Heather Crawford
Anchor and Reporter at First Coast News WTLV/WJXX Jacksonville, FL
Anchor and Reporter at WTLV-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
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1 week ago |
firstcoastnews.com | Heather Crawford
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Late Thursday afternoon after a series of delays and proposed amendments to add a cap on damages failed, the Florida Senate passed House Bill 6017 to outright repeal a law commonly referred to as the ‘Free Kill’ law. “This is a 35-year-old law that needs to be repealed,” State Senator Clay Yarborough from Jacksonville said from the Senate floor. “It's unjust.
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2 weeks ago |
wtsp.com | Heather Crawford
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With just one week until the Florida legislative sessions draws to a close, an amendment to put a cap on damages was added to a Senate bill that would repeal the so-called 'Free Kill' law. The law, that has been on the books since 1990, prohibits families from suing for medical negligence if their loved one who died was over the age of 25, not married and had no children under age 25.
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1 month ago |
wtsp.com | Heather Crawford
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Two families forever changed by two separate but eerily similar tragedies are now united in a fight to change Florida law — after a repeat offender was involved in deadly crashes that claimed the lives of two teenagers more than 20 years apart. In May 2023, just days before Mother’s Day, Mandi and Robert Stewart were awakened by a knock on the door that changed their lives forever. "It really started with a pounding at the door early in the morning," Mandi Stewart said.
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1 month ago |
wtsp.com | Heather Crawford
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ever since their loved ones died and they found out they could not sue for medical negligence, Cindy Jenkins and Sabrina Davis along with a team of families have been pushing to get Florida’s so-called “Free Kill” law repealed. Wednesday, they were in Tallahassee in the House chambers as the House passed a bill to repeal the law by a vote of 104 to 6.
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2 months ago |
firstcoastnews.com | Heather Crawford
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two and a half years after Tasha Patterson had her children removed from her custody, she and her husband are still fighting to get them back. Now, her fight has inspired a Florida lawmaker to introduce a bill to change the way child abuse investigations are handled. “I prayed for them because I wanted to be a mom,” Patterson said. The South Florida nurse practitioner didn't know if she could ever get pregnant.
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Dear FSU community, Today, we experienced a tragic and senseless act of violence at the heart of our campus. At lunchtime, an active shooter opened fire at the Student Union. Two were killed. Six others were injured. We are heartbroken. We are grieving with the families,
