Adolfo Pesquera

March 16, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A Palm Beach County jury found a teenage driver was responsible for the death of Ann Prushansky and awarded damages netting the victim's three surviving children $2.25 million.

By Adolfo Pesquera

8 minute read

December 15, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Installers of defective Chinese drywall received a setback in their attempt to extricate themselves from defective product lawsuits in state court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

July 27, 2011 | Daily Business Review

TD Bank has been sued by the trustee representing the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler firm in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Lauderdale.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

April 05, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Broward Chief Circuit Judge Victor Tobin told judges and staff today that courts face widespread furloughs and reduced operations as early as next week after Gov. Rick Scott failed to loan the courts more money.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

June 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Patrick Taggart was riding a motorcycle in Boynton Beach when Edna Reilly turned left into his path, catapulting him 10 to 15 feet in the air and crushing his left leg. He is able to walk but unable to continue the job he previously held.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

October 06, 2010 | Daily Business Review

State Attorney Michael Satz wants Broward Circuit Judge Carlos Rodriguez to be disqualified from cases assigned to a prosecutor, saying the judge is biased against her.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

November 11, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Working from a position of weakness, Democrats are sorting out what they can do, starting from their base in Broward County, the most Democratic in the state.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

November 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review

After four hours of deliberation, jurors set damages for Manos Milien at $33.1 million. He was found 5 percent liable for not wearing a seat belt.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

September 02, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott appointed business litigator and insurance defense attorney Rosemarie Scher to the Palm Beach circuit bench, filling a vacancy left by the resignation of Circuit Judge Elizabeth T. Maass.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

August 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A Broward County jury awarded $11.5 million and found the state 15 percent at fault in the death of North Miami Beach officer Orestes Lorenzo. But the 4th DCA said Broward Circuit Judge Peter M. Weinstein should have dismissed the 2008 verdict against the state on grounds of sovereign immunity.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read