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Civil Trials

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    George Elia Accused of Running Fort Lauderdale Ponzi Scheme

    ​It's probably not a good sign that a $4 million lawsuit regarding an alleged Ponzi scheme seems like "only" $4 million.While the accusations against 68-year-old Fort Lauderdale real estate broker George Elia pale in comparison to Scott Rothstein's billion-plus Ponzi scheme, people definitely stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    South Florida Earns a Spot on the List of "Judicial Hellholes" for the Ninth Year in a Row

    ​Another year has just about gone by, which means it's time for South Florida to appear once again on the American Tort Reform Association's list of "judicial hellholes."Now every year since 2003 -- when they actually just picked Miami-Dade County -- South Florida has maintained its spot among ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino in Lawsuit Against Abercrombie Over G.T.L. Shirts

    andpop.com​"You need to be on your tip-top game with your GTL to stay FTD to get the girls to DTF in MIA... say that 5 times fast." -- Michael "The Situation" SorrentinoA South Florida federal court and the clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch now have a situation -- the Situation.The Jersey S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    South Florida Environmental Groups Join Lawsuit Against National Park Service

    Plaintiffs don't want the Everglades to look like this.​Several environmental groups, led by the Washington-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, filed a lawsuit last week against the National Park Service, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Hack-a-Shaq: The Former Basketball Superstar Wages Digital War Against an Ex-Con Computer Geek

    Plaintiffs don't want the Everglades to look like this.​Several environmental groups, led by the Washington-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, filed a lawsuit last week against the National Park Service, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    RaceTrac Hit With Another Personal Injury Suit

    Bad gas... station? ​RaceTrac, an Atlanta-based gas behemoth known for its gut-busting soda fountains, has gotten slammed with another slip-and-fall lawsuit, some two months after a local couple filed suit against the 320-store petroleum conglomerate. Isaura Velez walked into a Hollywood RaceTrac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Lawsuit Pits Jewish Nursing Home Against Seventh-Day Adventist

    adventistinfo.org.ukCan you sue your employer for not respecting the Black Sabbath?​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Jewish nursing home in Boca Raton for allegedly attempting to force a Seventh-day Adventist to work on the Sabbath.The EEOC says it has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Juveniles Alleging Sexual Assault and Abuse at Thompson Academy Agree to Settle Lawsuit

    ​Ending a seven-month legal battle that raised questions about living conditions at private juvenile prisons, the teenagers who alleged they were physically and sexually abused at the Thompson Academy in Pembroke Pines have reached a settlement with the owners of the for-profit lockup.A federal cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Thompson Academy Calls Alleged Sex Assault of Teenager Consensual

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Kids Claim Abuse and Violence at Juvenile Lockup Thompson Academy

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Eddie Santana Makes Six Figures by Suing Restaurants From the Inside

    Defendants allege the sex was consensual.​The 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit alleging he was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center last year was a willing participant in the encounters, lawyers for the Pembroke Pines center allege.In court d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Nevada Lawsuit Sheds Light on Inner Workings of VIP Nightclubs

    ​In a lawsuit filed this week, a young woman who hostessed at a Las Vegas nightclub -- Jet nightclub at the Mirage -- claims her bosses at the Light Group and Dancing Monkey coerced her to drink at work, do massive amounts of coke, and get a boob job.According to Jane Doe's attorney, she was "pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    DJSP, Processing Company for Foreclosure Attorney David J. Stern, Lays Off 96 Employees

    David J. Stern, whose law firm is under investigation for foreclosure fraud.​The latest round of layoffs at DJSP Enterprises, the foreclosure processing company for the law offices of David J. Stern, could add fuel to a class action case against DJSP and Stern, according to a lawyer for the compan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    New York Hedge Funds Strike Back In Rothstein Suit

    We've heard all about how the Centurion and Platinum hedge funds in New York sank hundreds of millions of dollars into Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.  Fort Lauderdale attorney Bill Scherer is suing them, claiming they were privy to the fraud and now must cough up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Congressman Dennis Kucinich Sues Restaurant Over Olive

    Donkey Hotey Watch those Olives!​Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing the operators, owners and suppliers of the House of Representatives cafeteria in Washington, DC for selling him a sandwich wrap that had an unpitted olive in it back in 2008. The lawsuit claims the Congres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Thompson Academy's Owner Faced Similar Abuse Allegations in Other States

    Youth Services InternationalA snapshot from a recent morale-boosting event at Thompson.​Allegations that teenaged inmates were sexually assaulted, malnourished, and physically abused at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines echo similar accusations the center's owner ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Polo Mogul's Tactic in Crash Case: Delay, Delay, Delay

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeIt could be more than a year before Goodman's case goes to trial.​Yesterday, a judge refused Wellington polo mogul John Goodman's request to delay the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him for the car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson.But Palm Beach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Jeff Greene Lawsuit Dismissed When Seniors Feared Counterclaim

    Courtesy Greene campaignNo lawsuit for Jeff Greene.​Things are getting dramatic with a capital "middle school" between the Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene campaigns for the Democrat Senate nomination. This weekend, the he-said, he-said jumped from catty campaign emails to my cell phone, when I got w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Suit Filed in West Palm Against Chiquita; Banana Company Accused of Paying Colombian Terrorists

    Flickr: Jennifer I.​In a filing that's been anticipated for months, a group of Colombian families have sued Chiquita Brands International in West Palm federal court over reports that the banana company paid a terrorist group that then kidnapped and murdered relatives of those families.The suit, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Juice Obtains Civil Suit Filing Against Chiquita Listing 242 Plaintiffs

    Today's suit alleges Chiquita funded AUC terrorists​The Juice has obtained the 110-page civil suit filed yesterday in West Palm Beach Federal District Court on behalf of 242 Colombian plaintiffs against Chiquita Brands International. The suit, brought by Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, which ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Are Animal Rights Activists -- and Local Multimillionaire -- Behind the McDonald's-Causes-Cancer lawsuit?

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Chinese Drywall Leaves Florida Homeowners Looking for Someone to Blame

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Crist's Secrecy Prompts Suit

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Wall Street in Miami

    A slick L.A. movie producer gets slammed in the subtropics

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Daddy's Girl

    Fisher Island millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her.

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2006

    Trump Team Ordered To Name Reporter

    Fisher Island millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her.

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    The $11 Billion Man

    Meet the world's most castigated spammer — a South Florida man who says he's an innocent victim.

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    The Bad-Hands People

    You say you want United Auto Insurance to pay your medical bills? Be ready to go to war.

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Deputy Down

    One year later, questions remain about Deputy Todd Fatta's tragic death

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Bullet Bob

    Smooth-talking philanthropist Bob Montgomery has a dark side you don't want to see

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    West Palm Heat

    Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Gamblin' Men

    Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Barred For Life

    The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Felon Follies

    A problem that marred the 2000 ballot is back

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    The Double Cross

    Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    The Enforcer

    John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Call Me Now! ...And Pay Me Later

    With all the millions Miss Cleo brings in, her Broward-based bosses have little trouble paying their way out of those pesky lawsuits

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Police Beat

    More than four years after a Delray Beach cop gave him a body full of bruises and a face full of pepper spray, a local doctor is still seeking justice

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Osama's Bull's-eye

    Two Stuart men find a novel way to exact revenge on the notorious Saudi: Take him to court.

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Requiem for a Butcher

    Need a tummy tuck? Plastic surgeon Jerry Lingle may not be your guy.

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Guardian Gone

    Irv Reisfeld fought ferociously for Broward's forgotten children. Then his boss axed him.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Crustacean Disputation

    A shrimpy Ecuadorian company wants DuPont to stop spoiling its H20

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    At Work in the Fields of the Lord

    Long hours. Low pay. Hardly any rights. It's the life of Palm Beach County's hidden underclass: migrant farm workers.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Grave Injustice

    Do those who bury loved ones in Boca Raton's public cemetery have the right to decorate graves and erect markers? Apparently not.

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    A Vehicle For Racism

    Isn't selling cars for Republic Industries hard enough without your boss cracking racist jokes all the time?

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    A Southern Belle in Black and White

    The City of Belle Glade may be forced to annex the Okeechobee Center and put an end to alleged discrimination against its mostly black residents

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Robert Lockwood's Hush Money

    Broward's Clerk of Courts wants a million of your dollars to kill a racial bias suit before he faces questions under oath. Here's why.

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Witness for the Persecution

    Kim Mascola's life reads like a made-for-TV movie script. In fact, it nearly became one. Then the lawsuits started to fly.

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