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Neal Pitts (Orlando, FL) 2019- Christopher Smith (Tampa, FL) 2020- Paul Anderson (Tallahassee, FL) 2021- Glen Wieland(Orlando, FL) 2022- Honorable Robert Dietz (posthumously)(Orlando, FL) 2023-my memory fails me here, and the World Wide Web did also (amendment coming) The Section maintains a list of the honorees on its website.
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2020), discussed below. 2020), and for my 2020 discussion of the Appellate Division’s decision, click here ]. 484 (2020)]. In Wright's Case , 2020 Mass. 1 (2020), requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee for the cost of medical cannabis used to treat a work-related injury. 3d 137 (N.J.
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