Law

Judge Nixes Woman’s $39M Award, Orders Retrial In Tobacco Case

An ailing former smoker’s $39 million judgment against Big Tobacco was reversed Wednesday.

CBS4–2012/12/13

Zoreta Snell, filed a $5.7 million lawsuit and won, claiming the owners of a gas station did nothing to protect her son and others at the car wash and gas station. (Source: CBS4)

$5.7M Awarded To Family Of Man Killed At Car Wash

More than three years after Trinard Snell was shot and killed at a Liberty City car wash, the owners of the gas station that paid the 24-year-old employee will be paying his family as well.

CBS4–2012/12/11

Photo from the underpass where the accident occurred. (Credit: CBS 4 Miami / Joseph Escobar)

3rd Passenger Dies After Deadly MIA Bus Crash

A third person has died from their injuries after the bus they were riding in slammed into a concrete overhang at Miami International Airport.

CBS4–2012/12/10

Two Lawsuits Filed Against Driver, Bus Company In Deadly MIA Bus Crash

Two lawsuits have been filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the bus driver and bus company involved in the deadly crash at Miami International Airport.

CBS4–2012/12/07

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that investors cannot hold the SEC responsible for failing to expose Bernard Madoff's epic Ponzi scheme. (Source: AP)

Fla. High Court: Either Driver Can Cause A Rear-End Crash

Two rulings by the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday could give a legal boost to drivers who slam into the back side of vehicles.

CBS4–2012/11/21

Openly Gay Miami-Dade Judge Nominated As Federal Judge

William L. Thomas, an openly gay Miami-Dade judge, was nominated Wednesday as a federal judge in South Florida.

CBS4–2012/11/14

State’s High Court Takes Up Law Licenses For Illegal Immigrants

Should an illegal immigrant be able to practice law in Florida. That’s the issue before the state’s highest court in the case of Jose Godinez-Samperio who came to the U.S. from Mexico at age 9. He graduated from college, earned a law degree and passed the Florida Bar.

2012/10/02