Adolfo Pesquera

July 28, 2011 |

A team of defense attorneys were able to sway a jury their way by proving a woman who smoked for 50 years, had enough information that smoking is a health hazard.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

December 22, 2010 |

Crane A. Johnstone and Charles Patrick presented five days of testimony to jurors before the defense settled with their client for $2 million.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

April 07, 2011 |

Michael Rotundo and William Dean convinced a jury a 98-year-old woman falling 11 times during a 29-day nursing home stay was excessive.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

May 13, 2011 |

Most of a $1.4 million jury award was overturned in a breach of contract case after the 4th District Court of Appeal concluded the evidence jurors relied on to compensate a small Florida-based medical device marketing firm was too speculative.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

March 17, 2011 |

William Edgar was riding on the back of an overloaded golf cart at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo when he fell off the back, hit his head and died soon after.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

November 18, 2010 |

The process of political appointments leaves room for non-attorneys on JNCs, which is appropriate as long as they don't get embroiled in courts they can influence.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

April 25, 2011 |

Prominent South Florida attorney Henry "Hank" Adorno, whose handling of a controversial class action suit against the city of Miami cost him his law firm and his stature in the community, received a three-year suspension from the practice of law Wednesday by the Florida Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 09, 2010 |

What caused judicial candidate Heidi Berkowitz Carpenter to behave so strangely in a Winn-Dixie supermarket 12 years ago remains a mystery since the Fort Lauderdale attorney has avoided discussing the subject publicly.

By Adolfo Pesquera and Deborah C. Espa�a

4 minute read

July 07, 2011 |

Michael A. Haggard said Cornerstone Group never addressed the trailer park's crime problems even though police warned the company that the property was crime-riddled and in need of security measures.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

November 08, 2010 |

Now that a national foreclosure controversy has exposed shoddy and allegedly illegal practices by lenders, services and their law firms, questions have also been raised about the role of the judiciary and Bar groups.

By Adolfo Pesquera

9 minute read