Miscellaneous

• $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...

• "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...

• NBC Sued for $105 million Due to Man's Death

  Jenny Albano | July 24, 2007 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The sister of a man who killed himself after being targeted by the show "To Catch a Predator" as a suspected pedophile is suing NBC Universal for $105 million.Louis William Conradt, a former U.S. state prosecutor, killed himself in November 2006 after police and camera crews came to his home for NBC's Dateline Program "To Catch a Predator". The show, which involves Dateline and Internet...

• Social Security Income Disability Benefits

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  If you are disabled in a way that prevents you from doing the work you did previously, you may be entitled to Social Security Income (SSI) Disability benefits. This also may apply if your injury or disability prevents you from doing other jobs for 1 year or more. Keep in mind that if you are receiving Social Security Income (SSI) Disability Benefits and you leave the country for more than 30...

• Crown Princess' New Cruise Liner Hamilton "Lists" Injuring Up To 50 Passengers

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Cruise Ship's Steering Malfunctions, Injuring Dozens:The new Crown Princess cruise liner Hamilton listed (nearly 45 degress according to passenger Ryan Slater) in a cruise ship accident in the Atlantic Ocean off Port Canveral Florida today. Two persons were injured critically, ten persons were injured seriously, and another 30 or 40 persons experienced a range of injuries, but no deaths have...

• Passenger's Family Sues Chalk's Airline

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Kendrick Sherman of Bimini filed a lawsuit against Chalk's Ocean Airways in Miami-Dade Cicuit Court Tuesday, alleging Chalk's knew of corrosion in the wings of their aging planes as early as ten years ago, according to the Sun Sentinel yesterday. Chalk's has been financially challenged over the past few years (which may mean the planes have been poorly maintained), but plaintiffs in the case...

• Lost At Sea - Missing Persons on Cruises

  Staff Writer | December 30, 2005 2:38 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL

  Earlier this month, Cruise industry executives from Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises testified to a congressional committee regarding the disappearance of passengers from cruises. Statistics about the number of people who go missing on cruises are finally beginning to come to light. As frightening as this is, disappearance from a cruise is unlikely, as these cruise lines admit...

• Final Body Found in Miami Beach Seaplane Crash

  Staff Writer | December 23, 2005 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A boater found the 20th and final body of a passenger that was on the ill-fated Chalk's sea plane flight earlier this week. The body was not identified but authorities confirmed it was a passenger aboard the flight bound for Bimini. Federal Investigators have found stress cracks in the wings of the nearly 60 year-old airplane and speculate that these may have been the cause of the wing...

• Cracked Wing To Blame In Chalk's Plane Crash

  Staff Writer | December 21, 2005 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  NTSB investigators found a crack in the right wing of the Chalk's Airways plane that crashed off South Beach Monday. Classified as a "fatigue crack," the NTSB's acting chairman said that the plane's age could have been a factor. However he did note older planes may safely fly if they are properly maintained. Chalks' Airways Flight 101 was 58 years old. Below are some pictures provided by the...

• Chalk's Plane Crash Investigation Begins

  Staff Writer | December 20, 2005 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Of the 20 people aboard Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101, which went down in a firey crash off South Beach Monday, at least 19 were killed. That's how many bodies had been found by 5:30 Monday afternoon. Officials say that they cannot confirm all 20 passengers were killed until they recover all 20 bodies. The NTSB investigators expected to raise the plane's remains early Today.''We want to...