Florida Intentional Tort Law
<H2> United States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator successfully deployed the ransomware known as ALPHV BlackCat between April 2023 and December 2023 agains... More...
$ (12-20-2025 - FL)Elizabeth Koletas v. United States of America
Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.<br> <br> On June 23, 2022, Plaintiff Elisabeth Koletas was traveling <br> through Southwest Florida International Airport. Upon arriving at <br> the security screening area, Koletas, four months pregnant, re<br> quested to undergo a pat-down instead of walking through a body <br> scanner. She e... More...
$0 (11-13-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. Blake Richard Hoover </h1></h1>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Arson Of Jewish Center<br> <br> United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the issuance of a complaint and arrest warrant charging Blake Richard Hoover (31, Punta Gorda) with arson. If convicted on all counts, Hoover faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. <br> <br> Accor... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - FL)Elane Vega v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., et al.
Port Charlotte, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> <br> * * * <br> <br> Florida Premises liability law summary<br> Florida Premises Liability Law Summary:<br> 1. General Principle:<br> <br> Property owners in Florida have a legal duty to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition to prevent injuries to la... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - FL)Marily Hernandez v. Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company
Fort Myers, Florida insurance lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> * * * <br> <br> Florida Bad Faith Insurance Law: Summary<br> In Florida, an insurance company can be held liable for "bad faith" when it fails to act in good faith towards its insured in handling a claim. This means the insurer doesn't meet its legal or contractual ... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - FL)J.F. v. Carnival Corporation, d.b.a Carnival Cruise Lines
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a maritime tort Negligent failure to warn of the danger of and prevent as assault.<br> <br> J.F. alleges that three fellow passengers sexually assaulted<br> her in a stateroom on a Carnival cruise ship. She contends that<br> Carnival could have foreseen the perpetrators' crime and should<br> have, but failed to, take preventative ... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Daniel Boeckler
Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, dispensing and distributing a controlled substance.<br> <br> The most commonly prosecuted drug offenses are violations of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)<br> and 960(a). Section 841(a) prohibits the knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution,<br> dispensation, or possession with intent to manufacture, ... More...
$0 (06-04-2025 - FL)Michael Gabor v. Remington Lodging and Hospitality, LLC, d/b/a/ One Ocean Resort and Spa, and Robert J. Henderson
Jacksonville, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> <br> Michael Gabor was a guest at the hotel owned by the defendant, Remington. The co-defendant, Henderson, was employed by Remington as a maintenance worker at the hotel. While the trial testimony as to its cause differed greatly, a physical altercation occurred between Gabor and Henderson... More...
$0 (05-30-2025 - FL)Anjenie Bello v. Seminole Tribe of Flordia, d/b/a Seminole Indian Casino-Coconut Creek
Fort Lauderdale, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff on a claim against an Indian Tribe.<br> <br> The lawsuit underlying this appeal arises out of injuries which the appellant, Anjenie Bello, allegedly received during an altercation with a fellow patron at a casino operated by the appellee, Seminole Tribe of Florida d/b/a Seminole Indian Casino-Coconut Creek ("the Tribe"). The par... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - FL)Sandra Simon v. United States of America
<h2><br> Tallahassee, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act theory.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (09-30-2024 - FL)State of Florida v. John Michael Pyle
<h2><br> Sarasota, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree possession of obscene material photograph of sexual performance by child. <br> </h2><br> <br> John Michael Pyle, age 67, was accused of possessing multiple child pornography images.<br> <br> 827.071 Sexual performance by a child; child pornography; penalties.—<br> (1) As used ... More...
$0 (06-29-2024 - FL)Jose L. Zayas Guerra v. United States of America
Miami, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered $2 million in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> Under the FTCA, the federal government acts as a self-insurer, and recognizes liability for the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of its employees acting within the scope of their offic... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - FL)Keith Johnson v. United States of America
Orlando, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory.<br> <br> Under the FTCA, the federal government acts as a self-insurer, and recognizes liability for the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of its employees acting within the scope of their official duties.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (03-18-2024 - FL)Jovanna Garcia Vasquez v. United States of America
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence <br> theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, 24-002626-CA-01, and was removed to federal court.<br> <br> Under the FTCA, the federal government acts as a self-insurer, and recognizes liability for the negligent or wrongful a... More...
$1 (03-21-2024 - FL)Jeishy Mariana Zerpa v. Miami-Dade County, et al.
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories.<br> <br> Plaintiff Jeishy Mariana Zerpa Malpica is the surviving spouse of Juan Carlos Martinez Silva who was killed on February 27, 2021, when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a Miami-Dade Police Car driven by Officer Christopher Bendana.<br> <br> The state and i... More...
$3000000 (02-28-2024 - FL)Andres Alvarado v. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
Tampa, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court Hillsborough County, 23-CA-016611, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> Florida Personal Injury Law<br> <br> What is Personal Injury Law?<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-03-2024 - FL)United States of America v. Noel Quintana and Kelsy Hernandez Quintana
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import plywood contrary to the Lacey Act and customs laws, and to selling plywood products that were illegally imported and sold. <br> <br> Noel and Kelsy Hernandez Quintana incorporated seven companies in the United States – naming relatives or friends as corporate officers and agents – and... More...
$0 (10-19-2023 - FL)Carlos Lopez v. GeoVera Specialty Insurance Company
Miami, Florida insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Florida has a strong bad faith law that protects insureds from insurance companies that act in bad faith. Bad faith in the context of insurance law means that an insurer has acted with intentional or reckless disregard for the rights of its insured.<br> <br> Th... More...
$0 (07-28-2023 - FL)Erik Benjamin Cherdak v. Vincent Paul Cottone and Linda Marie Cottone
Fort Meyers, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on defamation theories.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fort_Myers_FL_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - For Myers"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Fort Myers, Florida<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/... More...
$0 (02-16-2023 - FL)David Sosa v. Martin County, Florida, et al.
Miami, Florida civil right lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 u.s.c. 1983. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/florida/news/miami/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Miami</a> </font> </center> </h1> </table> </center> The Martin County Sheriff's Department twice has arrested David Sosa based on an arrest... More...
$0 (01-20-2023 - FL)Javier Garcia-Bengochea v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Miami, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 violaton theory claiming that Defendant was using property confiscated by the Cuban government that belongs to him.<br> <br> The Cuban government nationalized, expropriated, and seized ownership of La MarÃtima on October 13, 1960, via Cuba's Gazette Law 890... More...
$0 (01-10-2023 - FL)Michael Baxter v. Louis Roberts, III and Trevor Lee
Tallahassee, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> This is an appeal from summary judgment in a civil rights case arising from a traffic stop and arrest that took place in Northwest Florida on December 24, 2017. On that day, Michael Baxter was pulled over by Deputy Trevor Lee of the Jackson County ... More...
$0 (11-30-2022 - FL)Veronica N. Arven and the estate of Theodore Arven III , ex rel. United States of America v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan, et al.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida qui tam lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a False Claims Act violation theory.<br> <br> Veronica N. Arven and the estate of Theodore Arven III sued the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan and its administrator, the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (collectively, "NICAâ€), NICA under the qui ... More...
$51000000 (11-14-2022 - FL)Antonio Alvarez and Marlen Sanchez v. United States of America
Miami, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued the United States on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming that they were injured and/or damaged as a direct result of a motor vehicle accident caused by a federal government employee.<br> <br> The elements of a Federal Tort Claims Act personal injury claim arising from a motor vehicle accident are:... More...
$1 (11-10-2022 - FL)Pamel M. Huff and Jonathan Huff v. United States of America
Fort Pierce, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of a motor vehicle accident caused by a government employee.... More...
$0 (10-27-2022 - FL)Mahamoud Alli v. Robert Green
Ocala, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983) violation theory.<br> <br> <br> During the early morning hours of November 17, 2016, Plaintiff Alli was working overnight as security at TNT Marine and Creative Auto Boutique, businesses owned by his cousin and located on a shared property. (Alli Dep., Doc. 24-1 at 10-11, 19-20, 2... More...
$0 (08-18-2022 - FL)AKNESHA MILLER SUHUBA BARUTI vs LEIGH ANN VINGLE
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Daytona Beach, Florida - Domestic Violence lawyer represented Appellant with appealing the judgment for protection against stalking violence. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Aknesha Miller Suhuba Baruti ("Barutiâ€) appeals the final judgment of <br> injunction for protection against stalking violence entered against ... More...
$0 (07-18-2022 - FL)IRONSHORE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY vs CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP and TERRENCE P. COLLINGSWORTH
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> West Palm Beach, Florida - Insurance Law lawyer represented Appellees with appealing a final judgment on the insurer's duty to defend claim. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> In 2014, the insurer issued a Lawyer's Professional Liability Policy to the law <br> firm. The law firm notified the insurer of a Racketeer Influenced... More...
$0 (07-17-2022 - FL)PLASTIQUIM, S.A., et al., vs ODEBRECHT CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Securities Fraud lawyer represented Appellants with challenging their claims against appellees to borrow money from an alleged wealthy investor. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> This dispute traces its origins to the data breach of Panamanian law <br> firm Mossack Fonseca, which led to the leak of the infa... More...
$0 (07-15-2022 - FL)BERNARDO FONTES ANTUNES, vs LUDMILA DE OLIVEIRA
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from an order denying his motion for contempt and to enforce the marital settlement. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> The couple was married and had a child in 2013. They divorced in <br> 2015, and a Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered into and... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - FL)PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE vs GLASSMETICS, LLC, A/ A/ O DEVAN HAMMOND
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tampa., Florida - Small Claims lawyer represented Appellee with a underpayment of an insurance claim Dispute. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Glassmetics, LLC, a/a/o Devan Hammond, filed a small <br> claims lawsuit in county court against Progressive American <br> Insurance Company for the alleged underpayment of an in... More...
$0 (07-10-2022 - FL)Godwin Chiedozie Dike vs Ebony Chinonyere Dike
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tallahassee, Florida - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with asking us to remand for a new trial on damages. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The trial court erred by interpreting the judicially created<br> rear-end presumption in vehicle collision cases to defeat <br> Appellant's claim of comparative fault. Because ther... More...
$0 (04-12-2022 - FL)Crystal Merriweather v. United States of America
Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of substandard medical care.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (04-07-2022 - FL)Nestor Enciso v. United States of America
West Paul Beach, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence negligence theory claiming to have to have been injured and/or damaged in a motor vehicle accident caused by a government employee.... More...
$0 (03-30-2022 - FL)Stanley Espinal v. United States of America
Fort Lauderdale, Florida personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2271) auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages in a car wreck caused by a federal government employee.... More...
$0 (03-24-2022 - FL)In Re: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting FTCA Litigation
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued the United States of American on Federal Tort Claims Act negligence theories claiming to have been damaged, injured and killed as a direct result of the the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.<br> <br> This settlement resolves all of the cases for $127.5 million. The settle... More...
$127500000 (03-17-2022 - FL)Kathleen Pomales and Michael Pomales v. United States of America
Fort Lauderdale, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued the United States of America on Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence wrongful death theories claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a motor vehicle accident caused by a federal government employee.... More...
$0 (03-11-2022 - FL)SEISSA BELMONDO, vs EDY AMISIAL
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Defamation lawyer represented defendant with a stand-alone claim for defamation. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Notwithstanding a related civil action pending in circuit court between <br> the parties and an action pending in circuit court, family division, appellee,<br> Dr. Edy Amisial, filed a stand-alone claim for d... More...
$0 (02-20-2022 - FL)JONATHAN MATTHEW ALEDDA, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing his conviction for misdemeanor culpable negligence charge. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> On the day of the incident, July 18, 2016, Aledda was a four-year <br> veteran of the City of North Miami, Florida, police department. He was a <br> certified SWAT offic... More...
$0 (02-20-2022 - FL)Tiffany Andrews v. United States of America
Pensacola, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued the United States of America on a Fedrral Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages as a result of an accident caused by a federal government postal worker.... More...
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