By Ken Kaye Staff writer The National Transportation Safety Board says a fuel line component was disconnected before a Dynamic jetliner caught fire last week. AP Photo Federal investigators have discovered a critical fuel line mechanism was disconnected on the Dynamic International Airways jetliner that caught fire Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. In its […]
By Nathan Hale Law360, Miami (October 23, 2015, 7:20 PM ET) — Takata and Honda attacked racketeering claims as part of their arguments Friday in Florida federal court urging dismissal of multidistrict litigation over defective air bags, and pointed along with other automakers to massive recall efforts to repair the millions of faulty components. U.S. […]
10.26.15 Daily Business Review. MDL Judge Hears Takata Air Bag Dismissal Motion
10.15.15 Miami Herald. Family of El Faro crew member files $100 million
By Nathan Hale Law360, Miami (October 06, 2014, 9:54 PM ET) — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to review seven rulings striking same-sex marriage bans in five states, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said that it will ask a federal judge to lift a stay on his decision finding […]
Steve Marks had aviation in his blood. Practicing law wasn’t in his plans. But the two came together and became “an accidental perfect fit.” His grandfather “had the very first concession stand at Miami International Airport when he was 13 years old. He had a wooden shack and sold corned beef sandwiches at the end […]
In the last year, plaintiffs lawyers helped their clients win billions of dollars in awards—in fact, the 100 largest verdicts of 2013 yielded more than $10 billion in recoveries. That sum is likely to be equaled or surpassed in 2014. The ripple effects of these wins reach beyond dollars, with plaintiffs’ efforts helping in many […]
Law360, New York (September 22, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT) — Steven C. Marks is a managing partner at Podhurst Orseck PA in Miami. Marks focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, product liability, aviation litigation, commercial litigation, class actions, medical malpractice, premise liability and admiralty. He has acted as lead counsel, appointed […]
The federal appeals court in Atlanta has decided against jumping into Florida’s red-light-camera logjam, at least for now. A total of 72 Florida cities, towns and counties lost a preliminary round in Miami federal court, where a proposed class action to attack the traffic program is pending. They lost again Aug. 31 in the U.S. […]
By Nathan Hale Law360, Miami — The Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that because it has held sovereign immunity does not protect Florida municipalities and state agencies from being sued, they cannot immediately appeal rulings that reject sovereign immunity as a defense, paving the way for more municipalities to have to face court in federal cases. […]
