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• Construction Crane Kills Workers

  Seth Miles | March 26, 2008 2:35 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  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 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  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...