Florida News

A federal judge has tentatively dismissed the economic damages claims of consumers in Florida and New York against Toyota Motor Corp. in the litigation over sudden acceleration by Toyota vehicles, on the ground that they hadn't actually experienced the problem.

The latest travails of Miami-Dade County Court Judge Ana Maria Pando should kick-start a statewide conversation about elected vs. appointed judges. That likely won’t happen. But it should.  

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a $28.3 million wrongful death verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., declining to consider legal questions that may affect thousands of similar cases by smokers and their families.

Two powerful senators win an agreement between rival eye-doctor groups, paving the way for a bill that could bring more protection against lawsuits for doctors.

Suffering from a serious condition known as preeclampsia, 20-year-old Michelle McCall went to a Fort Walton Beach hospital in February 2006 to give birth to a son.

State Rep. Kathleen Passidomo and state Rep. Matt Gaetz "simple" bad-faith insurance bill bogged down in complex legal arguments Thursday and failed to clear the House Civil Justice Subcommittee.

A Miramar teen who lost all four limbs as a result of a vaccination error 13 years ago won a $12.6 million medical malpractice award Friday against the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.  The amount the teen will receive, however, will nearly be cut in half, as jurors deemed her mother was 40 percent at fault.

With the Florida Legislature under way, a topic that can’t be discussed soon enough is tort reform.  Florida has become a hotbed of insurance fraud, particularly as it relates to automobile no fault coverage.