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Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ

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January 04, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Sock-hop legend Milt Grant's widow to be deposed in probate dispute

The widow of sock-hop legend Milt Grant must be deposed in order to settle questions about a multi-million dollar distribution, a Broward Circuit Judge Mark Speiser ruled.

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October 20, 2011 | Daily Business Review

InPhyNet wants suit against doctor reinstated

A medical staffing company argued on appeal to reverse summary judgment favoring a doctor in a contract dispute over emergency medical services at Wellington Regional Medical Center.

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February 16, 2012 | Daily Business Review

4th DCA rejects screen shielding child witnesses

The 4th District Court of Appeal ruled convicted sex offender Timothy L. McLaughlin should get a new trial because the trial court prejudiced the jury by allowing a screen partition in the courtroom.

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February 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Legislature sets tuition at public universities, Florida Supreme Court says

The Florida Supreme Court rules the Legislature, not the state Board of Governors, has full authority to set public university tuition.

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January 10, 2012 | Daily Business Review

GrayRobinson attorneys staff free advice hotline

Broward Lawyers Care, a legal advice hotline, has been launched to assist the poor. The hotline is a joint effort of GrayRobinson, Legal Aid Services of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida.

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January 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys for flight attendants try to reverse ejection order

Philip Gerson of Gerson & Schwartz in Miami argued before the 3rd District Court of Appeal that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jerald Bagley abused his discretion when he ejected lawyers in the case named for the lead plaintiff, Norma R. Broin.

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November 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Southeastern Legal Foundation files effort to kill Florida Supreme Court merit retention

The conservative Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc. filed a last-ditch attempt to kill the merit retention election for three Florida Supreme Court justices by asking the high court to bar a certification of the results.

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April 05, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Ricky Polston elected next Florida chief justice

Ricky Polston was unanimously elected to be the state's 55th chief justice and becomes the first from west of the Apalachicola River since 1925. Polston will succeed Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, with whom he shares many conservative ideological views.

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November 03, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Trio helps unsecured creditors get nearly $2 million settlement

Plaintiff lawyers Jeffrey P. Bast, Dana R. Quick and Brett Amron argued that Advanced Blast Protection directors failed to implement a business plan that would generate profits.

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July 03, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Immigrant Gets $58 Million For Brain Injury

A Guatemalan immigrant has received a $58 million jury award after he was left with brain damage from a beating by a bar's security guard.

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