Civil Trials

Tea Party to Recount Votes in Allen West Congressional Loss

Download Porn in South Florida? You Might Be Getting Sued In Federal Court

Let's say yo. . . err . . . no, your friend, happened to illegally download some porn over the last year or so. Now, your friend knew he was breaking the law when he did it. And sure, it's gross, but he was sad and cripplingly lonely and they had just installed high-speed Wi-Fi in his condo building ... More >>

Pope Family Battle: Like The Godfather

Anthony Caravella to Be Paid $7 Million by Cops Who Framed Him, Jury Says

Anthony Caravella spent 9,389 days in prison after he was convicted of the rape and murder of a Miramar woman. The jury in his civil lawsuit decided two of the four arresting officers are liable for framing Caravella who, they say, as a mentally challenged 15-year-old, was coerced into falsely conf ... More >>

Five More Unethical NCAA Ethics Investigations

The NCAA is learning that it's hard swing around the morality stick when you're own ethics are under question. After the organization dropped official allegations on the University of Miami athletic program last week, head Hurricane Donna Shalala came out with some choice words of her own, calling o ... More >>

Pay Up!: Village Voice Suing Yelp Over "Best Of" Use

Village Voice Media Holdings (now Voice Media Group), which owns New Times Broward/Palm Beach, is suing Yelp in Arizona federal court over its use of "Best Of" in at least 10 cities. The firm is seeking to stop  the social networking, user review and local search website and app from ... More >>

Edward Crisante Hung Himself in Jail; His Parents Are Suing Sheriff Lamberti

Edward Crisante, Jr. was, by his parents' account, struggling with depression at the age of 32 in July 2010. He was a Fort Lauderdale barber with multiple felony counts in his past, including many drug charges, but it was a traffic ticket that led him to his death. After failing to appear in co ... More >>

Porn Companies "Blackmail" Illegal Downloaders

Florida A&M University President Resigns Over Robert Champion Hazing Scandal

On the same day that the parents of a student killed in a marching band hazing session filed a lawsuit against Florida A&M University, its president, James Ammons, has resigned, according to the Associated Press. The move comes a month after the university's board of trustees passed a vote of no ... More >>

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 >>

Merick Lewin, State House Candidate, Was Lobbyist for 411-PAIN Clinic

Facebook.comMerick Lewin lobbied for his family's clinic.​Merick Lewin, the Davie state house candidate who said he did not want to be judged by his "familial relationships," was a registered lobbyist for his family's medical clinic last year.State records indicate Lewin lobbied for the Browa ... More >>

Jewish Woman Harassed by Boss for Being Jewish, Eating Banana, Lawsuit Claims

Keeping the faith, losing a job?​A Broward woman says that her former employer, American Medical Central, gave her flak for being Jewish -- going so far as to reprimand her for eating a banana at work -- a recently filed lawsuit claims.That woman, Sheryl Ackerman, was employed as a social worker a ... More >>

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 >>

Disabled Davie Cop Says He's Being Denied Benefits, Lawsuit Claims

Kickstart Your Heart​A retired Davie police officer is suing his former employer and the town for more than 100 grand, claiming they schtupped him out of disability benefits after he had a heart attack on the job, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Michael Necolletos, an 11-year veteran of the ... More >>

John Gotti's "Adopted Son" Files Legal Malpractice Suit

Lewis Kasman, who for years was the right-hand man and "adopted son" to crime boss John Gotti, says the Mafia has nothing on Florida when it comes to stealing money.Now Kasman, who turned government witness and helped indict dozens of organized crime figures, is looking to get payback from his divor ... More >>

Exposed: Judy Stern Played Secret Role In Mayoral Election

For years, campaign operative and erstwhile politician Dan Lewis has claimed that his 2006 run against incumbent Jim Naugle for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was undermined by a conspiracy led by his nemesis, super-lobbyist Judy Stern. For years, Stern has said she had nothing to do with ... More >>

Bankruptcy Trustee: Rothstein Partner Adler Is Broke and Owes IRS

Instead of a big showdown in court with big-time witnesses like U.S. Sen. John McCain, former Gov. Charlie Crist and Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, Russell Adler and the bankruptcy attorneys representing his former law firm settled the clawback suit today with little fanfare. The Rothstein ... More >>

Car Accident? Doctors and Lawyers in the 411-PAIN Network Will Line Their Pockets With Your Insurance Money

Red-Light Cameras Come to a South Florida Intersection Near You

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 >>

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 >>

Suit: Polo Owner Was Falling Down Drunk Night of Fatal Crash

Lisa RabFlowers mark the site of the crash where Scott Wilson died.​John Goodman, the multimillionaire owner of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, was so drunk the night of a fatal car crash this February that he "fell down for no apparent reason,"  according to a lawsuit filed in Palm B ... More >>

Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia"

At Florida Memorial University, Surviving Beatings, Gunshots, and Assaults Is Part of the Curriculum

Construction Workers Admit They Installed a Stink Bomb with Chinese Drywall

The only way to hang Chinese drywall.It's something of a cliché by now to think of Florida developers as the bad guys. But as homeowners start blaming them for the defective Chinese drywall rotting their homes, it is literally the stench that has led them to contractors.Not the developer's stench, ... More >>

Got a Boat? Join Lawsuit vs. Giant Oil Companies

In the past couple of years, boat owners Erick Kelesceny, John Egizi, and Todd Jessup kept on filling up their boats' gas tanks like they always had, with unleaded fuel. What they didn't realize was that, since at least 2006, the big oil companies had been taking a chemical called methyl tertiary-bu ... More >>

Hurry to Get in on Tobacco Suit, Flight Attendant Aprons Ruin Beer Surprise, James Taylor to Dress Up

A civil suit that goes to trial in Fort Lauderdale today is expected to be the first of a wave of lawsuits against Big Tobacco in Florida courts. The widow of Stuart Hess, a locksmith from Cooper City, sued Phillip Morris after his death in 1997, claiming the cigarettes he bought were defec ... More >>

Russ Klenet and Stacy Ritter Mutually Benefited From Fraud

Scott Wyman writes this morning of a lawsuit filed against lobbyist Russ Klenet, the husband of Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter, by a former vice president of viatical company Mutual Benefits Corp. You might remember the name of the company -- it is, after all, accused of ripping off investors ... More >>

Politicians in Sunrise have plenty of mud to sling

Sam Zell Sued By Tribune Writers

Curse of the Dead

Anna Nicole's ghost could go home at last — if some trial hotshots get their way

Towering Rage

Luxury condo developers up the ante with critics

Daddy's Girl

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

The $11 Billion Man

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

Santana

All That I Am (Arista)

Deputy Down

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

Hollywood Blues

Cyndi Commella Ruiz was a good cop. Then she left the brotherhood of silence.

Hollywood's Finest

After even a police chief called them unfit, these officers continue to patrol Hollywood's streets

Strong Arm of the Law

Hollywood's Police Officer of the Year has been accused of sexual battery, manslaughter, and brutality

If Steve Had a Hammer

Reckless accusations have testy Broward Folk Club balladeers sashaying

A Screw Loose

Sein Lwin is a political expert. Medicine? Well, that's something else altogether.

Gingerbread Man

Broward’s most notorious inventor and accused pimp rakes in a big take — from behind bars

General Failure

The bar was too high for the defense in last month's high-profile torture case in West Palm

Mismatch

Slammed with hefty court-ordered judgments in the Northeast, matchmaker Helena Amram has found no peace in South Florida either

Crash Landing

Delta blew it when someone phoned in a bomb threat. Then the airline tried to cover it up.

Undercurrents

BSO detectives raid Trapeze II

If God Gives You Lemons, Make Millions

That's what numerous lawsuits claim the Toy Store Group has done. Much to the chagrin of their customers.

If God Gives You Lemons, Make Millions

That's what numerous lawsuits claim the Toy Store Group has done. Much to the chagrin of their customers.

Willie Gary's Sugar Daddies

Why is Stuart's revered black superlawyer, champion of the little guy, defending Big Sugar against its own workers? Money.

Excessive Farce

The Palm Beach County school police force is charged with protecting schoolchildren, not endangering its female officers