BY DAVID J. NEAL A Fort Lauderdale restaurant’s federal class action lawsuit says its comprehensive insurance coverage includes the losses it has suffered during the novel coronavirus restaurant dining shutdown, but the insurer won’t pay. The lawsuit involves IT! italy Ristorante and Bar, 500 E. Las Olas Blvd., insurance company Westchester Surplus Lines and Westchester’s […]
“Even the most safe and attentive drivers will not be able to avoid the repercussions from this particular defect because it malfunctions through no fault of the driver,” said Lea P. Bucciero of Podhurst Orseck in Miami, who’s teamed with Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid to represent plaintiffs bringing a putative class action lawsuit against Mazda Motor […]
As the two-year mark of the Donald Trump presidency passes, data on the effects of the administration’s deregulatory efforts is beginning to emerge. But even as trends become identifiable, South Florida litigators and environmental activists can’t seem to agree on exactly what they portend. The Washington Post reported Jan. 24 that civil penalties levied against […]
The firms in this category so successfully served their clients that they made it hard to choose among them. One winning firm obtained a $331 million settlement with an investment bank for purchasers of mortgage-backed securities; the other negotiated this year’s stunning and speedily achieved settlement with Volkswagen after allegations surfaced about its “defeat device” […]
SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES, The Australian The airline behind doomed flights MH370 and MH17 has been accused of frustrating and delaying claims for compensation from families of victims by creating a new, almost identically named business it says is not connected to the old company. Almost three years after the two disasters, dozens of Australian relatives of […]
Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review A new Miami lawsuit claims Wells Fargo employees helped bilk investors out of millions of dollars intended to fund the production of films with big-name talent. British film financiers Vandermolen Film Co. Ltd. and Bridgeworks Media Capital Ltd. are seeking about $61 million in lost principal and interest, damages they […]
Law360, New York (December 05, 2013, 6:38 PM ET) –As trial lawyers line up to target the Metro-North railroad with multimillion-dollar claims over a deadly New York City train crash, attorneys saw the potential for liability to stretch beyond the railroad’s corporate parent —possibly to the makers of the train itself —depending upon how an […]
The plane carrying Brazilian championship contenders didn’t plan refueling, investigators say By SARA SCHAEFER MUÑOZ, BENJAMIN PARKIN and PAUL KIERNAN Updated Dec. 2, 2016 11:28 p.m. ET The charter plane that ran out of fuel 8 miles short of its destination this week and crashed in Colombia, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian […]
Julie Kay, Daily Business Review Greenspoon Marder lawyers have been accused of violating the Florida Bar Rules of Professional Conduct by seeking to seize $562,316 in litigation costs after withdrawing from an alleged securities fraud case following the denial of class certification. Greenspoon Marder lawyers Beth-Ann Krimsky and John Pelzer filed a charging lien in […]
By Jennifer LeClaire | Miami MIAMI—Tragedy has struck a Boca Raton, FL-basedcommercial real estate investment firm. Seven employees from Pebb Enterprises have died in a plane crash in Akron, Ohio. Two others were also killed in the crash. There were no survivors. The names of the Pebb employees were not released. However, family members told […]