Adolfo Pesquera

July 15, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The brother-in-law of Jordan's King Abdullah II is suing Delray Beach billionaire Harry Sargeant in Palm Beach Circuit Court for allegedly cheating him out of $53 million on a fuel transport contact.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

April 06, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Unless Gov. Rick Scott fills a $54 million state budget gap, judicial assistants were told by Broward Chief Circuit Judge Victor Tobin to expect four to seven days of unpaid furlough in April and 10 to 23 days in May.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

July 13, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A case that will test whether homeowners can go after mortgage lenders trying to avoid sanctions for allegedly fraudulent documents will be argued by Enrique Nieves III before the Florida Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

October 07, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The parents of Kevin Bravo Rodriguez won a $60.5 million malpractice award on grounds that the personnel at the hospital were negligent for recognizing too late that the umbilical cord was strangling their infant son during delivery June 11, 2003, but Kevin died in 2005 and a new trial was held for wrongful death.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

September 21, 2011 | Daily Business Review

MYD Marine, a Fort Lauderdale-based international marine services company, is asking the 4th District Court of Appeal to reinstate its restraint-of-trade complaint against U.K.-based International Paint.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 30, 2011 | Law.com

W. Jeffrey Barnes claims in a civil racketeering suit that JPMorgan Chase mortgage servicer Chase Home Finance went after homes it had no right to take in foreclosure, using documents and methods that amounted to a nationwide pattern of intentional fraud.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

December 23, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The maker of Zicam, a cold remedy recalled in June 2009, faces new legal challenges now that the 4th DCA said expert witnesses can discuss their "pure opinion."

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

April 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A slew of Republican-backed judicial reforms, once thought of as retaliation for unappetizing Florida Supreme Court decisions, has been attributed to more sinister motives tied to control of legislative redistricting.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

October 13, 2010 | Law.com

Tobacco companies picked up two victories in the same week in Florida in cases brought by smokers in Duval and Manatee counties. The first trial, on behalf of Evelin E. Warrick, concluded when a Jacksonville jury absolved R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris USA companies of liability. Two days later, a Bradenton jury also voted for the defense in the case brought by Jimmie P. Willis against the same cigarette makers. Both cases were on their second trials after the first set ended in mistrials.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

September 01, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Amy Steele Donner has resigned, and ever-persistent criminal defense attorney Raag Singhal has gained appointment to the Broward circuit bench.

By Jose Pagliery and Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read