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Miami-based federal judge orders Florida Patriot National shareholders' class action transferred to New York
MIAMI – The U.S. District court for the Southern District of Florida recently ordered that a Florida class action on behalf of shareholders in a Florida-based outsourcing company that emerged from Chapter 11 last year be transferred to a federal court in New York. -
Bankruptcy appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction amid firing of popular music producer
MIAMI -- A bankruptcy appeal was dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction Dec. 27 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. -
Court rules to disqualify law firm as counsel in Horizon Healthcare payment claims case
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has granted a motion to disqualify a law firm from representing plaintiffs in a case involving alleged wrongful denial of payment claims. -
U.S. district court grants motion to dismiss First Amendment retaliation complaint
MIAMI -- The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has granted a deputy’s motion to dismiss a First Amendment retaliation complaint against him in a case involving the alleged unlawful conduct of an airline passenger. -
Vero Beach attorney disbarred following bank fraud conviction
Vero Beach real estate attorney Eric Brett Granitur has been disbarred following a Dec. 13 Florida Supreme Court order and his conviction by a federal jury last summer on bank fraud charges, according to an announcement by The Florida Bar. -
Coral Gables attorney disbarred following alleged noncompliance with suspension conditions
Suspended Coral Gables attorney Aldo Guillermo Busot Jr. has been disbarred following a Dec. 21 Florida Supreme Court order for allegedly failing to comply with the conditions of his suspension handed down earlier this year, according to an announcement by The Florida Bar. -
Telemundo may continue to use 'El Cabo' during dispute with Caracol, federal judge rules
Telemundo Television Studios may continue to use the telenovela character "El Cabo" during ongoing litigation with Caracol Television, a federal judge ruled last week. -
Judge makes recommendations about motions in Hunters Run condo association case
WEST PALM BEACH – A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently recommended granting parts of motions filed in litigation between a real estate agency and two property owner associations over condominium properties in the Palm Beach County community of Hunters Run. -
Judge approves $300M settlement over defective Takata airbags
A federal court judge in Florida has approved the nearly $300-million settlement between Ford car owners and Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp. over defective airbags motorists allege exploded when deploying. -
Judge dismisses family's suit against Celebrity Cruises
MIAMI -- The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has dismissed two counts of a suit filed by a family against Celebrity Cruises after workers refused to allow an elderly woman back aboard ship after she took ill during a seven-day cruise around Mexico and the Caribbean in 2017. -
Court denies Comcast motion to compel arbitration in suit alleging sales rep badgered former customer
MIAMI – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently dismissed a motion to compel arbitration filed by cable giant Comcast Cable Communication LLC regarding a lawsuit filed by a former customer who claimed she was harassed by its salespeople in an attempt to regain her service. -
Detention, near deportation of U.S. citizen gives ACLU reason to be concerned, attorney says
The ACLU of Florida said in a posting on its website that it filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 3 on behalf of a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office on behalf Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). -
Prison healthcare providers must respond to inmate's lawsuit over amputation, federal judge rules
Two out-of-state prison health care service companies accused of ignoring a Florida inmate's ailments for so long that his legs had to be amputated have days to respond to the inmate's lawsuit, a federal judge ruled. -
Court dismisses case against cruise line involving drunk passenger's fall
MIAMI -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit determined Dec. 13 that a cruise line wasn’t negligent in a passenger’s drunken fall that lead to injuries. -
Court denies motion to strike expert witness on a tortious interference case
A judge denied a plaintiff's motion to have struck a signature-verification expert in a lawsuit over a contentious business deal and alleged forgery. -
Carnival cruise ships loses footage of plaintiff allegedly slipping and falling on its ship
A judge has ordered sanctions ahead of a trial against the Carnival cruise ship company, which claims to have lost the footage of a woman allegedly slipping and falling near the buffet on one of its ships. -
Elderly property owners' case against Miami-Dade County over noise reduction wall gets tossed
Homeowners who allege they have been left with devalued properties after Miami-Dade County reneged on a deal to buy their houses had their case dismissed by the U.S. District for the Southern District of Florida. -
Court says hospital can use plaintiff's experts on its behalf in negligence lawsuit
MIAMI – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently denied a motion to bar a Florida medical center from using plaintiff's expert witnesses on its behalf in medical negligence suit. -
Court dismisses computer fraud suit that alleged man stole information to benefit his own business
MIAMI – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida sided with a man being sued for allegedly stealing a former employer’s protected information to benefit his own business, partially dismissing several claims in the suit in the court's Dec. 10 ruling by U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles. -
Royal Caribbean's negligence allegedly caused honeymooner's fatal zip line incident
MIAMI -- A popular cruise line faces a negligence lawsuit after a honeymooning couple’s zip line excursion ended with the husband’s death. His surviving wife sued Nov. 30 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Miami Division.