Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Governor From Suit Attacking Nursing Home Laws

(April 18, 2017, 7:43 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appeals court on March 20 granted the governor’s writ of prohibition and quashed a trial court’s order denying dismissal of the governor from an action filed by a former nursing home resident challenging the constitutionality of state laws limiting the parties that can be sued in negligence actions brought by nursing home residents (Rick Scott v. Gail Francati, No. 1D16-3942, Fla. App., 1st Dist., 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3663)....

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