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News From Florida

April 23
Poll: Florida Legal Climate Not Good
Florida's legal climate continues to be weakened by the attack on the state's civil justice system by plaintiffs' attorneys, according to two recent polls released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform.

May 02
Chamber Upgrades Legal Climate
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform says that Florida's legal climate continues to make modest progress - up two spots to number 36 - an improvement of six places in the last two years, according to Lawsuit Climate 2007: Rating the States, an annual assessment of state liability systems conducted by Harris Interactive, a leading nonpartisan polling firm.

April 26
Florida's legal climate getting sunnier
National study says recent state tort reform makes judicial system fairer than in 2006.

February 27
Fear Factor
Legal reforms have brightened the medical malpractice horizon, but physicians are still wary of lawsuits -- and still angry at high insurance premiums. More than 2,000 now choose to go without insurance.

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News From Across the Country

February 11
New Web Site Highlights Abusive Lawsuit Stories
By now you've probably heard of the Washington, D.C. judge who sued his dry cleaners for millions of dollars over a pair of pants. Now there's a Web site that tells their story -- and many other personal stories of lawsuit abuse -- in their own words.

February 26
Overly Punitive?
The Supreme Court overturns a big tobacco verdict.

February 21
Justices Overturn Tobacco Award
The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly $80 million verdict intended to punish the Philip Morris tobacco company for endangering the lives of smokers, and the justices set limits on how jurors can decide to make big business pay for wrongdoing.

February 08
Bush renews call for tort reform
President's criticism of suits is rejected by lawyers association

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