Southern District of Florida
14 articles from this court
Florida Judge Tosses Bad Faith Claim After State Farm 'Made Full Policy Limits Available'
A Florida federal judge on Friday granted State Farm's motion for summary judgment in a bad faith lawsuit, finding the insurer "made the full $25,000 policy limits available to...
EEOC Nixes Worker's Bias Claims, Says 'Routine' Management Decisions Not Discrimination
A Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday that an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator's race and retaliation claims fail as a matter of law, with the court finding...
Florida Judge Slams Leapfrog's Hospital 'Safety' Grades As 'Deceptive'
A Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday that The Leapfrog Group's hospital safety grades violate state consumer protection law, finding the nonprofit's "punitive grading methodolo...
Florida Judge Sentences Defendant To 27.5 Years For Drug 'Death' Conspiracy
A Southern District of Florida judge on Thursday sentenced Jimmy Sanchez to 27.5 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges and causing a death during th...
Florida Judge Rejects Investor's Injunction Motion Against Bankman-Fried Over 'Unbacked' AMC Tokens
A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a pro se investor's emergency motion seeking to block convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and others from issuing allegedly 'unbacke...
Federal Judge Nixes Pro Se Plaintiff's 'Emergency' Bid to Block Law Enforcement
A Florida federal judge on Monday rejected a pro se plaintiff's emergency motion seeking to block what he claimed were coordinated law enforcement actions, finding his allegatio...
Miami Police Officers Slam 'Fabrication' Claims, Seek Summary Judgment
Two Miami-Dade police officers asked a Florida federal judge Monday to grant them summary judgment in a civil rights lawsuit, arguing they had probable cause to arrest a woman f...
Florida Federal Judge Axes Banking Customer's Trust Company Suit
A Florida federal judge on Sunday entered final judgment for Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company after granting the bank's summary judgment motion against customer Charlie C...
Florida Judge Slams Sex Trafficker With 135-Month Prison Sentence
A Florida federal judge sentenced a defendant to more than 11 years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficki...