Steve Plunkett
February 07, 2013 | Daily Business Review
3rd DCA rules jobless benefits allowed over cryingCrying at work does not justify the denial of state unemployment benefits, the Third District Court of Appeal said.
By Steve Plunkett
2 minute read
January 25, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko named to administrative postThe judge has been tapped as the associate administrative judge in the civil division.
By Steve Plunkett
1 minute read
May 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Foreclosure Cases To Get Help From MagistratesThe Florida Supreme Court is expanding the role of general magistrates to help relieve the backlog of home foreclosure cases.
By Steve Plunkett
3 minute read
February 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review
3rd DCA saves retired teacher from $31,000 billA 92-year-old man will not have to give back $31,000 he got from Medicaid for his nursing home bills, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled.
By Steve Plunkett
2 minute read
January 14, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Melanie Damian joins Miami-Dade JNCBusiness litigator Melanie Damian will be reviewing judicial applicants for the Miami-Dade courts for the next 42 months.
By Steve Plunkett
1 minute read
June 26, 2013 | Law.com
Jury awards smoker's family $3 million for wrongful deathEvelyn Thibault started smoking in 1949 when she was 13, developed COPD in 1995. She filed a personal injury suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in 2008 and died three years later.
By Steve Plunkett
1 minute read
December 14, 2012 | Law.com
Miami-Dade jury levies $4.25M verdict against R.J. ReynoldsA Miami-Dade jury hits cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds with a $4.25 million verdict, siding with the widow of a smoker who died in 1997.
By Steve Plunkett
2 minute read
May 31, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Four South Florida Attorneys Disbarred; Four More SuspendedThe Florida Supreme Court issued disciplinary orders that disbarred four South Florida attorneys and suspended four others.
By Steve Plunkett
3 minute read
May 16, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Dexter Lehtinen Can Keep Joe Klock As His Attorney In Miccosukee CaseA Miami-Dade judge was right to keep former U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen's defense lawyer in the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians' malpractice lawsuit against him, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled.
By Steve Plunkett
2 minute read
October 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Applications sought for Judge Ellen Leesfield's openingThe Miami-Dade Judicial Nominating Commission has issued its second help-wanted ad in three weeks for a circuit judge.
By Steve Plunkett
1 minute read
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