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Lawyers for the St. Petersburg hospital are arguing that the damages were excessive and that testimony by Maya Kowalski emotionally inflamed the jury. The case was profiled in a 2023 Netflix documentary.

A former sergeant for the state Department of Corrections was approved by a doctor to use medical marijuana but failed a random drug test and was fired under a "zero tolerance" policy.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued his decision Friday but ruled it would not take effect for seven days. The Biden administration on Monday asked the New Orleans-based appellate court to extend the pause on the order.

Justices, in a 4-1 decision, turned down a motion by seven abortion clinics and a doctor for a stay of a ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal that kept the law in place.

The case sought refunds of fees paid for transportation, health care and athletics services that were not provided. An online docket said the student's en banc request had been refused.

The rule limits surgeons to performing three of the procedures a day and requires that they use ultrasound. The procedures, more technically called gluteal fat grafting, involve injecting fat to enlarge or reshape patients’ buttocks.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office asked a U.S. district judge to issue an emergency injunction against the vaccination requirement while the appeal is being considered.

In asking the appeals court to move quickly, attorneys for the school boards said the emergency rule is slated to expire Dec. 21 and is creating confusion for students, teachers and parents.

The judge said actions like the governor's executive order on masks, typically should be upheld while working through court challenges: “But we're not in normal times, We're in a pandemic.”

The 1st District Court of Appeal has agreed to hear arguments in a battle about the constitutionality of a 2015 state law that would require women to wait…