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The arraignment of former Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence CEO Tiffany Carr has been postponed because her attorney, Christopher Kise, is representing former President Donald Trump in a high-profile New York fraud trial. Carr was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Leon County Circuit Court for…
Read More NYC Trump Trial Delays Former Florida Domestic Violence Coalition CEO Carr’s Arraignment
A Florida jury has awarded the family of Maya Kowalski over $260 million in damages and said that punitive damages were warranted against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for allegedly mistreating Maya to the point that her mother took her own life. The case was…
Read More ‘Take Care of Maya’ Tragedy Ends In $260 Million Verdict For Her Family
TAMPA, Fla. – A dismissed Hillsborough County legal case previously reported in Tampa Free Press has resurfaced as a federal lawsuit in Tampa’s U.S. District Court. The lawsuit describes an alleged 20-year history of business sabotage, defamation, antisemitism, racism, and assault that led to the…
Read More Federal Lawsuit Ramps Up Anti-Semitic Case Against Tampa DJ Orlando Davis
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson had a terse message on Monday for those fighting his efforts to prevent hemp sellers from targeting children: Bring it on. Simpson was reacting to a lawsuit challenging a new state law that sets the age requirement for the purchase…
Read More Florida Ag Commissioner Simpson Says “Bring It On” Over Lawsuit From Hemp Sellers Targeting Kids
Abused and neglected pets in Florida could get court-appointed representation under a measure filed for the 2024 legislative session. The proposal (SB 272 and HB 297) by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, Rep. Lindsay Cross, D-St. Petersburg, and Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, would authorize a…
Read More Abused, Neglected Pets In Florida Could Get Court-Appointed Representation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to an appeals court ruling that could help lead to the Seminole Tribe of Florida offering online sports betting throughout the state. The court lifted a temporary hold that Chief Justice John Roberts placed Oct. 12…
Read More Supreme Court Gives Boost To Florida Sports Betting Plan
A divided 1st District Court of Appeal in Florida has rejected a request for a rehearing in a dispute about workers’ compensation insurance benefits for a general manager of an Orlando rental-car agency who was shot seven times while on the job. A panel of…
Read More Rehearing Rejected In Florida Rental-Car Workplace Shooting
A union representing Duval County government workers has dropped a challenge to the constitutionality of a new law that places additional restrictions on public-employee unions. U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan on Tuesday issued an order dismissing the case, which was filed in July by Laborers…
Read More Union Drops Challenge To Florida State Law
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office Monday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a state law barring possession of guns by convicted felons. In a 13-page brief, lawyers in Moody’s office wrote that the U.S. Supreme Court has “been clear that…
Read More State Of Florida Defends Felon Gun Ban
Federal prosecutors say former Florida state Rep. Joe Harding betrayed the “public’s trust” and should be sent to prison. Harding’s employers and one of his brothers paint a picture of a hard-working family man who regrets fraudulently applying for business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Read More Ex-Florida State Rep. Harding Set To Learn Fate