By Frank C. Morris, Jr. and Jordan B. Schwartz
An employer’s wellness program—despite certain “penalty” provisions—was recently held not to be discriminatory under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Seff
We all know charities are struggling to stay afloat these days, which means they’re asserting themselves in court to a degree unheard of a generation ago (a topic of frequent discussion on this blog). In the linked-to case
A Miami (Broward County) jury awarded some $20 million to Charles Garrison and his wife in an asbestos case against Union Carbide, Corp. Garrision was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2008 and explained that he never saw any warning labels on
According to the Miami Herald, an outbreak of the diarrhea-causing bacteria shigella two weeks before school starts has prompted the Broward County Health Department to call for preventive action from the public.
“Hopefully in this two-week period before school starts,
The Windstorm Conference is in full swing. I was introduced to an engineer, Bruce Holmes. He told me that he was very upset with his colleagues and others in the insurance industry. He asked if I could refer others
I’ve got a couple issues with this Daily Business Review article:
A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man, who is suing two Broward County doctors for malpractice in a rare case allowing a punitive damages claim contends one of his surgeons
A Broward County Court has approved a class action settlement on behalf of more than 12,000 State Farm Insurance policyholders in Florida who will receive 100 percent of the damages they requested in a $6.8 million settlement of claims filed
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Tonya Alanez reports a blog created to constructively look at Broward judges’ performances on the bench is causing quite a stir.
Attorney Bill Gelin and a few other lawyers launched the Justice Advocacy Association of Broward
A Broward County judge on the shortlist for a promotion to CircuitCourt has repeatedly asked traffic court defendants if they were hereillegally, and in at least one case, turned over an illegal immigrant to lawenforcement.Several Hispanic attorneys and judges questioned
