Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
June 01, 2011 | Daily Business Review
4th DCA says Florida judge had jurisdiction in Beatles caseThe 4th DCA decided that Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jack Cox was at least half right by insisting Florida has jurisdiction over the online retailer's New Jersey-based website.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
June 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Florida Supreme Court overturns $7 million judgment in Banco Industrial caseBanco Industrial de Venezuela dodged $7 million in claims when the Florida Supreme Court on reversed an award to a former bank officer convicted of money structuring.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
May 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Claire's loses $200,274 award over disputed ear piercingThe parents of a 13-year-old girl whose ear lobe was disfigured by an infection after an ear piercing do not owe $200,274 to Claire's Boutiques for its trial costs, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
June 10, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Court won't withdraw criticism of Bar prosecutorThe Florida Supreme Court has refused to withdraw its criticism of a former Bar investigating attorney for misleading comments during arguments in a disbarment case.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
February 23, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Citrus canker jury selection expected to end todayA jury is being rounded up to decide damages suffered by Palm Beach County homeowners when the state ordered their citrus trees to be cut down.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
April 28, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Law enforcement forces judge Ilona Holmes, family from homeEaster dinner ended for Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes with sheriff's deputies forcing her and family members out of a Deerfield Beach home at gunpoint.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
October 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review
$500,000 Facebook contest fuels school feudAbi's Place, a school for special needs children, cried foul when two larger schools pulled their support a few days before the end of a fundraising contest.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
September 02, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Miami attorney suspended for year over solicitation letterJane Marie Letwin's punishment exceeded the 90-day recommended suspension because of what the Florida Supreme Court called a pattern of misconduct.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
October 20, 2010 | Daily Business Review
Defense team proves worker's fall was his own fault, not homeowners'Carl Bober and Joshua Bruce successfully argued that the accident would have been avoidable if the plaintiff had simply turned on the light.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
July 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Florida Supreme Court sides with patients in two medmal decisionsTwo Florida Supreme Court opinions on medical malpractice cases were decided in favor of patients. The parents of a brain-damaged newborn can pursue a trial for damages, and an elderly stroke victim may now collect a jury award.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
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