Renzo DowneyFebruary 9, 2022
8min0
Proponents hope the measure will reduce the number of times Floridians would have to come to lawmakers to get claims approved.
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Renzo DowneyFebruary 9, 2022
Jesse SchecknerJanuary 31, 2022
13min0
Florida law restricting how much a person or entity can sue the government has roots in British colonialism.
Jesse SchecknerJanuary 24, 2022
6min0
'This case involves significant and substantial injuries and terminated her career as an emergency room nurse.'
Jesse SchecknerJanuary 24, 2022
Claims bill to pay mother of boys maimed in state trooper crash advances with significant payout cut
11min0
The story of the crash is any mother's nightmare.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 20, 2022
6min0
The current threshold hasn't been adjusted since 2010.
Jesse SchecknerOctober 13, 2021
6min761
She was driving home after finishing a nursing shift when a state worker veered into oncoming traffic.
Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2020
6min1192
Court holds that multiple victims cannot make separate claims in order to exceed cap.
Michael MolineDecember 5, 2018
5min326
A gag order has been issued in the sexual harassment case brought against the Florida Senate by legislative aide Rachel Perrin Rogers, blocking attorneys and others from discussing the matter with the press. That’s according to Katie Betta, spokeswoman for the Senate, who said she was barred from even providing a copy of the order. “I am sorry, but pursuant […]
Michael MolineNovember 30, 2018
6min698
Attorneys for the Florida Senate and federal government agreed Friday to seek an expedited trip to a federal appeals court regarding its sovereign immunity defense against a legislative aide’s sexual harassment claim. That might ameliorate what an attorney for the chamber called the “distinct, irreparable harm” to its dignity as a legislative body forced to […]
Staff ReportsOctober 16, 2018
5min362
A federal judge has set a hearing for next Tuesday in the state Senate‘s lawsuit to put an end to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation into a top aide’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims. Rachel Perrin Rogers, chief assistant to Senate Republican Leader and future Senate President Wilton Simpson, says former Sen. Jack Latvala repeatedly groped her and made unwelcome comments about […]