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Associated PressMay 24, 2016

A judge on Tuesday tossed aside a major lawsuit that contended the state is shortchanging its public school students, arguing that the groups and parents who have brought the challenge failed to show evidence of a crisis that required the courts to step in. Circuit Judge George Reynolds also questioned whether or not he even […]

Associated PressApril 5, 2016

Florida health officials have reached a settlement ending a decades-long class-action lawsuit that alleged the state is violating federal mandates by failing to deliver critical health services to millions of children on Medicaid. The settlement comes after a 2005 lawsuit against three state agencies alleging 390,000 children did not get a medical checkup in 2007 […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2016

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, Property Appraiser Rick Singh and Tax Collector Scott Randolph cannot, as elected officials, sue Orange County over an election that changes the natures of their offices, a judge ruled Monday. However, Singh and Randolph can continue to challenge the election results as individuals, Circuit Court Judge Keith White ruled in Orange […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 25, 2016

The powerful North Pinellas Bilirakis family is tied to a recent lawsuit filed in Pinellas County court. Evelyn Bilirakis, the niece of U.S. Rep Gus Bilirakis, allegedly struck an individual at Cypress Run Golf Club in Tarpon Springs while driving a golf cart. In the lawsuit naming the Golf Club, not the Bilirakis family, Jarunee Saengfah […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2016

As if Saturday’s Republican presidential debate wasn’t harsh enough, Donald Trump turned it up Monday in an attack on fellow candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, calling him “unstable,” and the “biggest liar I’ve ever come across.” Trump then threatened to sue Cruz. Trump took issue with how Cruz had characterized Trump’s stands on Supreme Court appointments, abortion, […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

The state of Florida is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by the Seminole Tribe. The tribe last month sued the state in an effort to keep blackjack at its casinos, including the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa and Hollywood. But lawyers for Florida contend in a motion […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 16, 2015

Patients who owe money to Bayfront Medical Center may get a nasty surprise. Beginning this year the hospital began suing patients for unpaid medical bills. The downtown St. Petersburg hospital was independently owned until 2013 when it was acquired by the Naples-based Health Management Associates and joined a group of six hospitals rebranded “Bayfront” located […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 10, 2015

Florida’s lawsuit climate hit an all-time low, sinking to No. 44 out of the 50 states, according to a national survey released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. The No. 44 ranking is a dip from Florida’s No. 41 ranking last year and continues a downward trend from the state’s No. 33 […]

Julie DelegalAugust 24, 2015

Former State Board of Education Chairman Gary Chartrand has issued an impassioned plea on behalf of Florida’s 78,000 voucher students. He wants the plaintiffs, namely the Florida Education Association, which represents teachers, to drop its lawsuit opposing the diversion of tax dollars to the voucher program. The FEA lawsuit is now at the appeal stage. […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 23, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday claimed victory after the federal government notified the state of an “agreement in principle” that lays the framework of how Florida can spend $1.6 billion in supplemental Medicaid spending over the next four years. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Vikki Wachino‘s coveted agreement letter for the Low Income […]

Tag: lawsuit

Florida public schools getting enough money, judge rules

Florida reaches settlement agreement in kids’ Medicaid case

Judge boots Orange County officers from lawsuit, but Scott Randolph, Rick Singh stay

Gus Bilirakis’ teen niece linked to golf cart crash lawsuit

Donald Trump calls Ted Cruz “unstable,” a “liar” and threatens lawsuit

Florida asks federal court to dismiss lawsuit filed by Seminole Tribe

Bayfront Hospital now suing patients for unpaid bills

Survey finds Florida’s lawsuit climate at all-time low

Julie Delegal: Other ideas follow defense of school vouchers

Rick Scott says “it took a lawsuit” to get LIP agreement