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• Landlords Take Initiative to Prevent Crime

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Small towns and villages to taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of its citizens by requiring landlords to attend a mandatory crime seminar. The Crime Free Housing Program is designed to help residents, owners and managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.Under the program, all landlords, not only of multi-family rental units but...

• Family Awarded $2 Million in Unsolved Negligent Security Case

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of former University of Miami football player, Bryan Pata, will receive a $2 million settlement from the apartment complex in which the shooting death occurred. Pata had returned to his Kendall apartment on November 7, parked in his designated space and began walking toward his door when he was shot and killed. ''It was totally dark,'' said Haggard, of Haggard Law Firm in Coral...

• Plane Crash Off Fort Lauderdale

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last weekend was a sad weekend for the families of five men who were killed in a plane crash 17 miles off shore from Fort Lauderdale. After taking off at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, the 1965 Piper Aztec leveled off at 4,500 feet. It was immediately engulfed in stormy conditions and flew into the area of a "level 4" thunderstorm, likely containing severe turbulence, the report said. In little more...

• Miami Negligent Security Lawsuit Filed Against Houston's Restaurant

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last Tuesday, the family of Bradley Timpf filed a negligent security lawsuit against the owners of Houston's restaurant in North Miami Beach. Dr. Bradley Timpf was found shot in the parking lot of Houston's Restaurant at 17455 Biscayne Blvd. at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. The shooting has not been solved.The lawsuit alleges that, on the night of the shooting, the restaurant had inadequate lighting...

• Issue of Negligent Security in Virginia Tech Tragedy

  Staff Writer | April 19, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  I don't think there is a media outlet that hasn't covered the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech early this week. The outpouring of support touched us all for those students and professors that were brutally shot and killed. What I found particularly interesting was the investigation that has been launched by the governor of Virginia (at the request of Virginia Tech) to look into...

• Zelnorm Recall

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The popular drug used to treat irritable bowel syndrome, Zelnorm, was pulled from the market Friday by Novartis, the drug's manufacturer. Zelnorm has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, and the FDA recommended Novartis recall the drug.It was the second drug recall in two days. Pergolide, a Parkinson's medicine originally sold by Eli Lilly as Permax and now in generic...

• Crane probe puts blame on steel base, source says

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  An unusual steel base probably caused a 210-foot tower crane to collapse in Bellevue last fall, killing a man, according to a source familiar with the state investigation. Investigators have determined that operator error was not a factor.The Seatle Times reported today that the state Department of Labor and Industries examined several other possible factors in the Nov. 16 accident including...

• Court says legal father, not biological dad, should sue on behalf of dead son's estate

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the biological father of a boy who was shot and killed by a Delray Beach police officer has no right to sue on behalf of the 16-year-old's estate, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.In affirming an earlier ruling that Kenneth Miller should be considered Jerrod Miller's legal father, the court also took a swipe at...

• Landlords on guard as lawsuit hits trial

  Staff Writer | January 29, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of a woman who was killed at Bridgeport Apartments wants to hold the property owner liable.RALEIGH - The North Raleigh apartment Stephanie Bennett lived in seemed safe to Carmon Bennett, her father.That was five years ago, before his 23-year-old daughter was murdered when her killer either crawled through a bedroom window or walked through her front door, then raped and strangled...

• Congress fails to pass vital pool safety legislation

  Staff Writer | January 21, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Pool Safety - Congress fails to pass vital pool safety legislation.Every year, about 250 children under age 5 drown in America's swimming pools, and 1 of every 5 kids -- nearly 12 million under the age of 15 -- suffer injuries that require medical attention. South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board Comment on the situation.Posted January 6 2007 Every year, about 250 children under age 5...