Florida Bill Would Stop Insurance Companies from Deporting Immigrants to Dodge Worker’s Compensation Claims

A new bill being considered by Florida lawmakers would stop insurance companies from dodging worker’s compensation claims by helping deport illegal immigrants injured on the job. Legislators and immigration advocates have been pushing for reform since ProPublica and NPR published an expose on the practice last summer. Both outlets documented some 130 cases in which




Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against St. Charles Heath System After Death of Newborn

After experiencing the tragic loss of her newborn daughter, Angela Marchant has decided to file a wrongful death lawsuit against St. Charles Health System, seeking $9 million in damages. The lawsuit itself was filed late last month on January 23 in Deschutes County Circuit Court shortly after her daughter, Grace Louise Marchant-Hubbs, died “at the St. Charles Family Birthing Center in Bend.” In addition to naming the hospital as a defendant, the suit also names “Bend OB-GYN Mary Jane Davis as a co-defendant,” and claims “she was often unaware of Marchant’s condition throughout her difficult childbirth and was frequently absent or late in arriving.”





NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Signs Executive Order Enshrining Net Neutrality

On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) signed into effect an executive order upholding net neutrality. Unless the act is challenged in court, Murphy’s order will prohibit internet service providers which do business with the state from ‘blocking, throttling, or favoring web content,’ writes The Hill. Whether the governor’s mandate can stand is up