Posts tagged justice

• Florida Supreme Court Justices Merit Retention

  Joe Saunders | May 09, 2012 6:32 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Every six years Florida Supreme Court Justices appear on voters' ballots for what is called a merit retention vote. This provision of Florida law has served for decades as a check to allow...

• Participating in the Process -- The SMART ACT

  Brenda Fulmer | June 24, 2011 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On June 22, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on HR 1063 – the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011 (SMART ACT), which was introduced...

• Tort Reform Is a Serious Subject For Only Honest People

  John Hopkins | January 31, 2011 2:24 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Let me say from the outset that I am probably a Democrat. I am, at least, fiscally conservative and socially liberal. Those two terms are not mutually exclusive, but you are probably confident to...

• Let The Games Begin - 709 Ballots Rejected So Far

  Eddie Farah | November 01, 2008 9:18 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Remember the hanging chads from the 2000 election and the dysfunctional voting machines that registered the exact opposite candidate than a person voted for in 2004? Florida is a battleground state...

• Giuliani's Son Sues Duke

  Diego Madrigal | July 25, 2008 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has sued Duke University after getting kicked off of its golf team. In the federal lawsuit, Andrew alleges Duke violated its...

• Law Firm Sounds Alarm on Asbestos Reform

  Robert Blanchard | February 20, 2008 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  By way of a recent interview on GoLeft TV, my firm is looking to bring the spotlight back on the efforts of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce effort to victimize those suffering with asbestos related cancer. Citing a long string of court victories, the Chamber's National Camber Litigation Center is letting everyone know it is stepping up its tort reform effort in 2008. The most likely target will be...

• Lawsuits Decline

  Robert Blanchard | January 03, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There have been some news reports that not as many product liability lawsuits were filed last year (2007) as were filed in 2006. Of course, 2006 was an unusual year for the number of filings, given all the lawsuits filed over Vioxx and heart devices. The number of lawsuits filed in 2007 was still greater than were filed in 2005. I can foresee tort reform advocates pointing to ...

• Why Alberto Gonzales?

  Robert Blanchard | December 15, 2007 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  By the time I called the ABA about their boneheaded selection of Alberto Gonzales as "Lawyer of the Year," I already knew they were backpedalling and trying to explain that it was not an honor, just a selection of which lawyer was most in the news. This rationale may work for a news magazine like TIME (Khadaffi Man of the Year, etc.), but it does not wash with the ABA Journal. This is the...

• Cop Sues Family in Slip & Fall Case

  Courtney Mills | 2007-10-10T14:10:31 | 0 Comments Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn of the Orlando Police Department is bringing a negligence suit against the family of a drowning baby she helped rescue earlier this year. Eichhorn alleges that while rendering aid in January of this year at the residence of Richard and Maggie Cosmillo, she slipped on some water and broke her knee, keeping her out of work for over two months. Sgt. Eichhorn further maintains...

• $65,000,000 Attack on the Jury System

  Robert Blanchard | 2007-05-05T11:09:36 | 0 Comments Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well Fox News and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are at it again, misstating the facts of some crazy lawsuit. The silly complaint filed against a dry cleaner over a pair of pants for $65,000,000 is being touted by big business as an indictment of our entire civil justice system. Nevermind that the suit will soon be thrown out of court and the idiot who filed in on behalf of himself will be fined...