A Florida district-court judge again denied an injunction that would halt implementation of Florida's personal injury protection reform law signed in May last year.
Judge Richard Lazzara, in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, in Tampa, issued the order after a group of chiropractors, massage therapists and acupuncturists asked him to reconsider an earlier order he issued on Dec. 12, 2012 denying the group's motion.
Lazzara called the plaintiffs' motion “passionate,” but said that “no matter to what degree this court may sympathize with Plaintiffs' plight of suffering potential economic loss by virtue of this newly enacted legislation, the court must be guided by the rule of law….”
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