TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA) – In a case stemming from a man who developed the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court on Monday said a controversial 2013 law about expert-witness testimony was an unconstitutional infringement on the court’s authority.
Justices, in a 4-3 decision, overturned a ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal and ordered reinstatement of an $8 million... [...]
Broward resident Jean Michel Michaud has two fewer toes than he did on Sept. 23, when he arrived at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens to watch the Miami Dolphins play the Oakland Raiders. That day, a “large, heavy stone slab” fell on his foot, according to a federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Michaud had been waiting for a drink at LIV, a private bar within the stadium, when the 500-pound... [...]
A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted leaking classified internal documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.
Terry James Albury, 39, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and unauthorized retention of national defense information. He appeared to cry in court and took several moments to compose himself as he read a statement before he was... [...]
A survivor of a July tourist boat accident that killed 17 people in Missouri and attorneys representing deceased family members are calling the latest legal filing by two companies facing multiple lawsuits insulting and insensitive.
The attorneys also said Monday night in a statement that there have been no settlement offers.
In their filing, lawyers for Florida-based Ripley Entertainment Inc. and Missouri-based Branson Duck Vehicles... [...]
A Tennessee inmate who won a last-minute reprieve sparing him from execution last week may be running out of options, and a new date with the death chamber could be set as early as the end of the month, court records show.
Edmund Zagorksi, who was sentenced to die in 1984 for killing two men he robbed during a drug deal, has no new execution date scheduled after the state's plans for a lethal injection last Thursday were cancelled amid a... [...]
