Navigation In a gripping legal battle, a Florida resident has taken legal action against a corporate entity over a severe injury sustained on rented property. On February 28, 2025, Patrick Hart filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, accusing Corporate Midwest Investment LLC of negligence. The lawsuit […]
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Attorney General James Uthmeier Charges Thirty-Three Fentanyl and Cocaine Traffickers in Massive Drug Ring Bust
Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging 33 fentanyl and cocaine traffickers involved in a massive drug ring in Hillsborough County. According to the law enforcement investigation, this group sold fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines throughout the Tampa Bay area. Throughout the investigation, authorities seized more than 66 ounces of fentanyl, more than […]
Alum Celebrates Mentor by Raising Funds for Student Veterans
In a moving tribute to a mentor and fellow Stetson Law alumnus, Jeffrey D. Harvey ’12 has donated a special edition copy of Python Tales, a memoir written by former Florida Supreme Court Justice Fred Karl ’49, to the Florida Supreme Court archives. Harvey hopes the gesture will raise awareness of Karl, a man who embodied the spirit of service, ethical […]
New Florida bills would undo lawsuit-abuse reforms passed in 2023, critics say
Several bills recently filed in the Florida Legislature would reverse legal reforms the state has put in place in recent years, sparking concern that litigation costs for businesses and consumers’ insurance costs could spike if the measures pass. The Florida Chamber of Commerce recently warned about legislation such as House Bills 451, 1437 and 1551, […]
Florida First District Court of Appeal Holds Statutory Changes in Fla. Stat. 624.1551 Cannot Apply Retroactively to Causes of Action that Accrued Prior to the Change
In Cindy Vo v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., No. 1D2023-2228 (Fla.1st DCA Feb. 26, 2025), the First DCA held that the statutory changes in Fla. Stat. § 624.1551, which require “an adverse adjudication by a court of law that the property insurer breached the insurance contract and a final judgment or decree . . . rendered against the […]