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TAMPA, FL. – The Free Press reported in February that a lawsuit was filed against The Humane Society of Tampa Bay by Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue in St. Petersburg. Jaime McKnight, Pawlicious Poochie’s founder, filed suit to regain custody of a little chihuahua named “Diggity”…
Read More Humane Society Of Tampa Bay Counter Sues Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue For Libel, Slander
German Nino, a former UBS Financial Advisor, has pled guilty in federal court in Miami, Florida to defrauding over $5 million from a family who maintained several accounts at UBS. As part of his change of plea, from about 2012, and continuing to 2020, Nino,…
Read More Ex-UBS Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Florida Family Out Of $5 Million+
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the conviction and 50-year prison sentence of a man who infiltrated girls’ social-media accounts and then demanded that the girls send sexually explicit images to regain access to the accounts. A Miami jury in 2019 convicted Joseph Isaiah Woodson…
Read More Virginia Man Convicted In Florida For ‘Horrors On Young Girls’ Will Stay In Prison
CLEARWATER, FL. – In April 2021, a retired businessman sought help for a broken tooth, but wound up in the hospital for emergency removal of a dental drill bit that fell down his throat. Robert Sessa, 62, retired President of Coastal Alternative Fuel Systems located…
Read More Longtime Clearwater Dentist Sued Twice Recently For Dental Mishaps
After inking $2.4 billion in settlements with prescription drug manufacturers, distributors and retailers, the state is set for a courtroom showdown with Walgreens over the pharmacy giant’s role in the opioid epidemic. A long-awaited trial in the case kicked off Monday morning in Pasco County,…
Read More Walgreens, Florida Square Off In Opioids Trial
On Wednesday, BayCare Health System Inc. and entities that operate four affiliated Florida hospitals, have agreed to pay the United States $20 million to resolve allegations that BayCare violated the False Claims Act by making donations to the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County (JWB)…
Read More Florida BayCare Health System Agree To Pay $20 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Medicaid Donations
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against five public hospital systems and the Miami-Dade County School Board, arguing they are jeopardizing settlements with pharmaceutical-industry companies over the opioid epidemic. Moody’s office filed the lawsuit in Leon County circuit court against the…
Read More Florida AG Moody Sues Hospitals, School Board Over Opioid Cases
In a multimillion-dollar dispute stemming from a traffic accident that badly injured a motorcyclist, a federal appeals court this week revived a Florida lawsuit alleging that an insurer acted in “bad faith” by not reaching agreement on a claim. A panel of the 11th U.S.…
Read More Court Rules Against Geico In ‘Bad Faith’ Florida Motorcycle Crash Claim Dispute
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday in a civil lawsuit that a Jacksonville attorney filed after his conviction was overturned in a high-profile case about alleged illegal gambling at internet cafes. Attorney Kelly Mathis wants the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to…
Read More Court Eyes Lawyer’s Appeal In Illegal Florida Gambling, Internet Cafe Case
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – A debt collector who claimed he wasn’t, lost his lawsuit against a St. Pete resident whose 2013 Chevy Cruze, had been re-possessed and written off by the original lender. Attempting to collect on the old debt, the unregistered debt collector violated…
Read More St. Pete Woman Defeats Debt Collector In Court, Prompts Class-Action Lawsuit