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$1M Settlement Reached After Robbery and Shooting Outside Market
An insurance company paid its policy limit after being sued by a man who lost a leg due to blood loss after being shot outside a Fort Lauderdale market. PREMISES LIABILITY BROWARD CIRCUIT COURT A robbery victim who was shot three times and lost a leg reached a $1 million settlement with the owner of

PNC, Fla. Hotel Developers Seek Exit From EB-5 Fraud Suit
PNC Bank and developers of a now-shuttered Miami Beach hotel asked a judge on Wednesday to let them out of a fraud suit by Chinese investors, arguing the investors had failed to tie the bank and the hotel to an alleged scheme to embezzle their EB-5 visa investment money. In a telephone hearing before U.S.

Icon Brickell condo association settles class action suit alleging it charged illegal fees
Under the proposed agreement, anyone who bought or leased a unit since June 27, 2013 will receive up to $360. Anyone who rented or bought a unit at Icon Brickell’s Tower 1 since June 27, 2013 could soon collect up to $360 from the building’s condo association. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey is

Investors Say Hotel Developers Can’t Shake EB-5 Fraud Suit
Chinese investors claiming they were duped into sinking $500,000 apiece into a Florida hotel development project through the EB-5 visa program said the companies behind the project can’t shake their fraud suit. The group of investors told a Florida federal judge Thursday that their allegations against the developers, referred to as the Greystone entities after

Man suing Miami Beach hotel after crook takes Rolls-Royce for alleged joyride
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A man has filed suit against a Miami Beach hotel after, police said, a man was arrested for allegedly duping a valet employee and taking his Rolls-Royce for a joyride around the city. The luxury vehicle was parked at the 1 Hotel South Beach, along the 2300 block of Collins

Man arrested after allegedly stealing over $1M in jewelry from Miami Beach hotel
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Police have arrested a man accused of stealing more than $1 million in high-end jewelry that was inside of a safe at a Miami Beach hotel during Super Bowl weekend. Jordan Shaw, the attorney for celebrity jeweler Eric the Jeweler, said his client brought a collection of high-end jewelry to