Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...As explained below, however, alleging a direct injury is not *1258 enough to overcome the defects in each of Plaintiff-Growers' proposed claims. (b) Florida RICO Counts Plaintiff-Growers' proposed amendments include claims that DuPont violated the Florida Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act. This Act, Florida Statutes § 772.101 et seq., is patterned after the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act ("RICO"), codified at 18 U.S.C....

...n of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt." Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1962(d) makes it illegal for any person to conspire to violate section 1962(c). [9] Florida's Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act, codified as Florida Statues, Section 772.101 et seq., is the state analog to the federal RICO Act....

...§§ 2301 et seq. (hereinafter "AFPA"). The Growers also seek preliminary injunctive relief against Cargill only under the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961, et seq., and the Florida RICO Act, Fla.Stat. § 772.101 et seq....

...§ 192(b); and (iii) obstruction of justice, extortion, mail fraud and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, 1951, 1502 and 1512, all in furtherance and a part of Cargill's pattern of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., and Fla.Stat. §§ 772.101 and 895.01 et seq....

...For diversity of citizenship jurisdiction to arise, there must be complete diversity of the parties, which is not present in the instant action. Instead, Defendants argue that the allegations in Count I of the Complaint, which alleges violations of Florida Civil RICO, Fla. Stat. § 772.101, et seq., implicate federal law issues sufficient to establish federal question jurisdiction. A cause of action for violation of Florida Civil RICO law requires a showing of at least two incidents of criminal activity, or predicate acts. Fla. Stat. § 772.101, et seq....

...Nabisco, Inc., 136 S.Ct. at 2110 n.12. There are no allegations in the Amended Complaint which would allow the foreign, plaintiffs in this case to sue under RICO. . The Act is actually called "Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act.” Fla. Stat. § 772.101 ....

...[1] Plaintiff alleges that he was fraudulently induced by IndyMac to sign the mortgage loan documents and enter into predatory loans. Plaintiff further claims that IndyMac's fraudulent misrepresentations constitute a pattern of criminal activity in violation of Florida Statute § 772.101 and that due to these misrepresentations Plaintiff deserves quiet title on the property in question....

...The District Court properly dismissed this claim for a failure to meet Rule 9(b)’s pleading requirements. IV. Finally, Omnipol and Elmex challenge the District Court’s dismissal of their state (Fla. Stat. § 772.101) and federal (18 U.S.C....

under Florida’s civil RICO statute, Fla. Stat. § 772.101 et seq. The district court granted Pratt &

...Prix from AutoShow and the repossession of the car in 2013 by Summit. The buyer sued both Summit Financial and AutoShow for criminal usury and for violations under Chapter 772, Florida Statutes (2009), the Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act. § 772.101, Fla....

...Constructora Norberto Odebrecht del Ecuador. As relevant to this appeal, the operative complaint alleged claims for fraud, civil conspiracy, and violations of the Florida Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), as codified in section 772.101 et seq., Florida Statutes (2020), and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (“FDUPTA”), as codified in section 501.201 et....

...purchase of a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix from AutoShow and the repossession of the car in 2013 by Summit. The buyer sued both Summit Financial and AutoShow for criminal usury and for violations under Chapter 772, Florida Statutes (2009), the Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act. § 772.101, Fla....