Monthly Archives: June 2021
Lawsuit Filed In Tallahassee Over Wastewater Leak
A lawsuit has been filed against the State of Florida after a Piney Point wastewater leak that required the evacuation of hundreds of residents after 215 million gallons of wastewater poured into Tampa Bay. Conservation groups say that the government and Florida’s environmental regulators ignored warning signs and allowed the leak to happen. Florida’s… Read More »
Paramedic Negligence Lawsuit Heads To Legislature
The law is often a winding path filled with several forks. Even those who have committed their lives to the study of the law will never understand the full breadth of it. It was created over generations by thousands of hands all working together though they never met one another. One concept under the… Read More »
Mother Files Lawsuit Against Seattle Public Schools For Caging Her Son
A Florida mother who claims that her child was put into a cage and mocked by the other children has filed a lawsuit against Seattle public schools saying that they violated his civil rights and intentionally inflicted emotional distress. The lawsuit accuses the school district of forcibly restraining him in a cage, discriminating against… Read More »
Personal Injury Lawsuit Could Go To Supreme Court
Company A hired a motor carrier Company B to deliver to haul Costco shipments. Company B provided the logistics, but one of their drivers lost control of his truck on an icy Nevada highway. The truck slid and crashed into another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle was left a quadriplegic because of the… Read More »
President Of “We Build The Wall” Facing Federal Charges
The president of a political action group known as “We Build the Wall” is facing federal charges related to his income tax filing. Brian G. Kolfage of Miramar Beach, FL is also facing federal charges in New York for fraud and money laundering. He now faces another charge of filing a false tax return… Read More »
More Indictments For Political PAC “We Build The Wall”
“We Build the Wall” was a crowdfunded effort to ensure that Donald Trump’s notorious Mexico-U.S. border wall was built. The wall was never built and now the federal government is saying that funds raised in an effort to secure the border were diverted to the personal coffers of those who managed the fund. One… Read More »
Cyclist Files Lawsuit After Near-Death Experience With Garbage Truck
A tourist visiting a home her family owned near Tampa suffered multiple compound fractures, eight broken ribs, a traumatic brain injury, and a crushed pelvis after an incident with a garbage truck. The driver of the truck never saw her. While garbage truck accidents are rare, they do happen, and they can be confounded… Read More »
Trucker Charged After Crash Killed Three Teens
A Florida trucker is facing three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter after a crash that took the lives of three teens just days before Christmas. Sometimes it is best to let the criminal case against the driver play itself out before any civil jury trial of the personal injury lawsuit filed against the driver… Read More »
LEAD SMELTER INJURY LAWSUIT FILED IN TAMPA
A former lead smelter worker has filed suit against Gopher Resource on behalf of his young son alleging that the company’s dangerous and dusty work environment resulted in the boy being exposed to the neurotoxin. Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of neurotoxins. The consequences have… Read More »