Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...§ 893.13(1)(b) (Supp.1984) (possession or sale of over 10 grams of narcotics punishable by up to 30 years’ imprisonment); Fla.Stat.Ann. § 893.13(1)(c)(1) (Supp.1984) (delivery of narcotics to minor punishable by up to 30 years’ imprisonment); Fla.Stat.Ann. § 895.04 (Supp.1984) (RICO violation punishable by up to 30 years’ imprisonment)....

...And the penalty? — up to life in prison, heavy fines, and the possibility that the government may seek forfeiture of assets or property used to advance this "racketeering" activity. Compare § 895.02(1)(a)28, Fla. Stat. (1989) (making sale or possession of obscene materials a racketeering offense) with § 895.04(1), Fla....

...Because the action is in personam, the federal district court does not need territorial jurisdiction over the real property sought in the forfeiture action. The same is not true in Florida. Florida's RICO statute does not make forfeiture a criminal penalty. See § 895.04, Fla....

...than facts the jury should assume had already been established. This last sentence of the instruction is also incorrect because the amended information charged four, not three, predicate offenses. Finally, the sentence misstates crucial language of section 895.04 which requires proof of predicate offenses that have: the same or similar intents, results, accomplices, victims, or methods of commission or that otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated incide...

...as never changed. Bankers correctly points out that there is an alternate fine under the new RICO Act where the court may, if it chooses, impose a fine up to three times the gross value gained or the loss caused by the defendants' criminal activity. § 895.04, Fla....

...Moreover, there is no statutory provision that would allow the Markses to recover, from the DLA, attorney's fees incurred in defending a criminal case instituted by the State Attorney's office, regardless of the validity of either case. The Markses fail to point to any case law to support their contention, and section 895.04, Florida Statutes, which controls criminal RICO actions, makes no provision for recovery of attorney's fees....

...§ 768.21 (allowing damages for 3  USCA11 Case: 19-14324 Date Filed: 06/21/2021 Page: 4 of 20 loss of companionship and mental pain and suffering). Wisconsin law would not have. See Wis. Stat. §§ 895.03, 895.04(4) (capping non-pecuniary damages in wrongful death actions to $350,000 for deaths that are caused within Wisconsin and providing no remedy for deaths that happen outside the state)....

...general maritime law and, depending on the remedies offered by state law, provide additional remedies. They disagree over which state’s law should apply. RCL argues for Wisconsin law, which caps non-pecuniary damages at $350,000 for wrongful deaths caused in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat. § 895.04(4)....

... USCA11 Case: 19-14324 Date Filed: 06/21/2021 Page: 7 of 20 Waranka v. Wadena Ins. Co., 847 N.W.2d 324, 329 (Wis. 2014) (“If no Wisconsin wrongful death cause of action arises under Wis. Stat. § 895.03, . . . Wis. Stat. § 895.04 terms and limitations do not apply.”)....

...Here again, we note that the suspected violation is a misdemeanor. . See § 823.01, Fla.Stat. (1991). Violations of this statute are also misdemeanors. . See § 895.03(3) and (4), Fla.Stat. (1991). Violations of this statute constitute a first degree felony. See § 895.04(1), Fla.Stat....

Stat. (1991). All were first-degree felonies. § 895.04(1), Fla. Stat. (1991). On the eve of trial, appellant