A Miami federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the case filed by former Cuban General Rafael del Pino against several prominent Spanish language media personalties and Brigade 2506. The Bay of Pigs Association (Brigade 2506), its president Félix Ismael Rodríguez and Univisión Communications were excluded on Wednesday from the civil action by U.S. District Judge Ursula...Read More
BY ELAINE DE VALLE AND JAY WEAVER A Miami-Dade County jury Thursday ordered Ford Motor Company to pay a $15.4 million award to a young girl who suffered paralysis and severe brain damage in a rollover van accident during her fam- ily’s trip to Disney World two years ago. Mary “Phoebe’’ Jimenez, 12, and her...Read More
BY ELINOR J. BRECHER Wherever a Florida “pregnant chad’’ labors, it seems there’s a lawyer standing by to deliver. Florida hasn’t endured an esquire invasion of such magnitude since the last American Bar Associa- tion convention at Disney World in August 1996.If it feels like the state’s post-election frenzy has sucked in all 972,900 American...Read More
BY IVETTE M. YEE Angry residents in Northwest Dade have had enough of blasting. Citizens Against Blasting, a group of more than 200 homeowners, announced Wednesday that it will file a class action lawsuit against Rinker Materials Corp. and six other companies over the effects of blasting limestone in Northwest Miami-Dade County to produce building...Read More
