Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
January 27, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Attorneys win $23.5 million verdict after series of mistakes at UF hospitalStuart Grossman and Gary M. Cohen said their client was left with total left-side paralysis, is partially blind and can't walk because she received the blood thinner heparin despite showing a sensitivity to it.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
November 28, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Family deaths blamed for former Judge Gardiner's improper contactsFormer Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner is on trial in a Florida Bar disciplinary case for repeated communications with a prosecutor during a 2007 murder trial.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
January 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Family probate battle over $20 million estateWith as much as $20 million at stake, Michael Zonenashivili and Neil Moskalenko-Zonenashvili hope to convince Circuit Judge Mark Speiser that their mother's will executed three weeks before she died is valid and Victor Moskalenko should be sanctioned for hiding and converting assets.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
October 03, 2012 | Daily Business Review
One down, two to go in Ruden malpractice casesIf a $4.6 million jury award in a legal malpractice case is any indication, the insurers of the defunct Ruden McClosky law firm face substantial exposure in two similar lawsuits.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
June 14, 2013 | Law.com
Florida Supreme Court OKs Change In Tobacco Cases After Smoker DiesThe Florida Supreme Court accepted a procedural change sought in tobacco cases after the smoker dies. A personal representative is allowed to amend the existing complaint to add the widow/widower and a wrongful death claim rather than starting a lawsuit from scratch.
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4 minute read
March 21, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Coconut Creek residents challenge Seminole hotelA five-year court challenge to the expansion of the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino has made its way to the 4th District Court of Appeal. The casino stands on federal trust land that was part of a land swap that gave Coconut Creek a parcel of land on the Seminole reservation.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
March 08, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Florida Supreme Court places limit on economic loss doctrineWriting for the majority, Justice Jorge Labarga said the economic loss rule would henceforth apply only to product liability cases.
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4 minute read
February 14, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Florida among worst for representing childrenFlorida is one of 17 states that provides little to no representation for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Of the 32,000 children taken by the state last year, only 2,500 had a lawyer.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
April 23, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Ari Abraham Porth, Miguel de la O to become judges next yearState Rep. Ari Abraham Porth of Coral Springs and Miami appellate attorney Miguel de la O will become judges next year, drawing no opponents for open seats by the candidate filing deadline. All told, 24 judicial races will be contested in South Florida this year.
By Adolfo Pesquera
15 minute read
February 09, 2012 | Daily Business Review
$1.9 million settlement reached with online travel companiesWithout admitting wrongdoing, 14 online retailers agreed to pay $1.9 million to Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
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