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Minnesota suit against e-cigarette maker Juul goes to trial

Dothan Eagle 28 Mar 2023
But he said when he announced the lawsuit that it could be in the ballpark with Minnesota's landmark $7.1 billion settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998 ... Gonzaga wins another thriller over UCLA; Florida Atlantic stuns Tennessee; plus updated brackets and today's schedule March Madness resumes today.
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GUEST EDITORIAL Don’t let insurers off the legal hook

Citrus County Chronicle 27 Mar 2023
As a Times/Herald analysis showed, “insurance companies, executives and agents have donated at least $74 million to Florida politicians or business groups.” The top recipient ... Ron DeSantis, a lawyer, complains that the legal system in Florida tilts toward litigation rather than settlement.
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WATCH: Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Comprehensive Legal Reforms into Law, Decreases Frivolous Lawsuits and Prevents ...

Space Coast Daily 24 Mar 2023
"Florida has been considered a judicial hellhole for far too long" – Gov ... TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill (HB) 837, Civil Remedies, to decrease frivolous lawsuits and prevent predatory practices of trial attorneys who prey on hardworking Floridians.
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Blinken contradicts Border Patrol testimony on fentanyl smuggling into U.S.

Caledonian Record 23 Mar 2023
Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout ... Florida law enforcement officers also seized enough fentanyl in a few months last year alone to kill the state’s entire population. Fentanyl seizures were linked to a Mexican cartel network, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said.
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Editorial Roundup: Florida

The Dispatch 22 Mar 2023
South Florida Sun Sentinel ... A peek into Florida’s frightening higher education abyss. To catch a horrifying glimpse of the whitewashed future of higher education in Florida, look no further than Sam Joeckel’s pink slip ... Ron DeSantis, a lawyer, complains that the legal system in Florida tilts toward litigation rather than settlement.
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Florida may ban girls' period talk in elementary grades

Caledonian Record 18 Mar 2023
(AP) — Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades ... Proposal to ban abortions at six weeks advances in Florida. University agrees to $14M settlement in wrestler's death.
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Rep introduces bill to make St. Patrick’s Day a federal holiday

The Hill 18 Mar 2023
Patrick explained the Christian idea of the holy trinity of the father, son and holy spirit using the three leaves of a shamrock, the Irish clover.  House Financial Services Committee schedules first hearing on collapse of SVB, Signature Bank How an algae bloom could put Florida’s spring break at risk.
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Caledonian Record 18 Mar 2023
BATON ROUGE, La ... COLUMBIA, S.C ... Florida may ban girls' period talk in elementary grades ... (AP) — Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades ... U.S ... Proposal to ban abortions at six weeks advances in Florida. University agrees to $14M settlement in wrestler's death.
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Conforto, Kluber, rookie Carroll off to good spring starts

Omaha World-Herald 17 Mar 2023
Here are a few more standouts during MLB's spring training games in Arizona and Florida. ... Papillion La Vista reaches $1 million settlement with eighth grader's family Pospisil ... He's been in midseason form during Grapefruit League play in Florida, with 12 hits in his first 31 at-bats (.387), including two doubles and two homers ... .
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Dems say some foreign gifts to Trump remain unaccounted for

Caledonian Record 17 Mar 2023
election ... The report says that "there are no records of the painting's disposition" by the National Archives and Records Administration or the General Services Administration but that some records suggest it may have been moved to Florida in July 2021 as property of Trump's ... University agrees to $14M settlement in wrestler's death. +3 ... ....
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Mother reaches settlement with amusement park, ride operator after teen's fatal fall

ABC7 16 Mar 2023
The mother of a Missouri teenager who fell to his death last year while on the world's tallest tower drop ride has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit with the Florida amusement park and ride's operator, her attorney announced Wednesday.
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Workers dismantle Florida ride where Missouri teen fell to death

News-Press Now 16 Mar 2023
Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot (122 meter) amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor ... An attorney for the family said Wednesday that they had reached a settlement with the owner but didn't provide details.
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Workers dismantle Florida ride where teen fell to death

Enid News & Eagle 16 Mar 2023
(AP) — Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor ... An attorney for the family said Wednesday that they had reached a settlement with the owner but didn’t provide details.
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Family of Tyre Sampson, teen who fell to his death from amusement ride, has reached ...

The Grio 16 Mar 2023
(AP) — Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot (122 meter) amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor ... The Orlando Free Fall drop tower in ICON Park in Orlando, Florida is pictured in March ... Legislation is pending in the Florida Legislature aimed at preventing similar accidents.
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Mom of teen who died on Orlando amusement ride witnesses attraction’s demolition

New York Post 16 Mar 2023
Dodd visited the site along with her daughter, niece and two attorneys Michael Haggard and Kimberly Wald who announced that they had reached a settlement for an undisclosed amount with both Orlando FreeFall’s owner-operator in Florida, Slingshot Group, and the company that leased the space, ICON Park, WKMG-TV reported.

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