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Crew Member Files Lawsuit Against Marc Anthony After Yacht Fire
Marc Anthony’s 120-foot-long Yacht caught fire and went under while at the Island Gardens Marina in Miami. Over 40 emergency responders arrived to put out the blaze but there was nothing that they could do for the ship itself. Their focus was on preventing the fire from spreading to other yachts that were docked…. Read More »
Is Sand Renourishment Causing Beach Accidents?
Each year, coastal territories spend millions of dollars replacing the sand on East Coast beaches. With water levels rising, the need to replace sand is only going to grow. But for at least one man who is now a quadriplegic, sand renourishment may be to blame for the accident that caused his injuries. Twenty-five-year-old… Read More »
Dartmouth Pitcher Settles Lawsuit Against School
Dartmouth pitcher, Colton French, filed a lawsuit against the school after he was seriously injured at practice. According to the lawsuit, it was the first time French ever pitched using the L-shaped net. The net is designed to protect pitchers from hits and is generally used during batting practice. The pitcher lobs a floater… Read More »
Court Rules Truck Company Not Responsible for Poor Repairs
An appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision that the trucking company whose vehicle injured a plaintiff is not responsible for faulty repairs made to the truck. The decision reduced the jury’s verdict award by 75% costing the plaintiff well over $300,000. Tuong Vi Le sued Colonial Freight Systems after a tire detached and… Read More »
Ohio School Bullying Lawsuit Heads to Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case concerning whether educators at DeVeaux Elementary School are responsible for an injury suffered by one of their students. A kindergartner was injured after another student stabbed her in the face with a pencil. According to the lawsuit, teachers and administration were made aware that… Read More »
Starbucks Customer Burned by Hot Water
In a lawsuit eerily reminiscent of another, a Starbucks customer is claiming that she required skin grafts after spilling hot coffee on herself. The original lawsuit, filed in 1992, involved a 79-year-old woman who spilled coffee on herself in McDonald’s. This lawsuit was, in turn, held up as an example of frivolous litigation that… Read More »
Palm Beach School District Files Lawsuit Against JUUL
The Palm Beach County School District has joined the growing number of school districts that have filed lawsuits against the vapor cigarette company JUUL to offset the costs of combating vaping. The lawsuit seeks “direct and consequential” compensation for “economic injuries” suffered as a result of “dealing with the vaping epidemic”. Palm Beach County… Read More »
Ten-Year-Old Injured in Zipline Accident
An outraged mom has filed a lawsuit against Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park and their parent company UATP Management after her son fell from a zipline attraction at his friend’s birthday party. The ride is a zipline-like ride called Sky Rider. According to the plaintiffs, the boy fell out of his harness and… Read More »
Lawsuit Claims FMU Student Was Raped in Dorm
A freshman at Florida Memorial University has filed a lawsuit against the college for negligent security. The woman says that she was sleeping in her dorm room and around 3AM, two males entered her room, woke her up, threatened her with violence if she did not comply with their demands, and one of them… Read More »
Widow Sues After Truck Driver Crushed Beneath Steel Beams
The wife of a truck driver killed in a Florida warehouse has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the warehouse. The truck driver was crushed beneath several steel beams after a stack of steel beams weighing about 7,000 lbs. fell on the trucker after it was unsecured. The trucker was… Read More »