Multimedia v. FSU Board of Trustees
Aug 20, 2009
"An open-government lawsuit to force release of documents in Florida State University's athletic-sanctions appeal will get a day-long hearing in August to settle what lawyers called a groundbreaking case.The Tallahassee Democrat, Gannett Co. Inc's...
Aug 17, 2009
3-day breach of contract bench trial involving a settlement agreement to resolve a dispute over Open MRI, a family-owned business.Plaintiff Dr. Ronald Woodburn was a Florida radiologist, now retired. The plaintiff's son, Shaun Woodburn, was one d...
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Aug 10, 2009
5-day auto-negligence jury trial in Sarasota, Florida. The accident occurred on May 2, 2005. While attempting a left turn the defendant's pick-up truck collided with a Ford Bronco. The Bronco's driver suffered a broken pelvis, broken arm, broken ...
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Jul 27, 2009
1-week breach of contract bench trial in Tampa's business litigation division (13th Judicial Circuit) originally filed in 1999.Diagnostic Leasing is a CA-based private medical equipment leasing company and Blocker transfer is a private Florida-bas...
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Barbanell v. R.J. Reynolds
Jul 27, 2009
Engle Progeny tobacco liability wrongful death jury trial in Broward County Circuit Court's complex litigation division. Shirley Barbanell died after smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for 50 years. Barbanell allegedly attempted to quit smok...
Jul 13, 2009
Crash victim asserted negligent hiring and negligent entrustment claims against U.S. Security, a national security guard company, that allegedly failed to investigate the health record of a driver who blacked out while driving, crossed the center ...
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Jun 29, 2009
3-week accounting fraud jury trial in Broward County Circuit Court's complex litigation division. Plaintiffs Alan Schein and Result Technologies, Inc. brought the claim, alleging they were damaged by Ernst & Young's failure to conduct proper a...
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Jun 15, 2009
3-day bench trial in Tampa's business litigation division. The action arises out of a real estate sales contract for the purchase of five parcels of property representing approximately 40 acres. Sunset Cove asserted that the Santiago repudiated t...
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Banco Espirito v. BDO Internat'l
Jun 2, 2009
Re-trial in accounting fraud litigation.From CVN's prior coverage of the first trial...This trial will determine whether BDO Seidman was an agent of BDO International, thus making the international accounting network potentially liable for a $500M...
May 11, 2009
This Engle-progeny tobacco case involves a life-long smoker who allegedly started smoking when he was 12 years old. He died of lung cancer and esophageal cancer. The plaintiff claimed that the smoker was addicted to cigarettes that contained nic...
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Apr 20, 2009
Plaintiff Melba Sherman's husband, John Sherman, died of lung cancer in 1996, after smoking 3-4 packs of Lucky Strike and Winston cigarettes for over 50 years. According to the defense, Sherman enjoyed smoking, chose to smoke, knew the risks, and...
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Apr 13, 2009
Banco Intercontinental (or BANINTER) was the second largest privately held commercial bank in the Dominican Republic, before collapsing in 2003 in a spectacular fraud tied to political corruption. According to the plaintiff, $58M was diverted fro...
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