nearly three-year-old class-action suit by original members of The Turtles, a 1960s band. […]

Tag: class action

No-fault insurer prevails in attempted class action over Medicare reimbursement

Supreme Court orders oral argument in old rock ‘n’ roll lawsuit

“Happy Together” musicians file first brief in copyright dispute

Suit over old rock ‘n’ roll heading to Florida Supreme Court