Recently there was an article published by the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board on declaiming “Gov. Ron DeSantis stiffs Florida Bar to stack courts with hard-right judges.” The article highlights the fact that the Governor “recently rejected the Florida Bar’s nominations for lawyers to serve on seven Judicial Nominating Commissions (JNC’s). The organization, which represents all…
The business community and chambers of commerce rant against the tort system, claiming that we need tort reform because of the obscene amount of money all those frivolous cases are costing, driving up consumer prices and insurance premiums. Tort reform has been the drum beat of lobbyists backed by insurance companies and businesses who claim…
I was contacted by a new client who was grief stricken over the loss of his 92-year-old mother. His mother, who was bedridden in a nursing home setting was found dead, the bed rail trapping her head between the bottom of the rail and the mattress. She had become entrapped by the bed itself and…
“Ciguatera is a food-born illness (food poisoning) caused by eating fish that is contaminated by ciguatera toxin. Ciguatera toxin is a heat-stable lipid soluble compound, produced by dinoflagellates and concentrated in fish organs, that can cause nausea, pain, cardiac, and neurological symptoms in humans when ingested.” (As described in an article by Dr. Charles Davis). “What?” That’s what I said…
After much debate, Governor DeSantis has signed into law new legislation that is being met with resistance by attorneys who handle homeowner’s claims. The new law, which went into effect on July 1, 2019, will have an immediate and important impact upon the use of Assignments of Benefits (AOB) under various homeowners’ insurance policies. Proponents…
They’d like to, and some judges say they do, but on behalf of our clients Cutler Rader is zealously and effectively challenging that notion. “Sovereign immunity” basically means that the state or government cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. This idea began many years ago as a common law…
