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• Construction Crane Kills Workers

  Seth Miles | March 26, 2008 2:35 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL

  A 14,000 pound steel crane fell thirty-seven stories at a condominium construction site. Two workers, Terrance Hennessy, 59, and Jeremy Thornsbury, 21, were killed. Mark Simone; Emanoel Souza, 31; Theron Cook, 57, and Russell Dyer, 48 were injured. I have handled similar construction accidents in the past. Sadly, despite a host of rules and regulations, these types of accidents are becoming...

• Miami Crane Collpase Kills Two and Injures Five

  Jenny Albano | March 25, 2008 6:55 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A section of a crane fell at a downtown high-rise condominium construction site in Miami and killed two of the workers and injured another five. The crane fell onto a home that the contractor used for storage. At first another worker was thought to be missing, but was later identified as one of the inured workers.Canine's surveyed the site and did not find any other trapped people. But rescue...

• Credit Card Numbers Stolen From Sweetbay

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The Sweetbay Supermarket, a Florida chain of grocery stores, and Hannaford Bros. announced last week that 4.2 Million credit card and debit card numbers were obtained during store transactions. Over 1800 cases of credit card fraud have been reported. The credit & debit card numbers were illegally obtained during the card authorization process.Hannaford was notified of unusual credit card...

• Chief Justice Calls Potential Budget Cuts "Murder"

  Seth Miles | March 20, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Due to fiscal shortfalls, caused in large part by a sinking economy, Florida officials proposed a 10% cut to the Court's budget. Chief Justice Fred Lewis warned Florida's legislators that the cuts would lead to the firing of 900 court employees and be nothing less than a "spear to the heart." The sad reality? The budget cuts are necessitated by a bad short-term federal fiscal policy more...

• $37 Million Awarded In Alien Tort Statute Case

  Seth Miles | March 06, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  United States District Judge awarded $37,000,000 to two survivors of a massacre in a Peruvian village. Both survivors were children and witnessed the slaughter that left 69 dead. The defendant, Telmo Hurtado, was a Second Lieutenant in Peru's army looking for members of the Shining Path rebel group.The suit was brought inder the Alien Tort Statute that permits victims to sue for acts that...

• Comair Co-Pilot Wants to Fly Again

  Seth Miles | March 05, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The co-pilot and lone survivor of the Comair jet crash in Lexington, Kentucky wants to fly again. Apparently, he is using the potential return to the cockpit as motivation in his rehabilitation. All other 49 people onboard the flight were killed. The cause? As in most aviation disasters, a series of avoidable errors, leading to an attempted takeoff from the wrong runway.

• Psychiatrist Charged in Woman's Overdose Death

  Jenny Albano | March 04, 2008 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last week Miami-Dade prosecutors charged psychologist Adam Feder with manslaughter in connection with a the death of a woman who overdosed on painkillers. Feder was also charged with one count of trafficking illegal drugs and seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance.Rachel Finzi began seeing Feder after she became depressed over the health of her boyfriend who had been severley injured...

• Two F-15 Fighter Jets Collide Over Gulf of Mexico

  Jenny Albano | February 20, 2008 11:32 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A F-15C Fighter Pilot has died after a mid-air collision on Wednesday, February 20. The other pilot is in good condition at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital in Florida. The pilots ejected over the Gulf of Mexico and were later rescued.The planes crashed off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, just south of Tyndall Air Force Base and the planes were F-15C Eagles single-seaters so the two pilots...

• $156,000,000 Verdict Against Terrorists Thrown Out

  Seth Miles | December 31, 2007 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit overturned a $156,000,000 verdict against the terrorist organization, Hamas. The case stemmed from David Boim, a 17-year-old student, being gunned down in 1996 while waiting with other students at a bus stop in Beit El, on the West Bank. The Court said that the judge in the case had failed to require the parents to properly show a link...

• "Judicial Hellholes"

  Seth Miles | December 18, 2007 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Today the American Tort Reform Association ("ATRA") released its list of the top ten "judicial hellholes." South Florida topped the list. News outlets across the country picked up the press release and largely ran it unfiltered. So what was left out?How about a list of some of the members of ATRA? Included in this illustrious list of members are large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and...