Jim Saunders News Service Of Florida

December 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In the latest in a series of cases dealing with long prison sentences for juvenile offenders, a divided Florida Supreme Court ordered resentencing for a man who at age 15 raped a pregnant woman at knifepoint.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With businesses bracing for rate increases, Florida House members began grappling with the tricky political and legal challenge of revamping the workers' compensation insurance system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After an unusual series of events, the Florida Supreme Court agreed to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the death of a patient who was killed on Interstate 75 after escaping from an Alachua County psychiatric hospital.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

November 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An administrative law judge has sided with the Florida Department of Corrections in a contracting dispute that delves into the way substance-abuse treatment services are provided in the corrections system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With one judge pointing to a lack of "sufficient maturity to make this critical decision," a state appeals court rejected a minor's attempt to get an abortion without her parents being notified.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys for the state and a group of parents asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit challenging a program that helps pay for tens of thousands of children to attend private schools.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Little more than a week before businesses were slated to get hit with increased workers' compensation insurance rates, a Leon County circuit judge blocked the hike because of violations of Florida's Sunshine Law.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

8 minute read

November 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Almost exactly five years after Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion died of injuries suffered in a hazing incident, a state appeals court Friday upheld the manslaughter and hazing convictions of another former member of the school's "Marching 100" band.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Public defenders this week asked the Florida Supreme Court to at least temporarily block judges in Lee County from holding videoconference hearings in cases about whether mentally ill people should be involuntarily committed to treatment facilities.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A board that oversees admissions to The Florida Bar is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an attorney who alleges he has faced unfair scrutiny because he is a recovering alcoholic who suffers from depression.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read