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December 06, 2010 |

Justice Watch: Ex-federal prosecutors drafted for white-collar work

With the Justice Department and Congress beating the drums on fraud, South Florida law firms are snatching up some top-notch criminal defense talent.
5 minute read
October 29, 2010 |

South Fla. homeowners sue for return of homes

Three major U.S. lenders have been named as defendants in a proposed class action suit filed by South Florida homeowners accusing the lenders of abusing the court process and filing false affidavits to seize their homes and those of thousands of other homeowners in Florida.
6 minute read
February 04, 2008 |

Ugly battle over Ohio law firm

For nine years, Michael Kelley and James Ferraro ran one of the most profitable plaintiffs' law firms in Cleveland � so profitable that they were able to buy three jets, million-dollar mansions and an arena football team. But following Kelley's sudden death in 2006, the fate of the law firm � and the estimated billions of dollars, planes and arena football team � is in the hands of a state court judge.
5 minute read
June 13, 2006 |

Fallout From Texas Silicosis Cases Felt in Fla. Cases

Last June, a Texas federal judge who oversaw 10,000 silicosis cases cried fraud, decreeing that many of the cases appeared to be "manufactured for money" by attorneys and doctors. The words of Judge Janis Graham Jack are reverberating in Florida, where plaintiffs attorneys say they have to prove their clients' cases before they even fill a jury box. Plaintiffs who come forward with legitimate silicosis or other mass tort claims will now have difficulty being believed, say some attorneys and law professors.
15 minute read
June 13, 2006 |

Fallout From Texas Silicosis Cases Felt in Fla. Cases

Last June, a Texas federal judge who oversaw 10,000 silicosis cases cried fraud, decreeing that many of the cases appeared to be "manufactured for money" by attorneys and doctors. The words of Judge Janis Graham Jack are reverberating in Florida, where plaintiffs attorneys say they have to prove their clients' cases before they even fill a jury box. Plaintiffs who come forward with legitimate silicosis or other mass tort claims will now have difficulty being believed, say some attorneys and law professors.
15 minute read
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August 09, 2006 |

Miami Judge Declares No Turning Back in Asbestos Litigation

In a setback for business groups, Chief Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Joseph P. Farina Jr. on Monday declared unconstitutional a state law provision that retroactively requires asbestos plaintiffs to submit detailed medical histories. Farina ruled that the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act cannot be applied retroactively, despite the law's explicit requirement, because it forces plaintiffs to "meet a medical threshold that goes above and beyond that which existed" when they filed their lawsuit.
4 minute read
January 31, 2011 |

James Ferraro says he filed Chapter 11 to save law firm

A hard-fought, five-year court battle between Coral Gables mass torts litigator James Ferraro and the widow of his former Ohio law partner has shifted into Miami bankruptcy court.
4 minute read
November 21, 2008 |

Prominent Florida lawyer to wage his final legal battle from the grave

One of South Florida's most prominent attorneys will wage his final legal battle from the grave. Milton Ferrell Jr., former president of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, had worked on cars and brakes throughout college, inhaling asbestos as he cleaned the brakes. One day before he died, he gave a three-and-a-half-hour video deposition from his deathbed. Ferrell, in terrible pain, refused painkillers so he could be coherent during his deposition.
2 minute read
April 20, 2011 |

James Ferraro, ex-partner's widow settle 5-year feud over firm

The confidential settlement closes prominent Miami mass torts lawyer James Ferraro's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case before U.S. bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark in Miami.
2 minute read
November 10, 2011 |

Union Carbide claims asbestos victory

Union Carbide claimed an asbestos case victory in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, as jurors concluded the company was not at fault for the illness that killed a Hialeah private contractor.
2 minute read

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