Celia Ampel covers South Florida litigation. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter at @CeliaAmpel.
January 12, 2018 | Daily Business Review
How Dogged Lawyering Turned A Femur Fracture Into a $1.5M Wrongful Death SettlementCoral Gables plaintiffs attorneys worked to link a chain of events that led from a man's hotel lobby slip-and-fall to his death two years later.
By Celia Ampel
5 minute read
January 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Court Quashes Miami Firm's Disqualification for Conflict in Tobacco LitigationPhilip Morris USA argued Miami's Ferraro Law Firm should be disqualified for hiring an attorney who used to do defense work for the tobacco company.
By Celia Ampel
2 minute read
January 09, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune
18 Connecticut Municipalities Sue Big Pharma Over Opioid CrisisThe litigation comes on the heels of separate lawsuits filed by New Britain, New Haven and Waterbury.
By Celia Ampel
3 minute read
January 09, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Holland & Knight Nabs $10M Fee Award In Subway Co-Founder CaseThe fees and costs awarded were nearly as high as the approximately $13 million verdict in the underlying case.
By Celia Ampel
3 minute read
January 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Somalis Alleging Abuses by ICE Personnel Seek More Time in USAn American Civil Liberties Union attorney argued the 92 detainees would face terrorist threats if immediately returned to Somalia.
By Celia Ampel
4 minute read
January 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review
5 South Florida Judges, Lawyers Recognized for Pro Bono ServiceU.S. Senior District Judge Patricia Seitz and Third District Court of Appeal Judge Vance Salter won the judicial categories, and attorneys David Alschuler, Hilary Creary and Louis Silber were recognized in their circuits.
By Celia Ampel
3 minute read
January 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Chiquita Trial Set to Start in Decadelong Colombian Terror CaseThe families of six Americans slain by Colombian terrorists are set to have their day in court against the banana company over alleged payments to a guerrilla group.
By Celia Ampel
5 minute read
January 04, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Longtime Miami-Dade Judge and Canvassing Board Chair Shelley Kravitz DiesKravitz's friends on the bench remember her as a "kind and sweet" person who loved animals and cared for her elderly parents.
By Celia Ampel
4 minute read
January 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Miami-Dade Clerk Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over 40 Percent Collection FeeThe lawsuit alleged the clerk acted improperly by automatically imposing the fees before any debt collection services were performed.
By Celia Ampel
3 minute read
December 29, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Citgo Agrees to Pay $8M to Settle Spam Text Class ActionThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit was resolved only about a year after it was filed.
By Celia Ampel
4 minute read
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