It’s Friday again, which means yet another exciting story coming to you straight from Florida. This story comes from Crestview, population slightly over 22,000. A woman and her apparent ex-boyfriend got into an argument, which resulted in an atypical reaction–he stole her grandfather’s ashes. Holding the cremation urn for ransom, the man refused to handRead more
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The claimant’s bar tossed what it believed was a live ‘attorneys fee’ grenade to the first District — but instead of holding it, the Court quickly tossed it over to the Supreme Court where it will either prove itself a dud, or explode: we’re holding our breath! Castellanos vs. Next Door Company Case No. 1D12-3639Read more
It’s safe to say that Florida has been notoriously known for its sometimes bizarre antics. It seems like more often than not, whenever you hear something on the news that is just too crazy to believe, chances are it took place in Florida. Instead of trying to dispel these off-the-wall stories, we’ve decided to embraceRead more
Join us this month by donating to the MKRS Law team – “Motion to Find a Cure” as we participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month all throughout October. Just click here or on our MKRS Law pink icon above to support the cause.Read more
South Florida’s Daily Business Review featured one of our Senior Equity Partners, H. George Kagan, in its latest issue. The article focuses on the recent news regarding Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg with commentary from Mr. Kagan. You can check out the entire article here.Read more
Please welcome Carrie E. McAliley, who focuses her practice in Workers’ Compensation Defense in our Broward office location. She has been working on behalf of employers and insured’s in the area of workers’ compensation since 2004 and also has experience handling general civil litigation, personal injury protection and real estate law. Carrie received her JurisRead more
Please welcome Carrie E. McAliley, who focuses her practice in Workers’ Compensation Defense in our Broward office location. She has been working on behalf of employers and insured’s in the area of workers’ compensation since 2004 and also has experience handling general civil litigation, personal injury protection and real estate law. Carrie received her JurisRead more
In the September issue of MKRS Law’s Case Law Updates, we review the following: Carroso v. State Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. v. Spiessbach Covell v. Cracker Barrel Old Country, Inc. and CCMSI Fleming v. Swisher International, Inc./Broadspire Kemper Insurance Group Martin v. Code Enforcement, City of JacksonvilleRead more
For this month’s spotlight, we are featuring Associate Attorney, Cristina Linares-Obeso. Get to know Cristina below, and check back next month for another spotlight! Hometown: Hialeah, Fl. Favorite sports team: Boston Red Sox Favorite movie: Amadeus Favorite legal term: “Sustained” First job: Line worker at a factory. Random fact: I have no hidden talents. Three words to describe you: Driven, Gregarious,Read more
An MKRS Law Analysis: Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg, Part II All right, the 104 week ‘cap’ is constitutional: now what? Following our initial bulletin yesterday, here is “the rest of the story.” What do we actually do now? As a preview, there may be some “be careful what you wished for” inRead more