Jim Saunders News Service Of Florida

June 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The court heard an appeal from Adam Lloyd Shepard, who was convicted on a charge of manslaughter with a weapon after fatally striking Spencer Schott in January 2011.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

1 minute read

May 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

People United for Medical Marijuana and other plaintiffs, including patients with Lou Gehrig's disease and HIV, filed a motion asking Circuit Judge Karen Gievers to clear the way for her ruling on smokable marijuana to take effect.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

May 29, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The long-running lawsuit, filed against Florida State by the Second Amendment advocacy group Florida Carry, has drawn attention mostly because of incorrect firearm information published in a 2015 football “game day guide.”

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 25, 2018 | Daily Business Review

State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and the Florida Department of Financial Services filed a notice last week in the First District Court of Appeal that they will fight the ruling by Circuit Judge Terry Lewis in a case brought by four life-insurance companies.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The change shifted a key burden of proof from defendants to prosecutors in “stand your ground” cases, and the issue in the appeals is whether that change should apply retroactively to defendants whose cases were pending before the 2017 law passed.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 23, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers for the tribe last week filed a notice of appeal after a federal judge refused to reconsider his decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Seminoles against the Florida Department of Revenue.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 16, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis is scheduled Monday to hold a hearing on arguments by attorneys for The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills that the department should be held in contempt in the records dispute, according to an online docket and court records.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The decision Friday by the Third District Court of Appeal in a Miami-Dade County shooting case came a week after another appeals court ruled on similar issues in a Hillsborough County case.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

May 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the air-ambulance firm, Air Methods Corp., should be able to bill the father of accident victim Lemar Bailey for costs that exceeded limits in the state's no-fault system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

May 10, 2018 | Daily Business Review

While expressing concern about its ruling, a panel of the Third District Court of Appeal overturned a lower-court decision that suppressed evidence obtained in a 2015 traffic stop of motorist Marcelo Pena. A search of the car led to the discovery of a bag that contained alprazolam pills and a drug charge against Pena, the ruling said.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read