A 26-year-old Coconut Creek woman was killed on Thursday in a Broward County, Florida car accident. Amanda Smith was ejected from the Jeep she was a passenger in after the vehicle collided with a Lighthouse Point police cruiser. Smith was not using a seat belt at the time of the…
The parents of Paul Merhige have filed a countersuit blaming the people that are suing them for Jupiter, Florida wrongful death damages. Merhige is the man who fatally shot family members at a gathering on Thanksgiving Day 2009. While the hosts of the event, Muriel and Jim Sitton and Antoine…
The family of Robert Champion is getting ready to file a Florida wrongful death lawsuit against Florida A & M University. The 26-year-old student and marching band member died earlier this month from what is believed to be a hazing incident. Following Champion’s death, the marching band director, Julian White,…
The family of Othon Cortes has filed a Miami wrongful death lawsuit against American Airlines. They believe that the 73-year-old died last May because he ate contaminated chicken while on a flight going from Barcelona, Spain to New York. Cortes’ daughter Sandra and widow Rachel say that the food contained…
Keith Gorski, a West Palm Beach police officer, is expected to survive the serious injuries he sustained in a Palm Beach County motorcycle crash on Wednesday. Gorski suffered multiple injuries, including several broken bones, when a car struck his bike. According to police, Gorski was trying to stop a speeding…
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly bullied by other students at Ramblewood Middle School has filed a Coral Springs personal injury lawsuit on her daughter’s behalf against the Broward County School District. Randi Vanderheyden claims that school officials not only failed to give the adolescent a safe…
A Miami Garden’s woman almost died after someone claiming to be a doctor injected her buttock with a mixture of mineral oil, cement, and Super Glue last year. The concoction was supposed to give the patient a butt lift but instead almost killed her. The victim went to three hospitals…
The family of Juan Carlos Rivera has settled their Coral Gables wrongful death lawsuit with the Miami-Dade School Board. A fellow student fatally stabbed Rivera in 2009. Rivera and another student, Andy Rodriguez, reportedly bumped elbows and that was when the two Coral Gables Senior High students got into a…
Even though state law puts a medical malpractice non-economic damages, the Florida Supreme Court has determined that the $10.3M Palm Beach medical malpractice verdict in Harvey Raphael’s Florida wrongful death case can stand. However, the court didn’t rule directly on the Raphael verdict. Instead, it referred to a decision it…
Our Miami personal injury lawyers represent children and adults in South Florida seeking to recover damages for injuries they sustained as a result of sexual abuse. We know how devastating injuries from sexual assault and molestation can be for the victims, and we are sensitive to our clients’ situations while…