The ballot is set: Floridians will indeed vote on 12 constitutional amendments come November, after a final challenge to three proposed amendments was definitively struck down Wednesday by the state’s highest court.
In a ruling issued Oct. 17 — just three weeks out from the election — the state Supreme Court backed retaining the trio of “bundled” amendments proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission, overruling arguments... [...]
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA) – In a case stemming from a man who developed the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court on Monday said a controversial 2013 law about expert-witness testimony was an unconstitutional infringement on the court’s authority.
Justices, in a 4-3 decision, overturned a ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal and ordered reinstatement of an $8 million... [...]
Broward resident Jean Michel Michaud has two fewer toes than he did on Sept. 23, when he arrived at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens to watch the Miami Dolphins play the Oakland Raiders. That day, a “large, heavy stone slab” fell on his foot, according to a federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Michaud had been waiting for a drink at LIV, a private bar within the stadium, when the 500-pound... [...]
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA) — Attorneys for the nation’s largest non-profit AIDS health-care provider squared off Monday against Gov. Rick Scott’s administration over Florida’s broad public-records law and how it applies to the governor’s travel records and meeting schedules.
The Scott administration does not dispute that information the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is requesting is a public record. Instead, the... [...]
A lawsuit filed by a Nevada woman who claims Cristiano Ronaldo raped her nine years ago and paid her $375,000 in hush money has set in motion a two-track legal process in Las Vegas.
One involves the lawsuit, which will proceed to a jury trial in civil court only if a state judge sides with attorneys for plaintiff Kathryn Mayorga on key procedural and statutory questions.
The other track involves a police investigation that was recently... [...]
