A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a $3.1 million award against the U.S. government to the family of a Quincy, Mass., fisherman killed in 1984 by leaders of the Winter…
Following months of investigation in a much-publicized case of a missing Florida toddler, a grand jury has indicted her mother in a first-degree murder case.
About 25 would-be buyers in a failed Florida condominium development are suing the law firm that held their deposit money, arguing it didn’t do enough to safeguard $2.5 million of…
As a struggling 66-year-old Florida homeowner went off to begin serving an open-ended contempt sentence for having a brown lawn last week, the president of his condominium association said Joseph…
Despite the savings and loan meltdown that hit the country some 20 years ago, many states at the center of that maelstrom apparently didn’t learn the obvious lesson: Regulation is…
A South Florida lawyer has been criminally charged along with two others who allegedly participated in a scheme to sell a house at a grossly inflated value to a “buyer”…
A federal bankruptcy judge in Miami has tossed a suit by the U.S. Trustee against Countrywide, ruling the agency has no authority to sanction companies for alleged bad faith conduct.
Violent crime in Mexico has been much in the news lately, as efforts by authorities to combat the illegal drug industry have, at least for now, led to increased attacks…
Blinded in a workplace shooting four years ago that killed several others, 34-year-old Jamie Dolan also reportedly suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks.
Rejecting an insanity defense, a Florida jury last night convicted a teenager who was 14 at the time he admittedly stabbed a middle school classmate to death of first-degree murder.
Updated: Going beyond previous sanctions imposed on a controversial Florida lawyer, the state supreme court today has permanently disbarred Jack Thompson in agreement with a referee’s report…
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