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An attorney for Chrysler disagreed that a recall was necessary to replace faulty automatic head restraints in its vehicles, telling a jury of seven people in a Florida federal courtroom on Wednesday that the company gave customers extended warranties because only a small fraction of the restraints had inadvertently deployed.

A Florida federal judge ordered professional golfer Patrick Reed to pay attorney fees to several media organizations and journalists on Friday following the dismissal of two defamation suits over statements critical of his defection from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, in addition to denying his requests for reconsideration and recusal.

A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent took the stand Friday in the federal trial against Chiquita Brands International Inc., testifying to jurors in Florida court that right-wing paramilitary group Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia was the leading supplier of cocaine and "victimized" the company by using it to smuggle drugs.

Florida federal prosecutors on Thursday told a jury that three defendants charged in a $114 million scam selling thousands of fake nursing degrees to students across the U.S. were motivated by greed, saying they continued the scheme following the departure of a co-conspirator who later testified against them.

A Florida federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday said the ex-CEO of the company that sells Bang Energy drinks can't stop a trustee from extinguishing his ownership in a Chapter 11 sale, saying his challenge to an order granting the debtor's estate the right to terminate corporation status will remain intact.

A Florida man charged with facilitating a fraudulent telemedicine scheme pled guilty to a felony count of wire fraud conspiracy Monday in federal court, admitting to his role in an enterprise built to scam insurance companies into paying $1.5 million for prescriptions that patients didn't need.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. urged a Florida state appellate panel Wednesday to reverse a $15.5 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a smoker who died of lung cancer, saying there's no proof he relied on advertisements to form a false belief over the health effects of smoking cigarettes.

The former CEO of Sears Holdings Corp. urged a Florida federal court on Tuesday to take jurisdiction of a state complaint brought by a yacht manager alleging negligence over a physical injury, saying the worker signed an employment agreement to have disputes resolved in the Cayman Islands before filing a lawsuit.

All 21 Chinese investors in Jupiter, Florida, shopping center Harbourside Place who claim they were defrauded in a $99.5 million EB-5 visa scheme have opted to settle their claims against the developer and owner of the shopping center on the eve of trial, which was set to open Monday.

An attorney representing a South Florida dentist accused of hiring hit men to kill a university law professor stressed to jurors Monday that his client was innocent, telling them that state prosecutors created a "mountain of reasonable doubt" with their evidence and that their case wasn't sufficient to prove guilt.