TAMPA - A man suing a former Catholic school regarding sexual abuse he said he suffered can seek punitive damages, a Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge determined. ...more

February 14, 2008

In a 2-1 vote, a panel of judges on Wednesday denied the appeal of an apartment complex that lost a $15.7 million judgment to a former resident who was shot three times in the head and survived. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - In a 2-1 vote, a panel of judges today denied the appeal of an apartment complex that lost a $15.7 million judgment to a former resident who was shot three times in the head and survived. ...more

February 6, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring resident has filed a lawsuit against a doctor who she said drugged her and performed an emergency appendectomy without her permission. Mollie A. George and her husband, Lawrence, filed paperwork at the Highlands County Courthouse last Thursday, seeking damages exceeding $15,000, against Dr. Kevin Meyer. The suit alleges that on or about Sept. 12, 2006, Mollie was experiencing abdominal pains and went to the emergency room at Highlands Regional Medical Center (HRMC), when Meyer allegedly advised her that she had appendicitis and required surgery. The suit goes on to say that at the time, Mollie was competent enough to make a decision regarding her medical care and was legally within her rights to decline treatment. ...more

January 29, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lost a bid to have an appeals court reconsider its decision to allow 2 million current and former female workers sue as a group with sex-bias claims. ...more

December 12, 2007

Wal-Mart is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Tampa man who accuses the company of benefiting from life insurance policies it took out on his late wife and thousands of other rank-and-file employees. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - Wal-Mart is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Tampa man who accuses the company of benefiting from life insurance policies it took out on his late wife and thousands of other rank-and-file employees. ...more

December 5, 2007

ORLANDO - An Orlando jury has ordered Equifax to pay nearly $3 million in the case of a woman who says the company ruined her credit in an identity mix-up. ...more

December 4, 2007

A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. ...more

November 1, 2007

A jury indicated Monday that it believes New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden committed sexual harassment against a former team executive. ...more

October 2, 2007