New High Court Justice Made Rulings for Workers as Much as Employers

Florida’s new Republican governor has appointed three new justices to the state Supreme Court, giving it what some are calling its most conservative bent in decades. Business groups have gone so far as to suggest this means it’s safe for the Legislature to revisit some pro-employer workers’ compensation reforms, including a cap on attorney fees, something a previous Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional. Two of the three high court nominees have been Florida appellate court judges for years, but only one, Barbara Lagoa, has any history of rulings in workers...