Navigation In a gripping legal battle, a resident of St. Petersburg has taken the City of St. Petersburg to court over allegations of negligence leading to a severe personal injury. Lorraine Stoneback filed her complaint in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, on October 18, 2024, accusing the city of […]
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Plaintiff alleges major coffee chain’s negligence led to severe injuries
Shocking allegations have emerged as a woman accuses a major coffee chain of negligence, resulting in severe injuries. Shrena McGarvey filed a complaint against Starbucks Corporation in the Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, on October 17, 2024. The lawsuit alleges that Starbucks failed to secure a coffee lid properly, […]
Upcoming Statewide Meeting Set to Enhance Florida’s Circuit Professionalism Panels
The Board of Governors could be asked as soon as soon as December to weigh recommendations for improving the way Florida’s 20 local professionalism panels informally resolve complaints. West Palm Beach lawyer Kara Link told the Standing Committee on Professionalism on Thursday that plans are complete for a November 18 “Statewide LPP Required Meeting.” “We’re excited […]
Florida State University to Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Bush v. Gore
We are excited to announce that FSU Law will commemorate a pivotal moment for the country, the state, and our law school — the 25th Anniversary of Bush v. Gore — from February 28-March 1, 2025! This two-day event, hosted by the Election Law Center under the leadership of Professor Michael Morley and Executive Director […]
Civil rights groups agree to end lawsuit against Florida’s ‘Anti-Riot Act’
Civil rights groups have dropped their federal lawsuit against Florida’s 2021 “Anti-Riot Act” in the wake of a federal appeals court’s decision concluding that the law’s heightened scrutiny of riot-related acts doesn’t apply to peaceful demonstrators. The plaintiffs, including Dream Defenders, Black Lives Matter Alliance Broward and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP, ended […]