Stories by Savannah Howe on Florida Record

TALLAHASSEE - Civil charges were brought against the state Attorney's Office for the Second Judicial Circuit and its Felony Division Chief, Lorena Vollrath-Bueno, for alleged law malpractice including one count of common law negligence, common law abuse of process and malicious prosecution.

A Florida woman is suing the Jerk Hut Jamaican Grill and Rhum Bar on Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa after she sustained injuries from sitting on a chair that collapsed, according to documents filed on Feb. 5 in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

The Miami Herald was leveled with civil charges on Feb. 12 by a New York woman who says she was defamed by the publication's coverage of a multi-million-dollar healthcare fraud scheme, according to documents filed in the Southern Florida District Court.

TAMPA - The owners/operators of the apartment complex at 2353 Mission Road in Tallahassee are being sued for negligence by a woman whose son was a tenant of the complex and was murdered on the premises in November 2020.

TAMPA - Sarasota Memorial Hospital is facing discrimination charges from a woman who says she was the subject of several rumors during her employment, according to documents filed on Feb. 17 in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

Multiple defendants including several administrators at the University of Central Florida (UCF) are facing civil allegations from Speech First, Inc., who said the university's discrimination and harassment policy violates constitutional free speech protections, according to court documents.

An Odessa woman is suing the owners of the Waterchase basketball courts in Tampa after her son was injured in an unsupervised basketball game, according to documents filed Feb. 12 in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

TALLAHASSEE - The Tallahassee Development Center (TDC) and its owners/operators Quest Management Group, Inc., and Pensacola Care, Inc. are facing civil charges for allegedly intentionally minimizing, downplaying and otherwise concealing the risk of COVID-19.

TAMPA - Civil charges were filed against Hillsborough County Public Schools on Feb. 10 by a former Joe E. Newsome High School student who was injured at a regularly scheduled but unsupervised softball practice in May 2019.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection is facing civil charges from a Columbia County man who says he slipped on an algae-covered sidewalk at Ichetucknee Springs State Park and sustained serious permanent injuries.