When Rock and Benjy Sanozier of Plantation brought their son June 21 to Broward General Medical Center, doctors determined that the 3-year-old had pneumonia and that his spleen was clogged with blood. After trying medications, doctors figured the only thing that could save the child’s life would be a blood…
Now for some bad news. A popular antidepressant and antinausea med for cancer patients, as well as other vital drugs, might have been “adulterated” in the factory, according to a recent Broward County Civil Court filing. …
When Gov. Rick Scott, a rising star of the Tea Party movement, signed into law a bill May 31 requiring that Florida’s welfare recipients pass drug tests, he didn’t mention how close to home the issue hits. Scott has a brother in Texas who gets welfare — and might also…
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 Healthcare Management…
If a rich uncle plans on leaving you a bunch of cash when he croaks, it might be a good idea to make sure there’s nothing wrong with his will before he kicks the bucket — especially when there are other greedy relatives who want a piece of the pie…
The prisoner in the striped jumpsuit dozed off as he waited for his turn before the judge. That man, Brian Krebs, is accused of stabbing to death beloved drummer/promoter Jimmy Pagano — and knifing four others who tried to stop him — during a fight over a bar tab at…
Two groups that typically spend their time competing for the most-likely-to screw-over-a-homeowner title — a bank and a condominium association — are now fighting each other in court over an empty condo. …
To hell with Miss America.There’s a new pageant on the horizon — and it’s Skunk Ape themed…
What do judges have under their robes? The hundreds of calls and texts that onetime Broward prosecutor Howard Scheinberg, rumored to have had a close personal relationship with former Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, suggest that Scheinberg might have found an answer to this age-old mystery. To be fair, nobody…
Fort Lauderdale might be on the hook for more than $6 million for pissing off a hotel developer, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Cortez Property Management LLC says that the city is legally in the wrong — because it won’t rubberstamp a 151-room resort slated for 2926 Cortez St…
Funny thing about lawyers.If you don’t pay them, they can sue you really, really easily because they are lawyers and kinda sorta trained to do that type of stuff…
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 Davie P.D., filed…
Pop quiz.You’re a legislator, and you’ve got a chance to vote on a bill that would protect kids from deadly brain injuries at no additional cost to the state…
A Broward city says that a local business has run afoul of laws that ban people from raising chickens on their property, according to a recently filed lawsuit. But Hallandale Beach’s USA Express, Inc., has decided to fight the city’s charges in civil court…
Turns out, pill mills pain management clinics might not be the bastions of medical ethics once thought.North Lauderdale’s Center for Wellness and Weight Loss, Inc. claims that two former employees pilfered confidential patient information via text and tried to poach these clients from the clinic, according to a recently filed…
A Broward woman says that an Oakland Park man — whose last name is actually Teebagy — and the city have to pay up, because a street-side tree permanently maimed her in 2009, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Kathleen Adelle Nickerson, “a single woman,” says that…
Ryan LeVin, the hard-partying, bad-boy scion of an Illinois costume jewelry company, came clean to a judge today, admitting that he mowed down two British tourists in 2009 and fled the scene in his Porsche. LeVin’s punishment: He got grounded.Judge Barbara McCarthy decided to throw the book at LeVin slap…
A Pompano Beach man says his Magic Faucet bidet unexpectedly exploded(!) — causing thousands in damage both to his bathroom and to his downstairs neighbor’s apartment. So now, Angelo E. Rosa is demanding cash from Home Depot MFB Inc. — the bidet’s manufacturer — and John the Plumber to fix water…
Ryan LeVin, heir of an Illinois costume-jewelry family, who was indicted in a 2009 hit and run that killed two British businessmen, will be back in front of a judge Friday. And it looks like he plans on changing his not-guilty plea, according to court documents. David Bogenschutz, the high-profile…
