Courts

Miami taxpayers have ponied up nearly $500,000 in legal fees to defend a personal lawsuit against a city commissioner.

Federal appeals court rejects an effort to loosen jurisdictional standards of the Libertad Act of 1996.

Federal lawsuit alleges wrongful mortgage foreclosures on the part of two major banks.

The Miami-Dade state attorney has dropped battery charges in the case of “The Slap Heard ‘Round the County.”

A lawsuit alleges that pastor David Stocker spent church funds to fund his affair with a congregant.

Alleging that an employee at a Coral Springs financial agency embezzled $3 million of his money, the Yankees reliever seeks a trial in Broward.

Executives suggested the team needed to change their accents to “sound more ‘refined,’ ‘upscale,’ and ‘ritzy.'”

LaToya Ratlieff was struck by a rubber bullet during a protest following George Floyd’s murder in June 2020.

The recipient, a former client, says she tried to do the right thing – to no avail.

A judge declined to grant an injunction to halt the race, saying residents’ concerns about potential hearing damage are speculative.

What started as a dispute between two “Aquaticats” at Fort Lauderdale’s Wreck Bar is now an invasion of privacy suit against the Broward County Sheriff and one of his officers.

Defense attorneys retort that the Surfside mayor is a “predator landlord” who took advantage of a Ukrainian businesswoman who speaks English as a second language.

An appellate court has ruled that Bill Fuller can sue Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo for $10 million.

Three transgender activists say they were humiliated and subjected to genital inspections in jail.

The woman alleges she was raped during a yacht party at the home of Sean Combs in December 2020.

The firing stemmed from a 2021 COVID curfew-defying party where City Commissioner Alex de la Portilla was present.

Kendall residents have asked a judge to overturn Miami Dade County’s rezoning of the disused Calusa golf course.

Royal Caribbean passengers were touring the White Island volcano when it erupted in December 2019.

A civil suit calls out Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu for failing to take action when he learned of the allegations.

A judge’s ruling concerning punitive damages in the FIU bridge collapse might foreshadow the trajectory of Surfside lawsuits.

A defamation suit against Group 1 commission candidate Kristen Rosen Gonzalez has been settled.

A lawsuit has been filed in the March 2021 death of a four-year-old boy after a private plane crashed into the SUV his mother was driving.