Adolfo Pesquera

March 15, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A widow was awarded $41 million in the death of her husband, a Miami native who began smoking in 1950 at the age of 14.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

May 13, 2011 | Daily Report Online

So sweeping was the breadth of changes the Legislature intended to inflict on the Florida judiciary, it helps to summarize the session by listing what won't happen.The state Supreme Court won't split in two, and it won't be packed with three new Republican-picked justices. The Florida Bar won't be removed from the selection of Judicial Nominating Commission members.

By Adolfo Pesquera

7 minute read

August 02, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The Seminole Tribe is appealing a Broward judge's rejection of its sovereign immunity defense in a dispute claiming $12 million in unpaid bills on infrastructure projects.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

May 29, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Circuit Judge Marc Schumacher ruled Miami's $100 ambulance fee for nonresidents is unconstitutional, and a class was certified that entitles members to damages dating back to 2007.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

October 25, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Donald Trump may have felt like a Greek shipping heir should be thrown out of the celebrity's West Palm Beach golf club, but since Trump never had him expelled, the club gets to keep the disgruntled member's deposit, the 4th DCA ruled.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

January 03, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Richard G. Daniels and Ari A. Sweetbaum argued that Zyscovich Architects' reputation would be harmed if its contract with Broward schools was terminated for cause.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

July 17, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Kenneth Ronan of Lavalle, Brown, Ronan & Mullins represented the families of three boys who were sexually battered, one of whom was so severely assaulted he suffered a stroke.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

June 21, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A California resident sexually assaulted at a Mexican resort controlled by a Miami-based company may have her case heard in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 11, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Five prosecutors, two general magistrates and a public defender are among applicants to replace Stacy Ross as a Broward County court judge.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

June 07, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A chapter in the prosecution of Wayne Treacy, the juvenile who tried to stomp a girl to death, was scrutinized before the Florida Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read