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Florida lawmakers respond to COVID-19 with ... tort reform Even the Republican sponsor of the bill that would limit lawsuits admitted there were “fewer than 10” lawsuits that have been filed in Florida with claims related to COVID-19.   Published Jan. 14 TALLAHASSEE — In response to businesses, schools, churches and healthcare providers that worry they could be sued for legal liability for exposing people to COVID-19, Florida legislators are fast-tracking a measure to do what they know best: limit lawsuits. Meeting for the first time since the onslaught of the pandemic, the...

Florida Supreme Court revamps key legal standard in civil lawsuits By Jim Saunders article TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday revamped a key legal standard as its conservative majority continued to show a willingness to undo previous decisions that have guided the state’s courts. Justices, in a 6-1 ruling, decided to scrap a state standard for determining whether lower-court judges should grant summary judgment in civil lawsuits. The Supreme Court said Florida should align with a federal summary-judgment standard --- an approach backed by business groups that have pu...

Dec 22, 2020 By Jim Ash Senior Editor Top Stories Sen. Danny Burgess The chair of the Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response says he is determined to enact liability protections for businesses in the 2021 session. Sen. Danny Burgess, an attorney and a Republican from Zephyrhills, said Florida businesses need protection from “opportunistic” lawsuits if they hope to recover from the ...

Morning about 20 miles northwest of los angeles extreme winds reaching 50 miles per hour causing it to spread quickly. fire officials say the flames are threatening thousands of homes and just one of almost a dozen fires burning in the state. william large analysis of the reagan library in simi valley, william. >> i wish i could tell you the fire was basically surrounding the library come i can tell you about the winds up here pretty fierce let me give you the lay of the land. they are of course is the library you have active flames just a moment ago we see the smoke that's been hit by helicop...

At most, this is scheduled to last through thursday around 6:00 p.m. a power outage is about 60,000 right now, i got an alert on my phone that i'm going to be losing power tonight from about 6:00 p.m.-midnight. as this fire continues to move to the west and to some other areas i think the library itself is going to be safe, they've got a lot of crews appear from l.a. and ventura county. i think it's going to be okay but there are neighborhoods west of me. >> chris: william get out of that wind and stay safe. fire officials in california giving an update on the fire burning near the reagan pres...