Insurers to Waive Right to Dismiss Claims in Malaysia Airlines Crash Private Insurance Claims Could Total Tens of Millions of Dollars By JAKE MAXWELL WATTS, CELINE FERNANDEZ and ROBERT WALL A growing number of insurance companies are promising to waive their right to dismiss claims on the private insurance policies of passengers and crew of […]
Law360, Miami (August 21, 2014, 8:21 PM ET)–A Florida federal judge on Thursday became the fifth judge in the state to declare Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional in two suits brought by gay couples who want Florida to recognize their out-of-state marriages and want to marry in the state. U.S. District Judge Robert L. […]
Over 50 attorneys across the nation applied and 10 were chosen. Miami, FL – August 2014 – Peter Prieto, partner at Miami‐based litigation boutique Podhurst Orseck, will serve on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the General Motors defective ignition switch multi‐district litigation. He is one of 10 attorneys from across the nation who were chosen […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Recorders from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 carry detailed information about the moments before it was shot down over Ukraine, but experts say the information is unlikely to explain why it went down. A plane’s cockpit-voice recorder and flight-data recorder are crucial to any investigation because they offer the pilots’ unique perspective […]
Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review July 21, 2015 Miami attorney Steve Marks has represented victims in many of the biggest plane crashes of the past 25 years. As co-managing partner of Podhurst Orseck, Marks has won hundreds of millions of dollars for those who lost loved ones in crashes such as SilkAir Flight 185 and […]
By Y.Peter Kang Law360, Los Angeles (July 8, 2015, 8:45 PM ET) –TheTampa Bay Buccaneersremoved to Florida federal court Tuesday a $20 million suit brought by former placekicker Lawrence Tynes, who claims the National Football League team’s negligence in keeping clean facilities led to his contracting a career-ending staph infection The team said federal jurisdiction […]
It won’t surprise many who know him that Aaron Podhurst went to college on a basketball scholarship. His 6-foot-2-inch frame and broad shoulders have been a familiar sight in Florida courtrooms for 54 years. What many may not know is that he started college with the goal of becoming an engineer. The Sputnik era pushed […]
By Dani Kass Law360, New York (June 23, 2015, 5:18 PM ET) — Four class members in an approved $228 million settlement between Bank of America NA and a group of homeowners accusing the bank of inflating their premiums for force-placed insurance and receiving kickbacks from the insurance company on Monday dismissed their objections in […]
Law360, New York — Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid is a partner at Podhurst Orseck PA, in Miami. Much of his practice involves personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases with a focus on catastrophic injuries, mass torts and aviation litigation. He is experienced in multi-district litigation and serves on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Three weeks after EgpytAir Flight 804 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea, safety investigators hope they soon find wreckage showing whether a mechanical flaw or crew mistake — or terrorism — downed one of the most widely used planes worldwide. Although initial speculation pointed to terrorism that brought down the Airbus A320, […]
