News Service Of Florida

September 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The lawsuit started with an unusual set of circumstances: A patient escaped from Shands Vista psychiatric hospital in Alachua County and went onto Interstate 75, where she was killed by a truck. Eventually, the case made it to the Florida Supreme Court. But before justices could rule, the estate of patient Ashley Lawson and Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc., reached a settlement. But the court rejected the settlement. .

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

County elections supervisors are up for pay raises, while penalties increase for trafficking in the modern version of food stamps and for stealing credit-card information at gas pumps, under new laws that go into effect Saturday.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

September 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Sarasota County high school student's statement on Twitter that he "can't WAIT to shoot up my school" does not constitute a criminal threat under Florida law, an appeals court ruled.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Throughout this year, Florida's death penalty has been in a state of limbo. Executions are on hold, judges across the state are postponing death penalty cases, and defense lawyers are seeking additional reviews in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in January that struck down Florida's death penalty sentencing process.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

13 minute read

September 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Pointing to a major Florida Supreme Court ruling on attorney fees, state regulators issued an order that said workers' compensation insurance rates should increase 14.5 percent starting later this year.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott ordered new public notification rules as a result of a sewage spill in Pinellas County and a sinkhole south of Lakeland that sent toxins into the drinking-water supply.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With similar questions popping up across the state in recent years, the Florida Supreme Court said a lawsuit about injuries suffered by a nursing home resident should not be sent to arbitration.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

September 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Liz Dudek, a longtime state health official who helped lead an overhaul of the Medicaid program, is retiring as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Gov. Rick Scott announced.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Moving quickly after a judge tossed out challenges to controversial new state water-quality standards, Miami has signaled it will continue battling in an appeals court.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With a 48 percent increase in the number of students seeking counseling, Florida universities are asking for an additional $14.5 million in the coming budget year to hire more mental health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, psychiatric nurses and prevention specialists.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida

10 minute read