Steve Plunkett

December 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A foreclosure sale cannot be voided because the wife hid the bank's legal notices under the sofa, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled.

By Steve Plunkett

2 minute read

March 07, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The grandfather of the murdered captain of the hijacked Joe Cool charter boat lost his bid for insurance coverage on appeal.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

March 21, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Michael Hernandez will receive a new sentencing hearing in the stabbing death of his 14-year-old best friend and classmate, Jaime Gough, at their Palmetto Bay school.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

May 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The families of four workers who died in the collapse of a garage being built on the Doral campus of Miami Dade College and five workers who were hurt have settled their wrongful death and injury lawsuits, their attorneys said.

By Steve Plunkett

2 minute read

December 04, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Attorney Ervin Gonzalez filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a widow whose husband died in the collapse of a parking garage under construction at Miami Dade College in Doral.

By Steve Plunkett

2 minute read

April 05, 2013 | Law.com

A Miami-Dade circuit judge erred in granting Mexican songstress Paulina Rubio's request to disqualify the opposing attorney in a lawsuit over a missed concert, a Florida appeal court said Wednesday, finding the case law "uniformly calls disqualification of a party's lawyer in a civil case a drastic remedy, one that must be employed only in limited circumstances."

By Steve Plunkett

2 minute read

August 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The Tampa-based law firm was being sued by investors who lost money in hedge funds operated by Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel and represented by the firm.

By Steve Plunkett

2 minute read

August 27, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Reality star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of "The Jersey Shore" is seeking $60,000 in appearance fees under an allegedly broken contract with an entertainment company that landed him a deal with a Las Vegas celebrity lollipop maker.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

February 05, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Coral Gables lawyer Stuart Sobel obtained a $58.5 million settlement for the firm building the PortMiami's $1 billion tunnel, even though lawyers are banned from the room.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

October 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review

In the complaint filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Frank Sbarro said the invitation-only private Miami Beach club hired him in September 2004 for $205,380 a year plus bonus. He claims La Gorce fired him to save money.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read