Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...e by indictment or information under numerous provisions of the Florida Statute or any conduct defined as "racketeering activity" under 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1). In the present case, Colonial alleges that the enterprise violated Fla.Stat. § 812.014 and § 817.15....

...Since these violations qualify as "incidents" of racketeering activity under Fla. Stat. § 895.02(1)(b), Colonial has sufficiently alleged the claims within the purview of Florida RICO. Therefore, without going into the issues of whether Colonial has adequately pleaded Fla. Stat. § 812.014 and § 817.15, Colonial has pleaded two or more "incidents" of Florida RICO sufficient to withstand a Motion to Dismiss....

...The reported conduct violated laws, rules and regulations including, but not limited to, Florida Statutes § 501.201-501.204 (the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act), 15 U.S.C. 45 (the Federal Trade Commission Act), the Uniform Commercial Code, F.S. § 817.03, § 817.05, § 817.15 (fraud), and/or Florida Statutes Chapter 895 (RICO); 9....

...Specifically, in 1995, Plaintiff reported to his supervisor, Brian O'Reilly, that the plants in Brazil and Colombia were involved in kickback schemes and the falsification of company records (hereinafter referred to as the "Latin American incident"). [1] Plaintiff asserts that both incidents violated Section 817.15, Florida Statutes....

...ooks and records during normal business hours. Appellants alleged that Neff had failed "to disclose material evidence," in violation of Section 817.41, Florida Statutes; had made certain entries in the Foxfire Inn's books and records in violation of section 817.15; and had made false statements of fact concerning the Foxfire Inn's net worth, its actual profit margin during the time Neff owned it, and "[t]he satisfaction of the labor force with working conditions and pay schedules." Appellants al...

...general default judgment that does not specify its grounds. See Restatement 4 Mr. Jayo also asserted claims for a false statement in writing in violation of Fla. Stat. § 817.03, making false entries on the books of the two companies in violation of Fla. Stat. § 817.15, and issuing certificates of stock for the two companies beyond the amount authorized by law in violation of Fla....

...Jayo can try to establish— without the benefit of collateral estoppel—that the $1.8 million debt owed by Mr. Harris (or some part of it) is not dischargeable. Mr. Jayo can also attempt to establish that his claims under Fla. Stat. §§ 817.03, 817.15, and 817.20 satisfy § 523 (a)(2)(A) or § 523(a)(2)(B).6 REVERSED AND REMANDED. 6 Because we remand for a new proceeding, we do not reach Mr....