Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...4 Rather, these materials have been produced using public funds and, by law, are available to the public at the cost of copying without regard to the purposes for which the information is to be used. In certain instances, the Legislature has restricted the commercial use of public records. For example, section 119.105 , Florida Statutes, recognizes that: "Police reports are public records except as otherwise made exempt or confidential by general or special law....

...include agency generated documents, such as police reports. Such an interpretation would appear to be consistent with the provisions of Ch. 90-280, Laws of Florida, also enacted during the 1990 Legislative Session. 11 Section 1 of Ch. 90-280 creates s. 119.105 , F.S., to provide: Police reports are public records except as otherwise made exempt or confidential by general or special law....

...on of the victims or relatives of the victims of the reported crimes or accidents. Nothing herein shall prohibit the publication of such information by any news media or the use of such information for any other data collection or analysis purposes. Section 119.105 , F.S....

...or specifically made confidential by this Constitution. Art. I, § 24(a), Fla. Const. It is relevant to this case insofar as our statutes say that “[p]olice reports are public records except as otherwise made exempt or confidential.” See § 119.105, Fla Stat. 14....