The city of Miami Beach has reached an $190,000 settlement with a motorcyclist and his wife following a reported collision with a parking officer driving a city vehicle.
Emomotimi S. Brisibe, Miami Beach’s senior assistant city attorney, told the Daily Business Review that the settlement was reached following an $850,000 verdict against the city.
Plaintiff Juan Jaime Cacho Abanto claimed he was in a collision on Dec. 2, 2016, with... [...]
A bitter legal feud between two superstar doctors who were once rivals at the nation’s No. 1 ranked eye institute in Miami has been resolved with a paltry $75,000 settlement.
The University of Miami, which operates Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has agreed to pay $37,500 to settle a federal False Claims Act case brought by Dr. Philip Rosenfeld, a retinal specialist at the prestigious facility.
In the lawsuit, Rosenfeld accused his... [...]
Stand your ground law should be reviewed by Legislature, Florida’s black leaders say
The debate over Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law was reignited last month after a heated argument outside a Clearwater convenience store left a black man mortally wounded, his white killer free to go home and civil-rights activists up in arms.
The law, which permits the use of deadly force under life-threatening circumstances, states... [...]
The feds allege the men ran a highly profitable crime ring of corrupt clinic owners, chiropractors and lawyers that operated mostly in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.
Source: www.sun-sentinel.com
Massive $23 million auto insurance
When the feds started scrutinizing two men accused of running a massive $23 million auto insurance fraud at chiropractic clinics in South Florida, their defense attorneys say investigators had a theory... [...]
