Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ntrol] of another without the cardholder’s consent. 4.At the time (defendant) [possessed] [received] [retained] the [credit] [debit] card, [he][she] had the intent to impede the recovery of the [credit] [debit] card by the cardholder. Definitions. § 817.58(h), Fla....

...by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit or for use in an automated banking device to obtain any of the services offered through the device. § 817.58(4), Fla. Stat. (2015) (emphasis added). The section defines “cardholder” as “the person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer.” § 817.58(2), Fla....

...Jefferson, 927 So. 2d at 1039 (Reyes, J., concurring). In the present case, the statute defining credit card has a clear, plain meaning. The statute clearly defines a credit card as “any instrument . . . issued . . . for the use of the cardholder.” § 817.58(4), Fla. Stat. (2015). The statute also clearly defines cardholder as “the person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer.” § 817.58(2), Fla....

...A sample predicate incident was described in the following manner: PREDICATE INCIDENT 1 On or about the 22nd day of April, 1996 in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, to wit: Hillsborough County, RUTH LYNN PADILLA did knowingly and without the authorization of the acquirer, as defined by Florida Statute 817.58(1), to wit: SunTrust Bank, did employ, solicit, or otherwise cause a person, to wit: Sunset Enterprises or an agent or employee of Sunset Enterprises, who was authorized by SunTrust Bank to furnish money, goods, services or anything of value u...

...817.67(2). (c) Any violation of this subsection constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of s. 501.204 and thus the basis for a civil or administrative action by an enforcing authority pursuant to part II of chapter 501. Section 817.58, Florida Statutes (1995), defines “acquirer” in the following manner: (1) “Acquirer” means a business organization, governmental entity, financial institution, or an agent of a business organization, governmental entity, or fin...

...cardholder’s consent. 4. At the time (defendant) [possessed] [received] [retained] the [credit] [debit] card, [he] [she] had the intent to impede the recovery of the [credit] [debit] card by the cardholder. Definitions. § 817.58(4), Fla....