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, […]
by Amanda Bronstad abronstad@alm.com The location and cause of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s disappearance two years ago continues to prove elusive, but that hasn’t stopped plaintiffs lawyers from pursuing novel and, at times conflicting, legal theories in U.S. courts on behalf of the families of the deceased. A federal panel coordinated about 40 lawsuits filed […]
Steven Marks represents the plaintiffs’ view on this important international aviation committee The Legal Advisory Committee to the International Civil Aeronautical Organization (ICAO) recently appointed Podhurst Orseck Managing Partner, Steven Marks. Marks is honored to be appointed to represent the plaintiff’s or victim’s view and is one of only 20 members who span the globe […]
The Miami and Broward Office of the American Jewish Committee announced legal stalwart, Aaron Podhurst, as the 2015 recipient of its Judge Learned Hand Award. The award, considered one of the highest honors given within the legal profession, recognizes the lifetime achievement and dedication to individual rights and democratic values. Podhurst, a founding partner of […]
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal Plaintiffs lawyers praised Takata Corp.’s admission on Tuesday that a defect was causing its airbags to spontaneously rupture, but they insisted that the company still hasn’t gotten to the root of the problem, which they hope to reveal through discovery in more than 100 pending cases. The U.S. […]
By David Morgan and Ben Klayman WASHINGTON/DETROIT, May 19 (Reuters) – Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp is doubling a recall of potentially deadly air bags to nearly 34 million vehicles, creating the largest automotive recall in American history, U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday. The recall involves passenger and driver-side air bag inflators in […]
