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Civil Trials

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Restaurateur David Mainiero Files Counterclaim Against Ex-Partners John Rosatti and Lee Goldberg

    There are new battles being fought this week in the continuing war between David Mainiero (better known as David Manero, the name under which he conducts business) and former business partners John Rosatti and Lee Goldberg. Mainiero -- who had his hand in projects like The Office in Delray Beac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Florida Attorney General's Office Investigates 411-PAIN

    ​Florida's attorney general is investigating the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, looking into allegations of "deceptive and misleading advertising" that echo the complaints made in a civil lawsuit filed against the Lauderdale Lakes company last year. 411-PAIN -- whose billboards, TV commerci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2011

    Pizza Polemic: Florida's Pizza Time Calls 'Foul' on Washington's Pizza Time

    Hungry for legal action.​Well, here's a food-oriented legal proceeding that's more Big Lebowski than Law & Order. Coral Springs-based Pizza Time, Inc., claims that a Washington-based pizza chain -- that's also called "Pizza Time" -- has stolen its name, according to a lawsu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Dexter Porn Parody Lawsuit Moving Along in South Florida District Court

    moviesonfilm.comHm, that sure doesn't look like Michael C. Hall​If you illegally downloaded a copy of Dexxxter -- the porn parody of Showtime's serial-killer drama Dexter -- it might cost you a bit more than your dignity if Pink Lotus Entertainment has its way.Pink Lotus Entertainment, the proud p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Son Sues Nursing Home After His Dad Gets Killed by Train

    In danger?​A Hollywood man with dementia wandered away from his Wilton Manors nursing home never to return. Richard Morlock was killed by an oncoming locomotive when he sat down on a train track in September, and now his son is suing that nursing home. Keith Morlock claims that Greystone Healthca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    In Alleged Sex Assault at Thompson Academy, Polygraph Results Are Murky

    ​This week's New Times cover story explores allegations of abuse and violence at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines. One of the most disturbing allegations, outlined in a federal class-action lawsuit, involves a 15-year-old boy who says he was twice forced to have ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Meet Alcee Hastings' Accuser

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Dirty Developers Sue City; Ritter on Diplomat Tab: "I Don't Remember"

    Bruce and Shawn Chait paid off a who's who of Broward County public officials to get government approvals for their controversial housing development on two golf courses in Tamarac. ​The father-and-son team bought since-imprisoned Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion a golf ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2010

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

    Bruce and Shawn Chait paid off a who's who of Broward County public officials to get government approvals for their controversial housing development on two golf courses in Tamarac. ​The father-and-son team bought since-imprisoned Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion a golf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Structured Settlement Industry Seeking Distance From Rothstein; Crackdown Coming for "Cash Now" Outfits?

    Whatever Rothstein was selling, it wasn't structured settlements.​With all the scandal and intrigue that followed the fall of Scott Rothstein in early November, it was easy to gloss over the precise instrument he used to commit his billion-dollar-plus fraud. Even for former U.S. Attorneys, like Ke ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

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

    Whatever Rothstein was selling, it wasn't structured settlements.​With all the scandal and intrigue that followed the fall of Scott Rothstein in early November, it was easy to gloss over the precise instrument he used to commit his billion-dollar-plus fraud. Even for former U.S. Attorneys, like Ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    TechSqueeze: How to Sue Celebrities on Twitter for Fun and Profit

    Courtney LoveIf you haven't seen the recent headlines, rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel for something she said about someone on Twitter. She is the first official celebrity to get sued over something she tweeted. And you thought Courtney would never be in the record books.This isn't the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    For Howard K. Stern, One Legal Odyssey Ends as Another Begins

    Stern and SmithThis whole arrest-on-felony-drug-charges thing came along just when Howard K. Stern's legal life had finally calmed. The attorney ex-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith filed a lawsuit in Fort Lauderdale's U.S. District Court in April 2007 against mega-millionaire attorney, John O'Quinn, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Politicians in Sunrise have plenty of mud to sling

    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 >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claims

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Sam Zell Sued By Tribune Writers

    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 >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Curse of the Dead

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

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Towering Rage

    Luxury condo developers up the ante with critics

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Santana

    All That I Am (Arista)

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Vested Interests

    War has been good for Pompano Beach's Point Blank Body Armor

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Hollywood Blues

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

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Hollywood's Finest

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

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Strong Arm of the Law

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

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    King's Tarnished Crown

    Don King wants to make South Florida a boxing capital. Trouble is, he's on the ropes.

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    If Steve Had a Hammer

    Reckless accusations have testy Broward Folk Club balladeers sashaying

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    A Screw Loose

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

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Gingerbread Man

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

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    The Doctor and the Rabbits

    A Broward dentist saved hundreds of rabbits and became a national celebrity. Why do so many people fear him?

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    General Failure

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

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Mismatch

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

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Crash Landing

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

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Undercurrents

    BSO detectives raid Trapeze II

  • News

    July 16, 1999

    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.

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    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.

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    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.

  • Music

    May 14, 1998

    Risky Business

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

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Excessive Farce

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

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