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An appeals court overturned the negligence conviction of a Florida police officer who in 2016 shot at an unarmed autistic man and hit his caregiver.

MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Royal Caribbean Cruises might yet shrink a $20 million verdict against it in a lawsuit brought by an employee whose hand was crushed in a door and subsequently complained of chronic pain but has since been filmed using it to perform everyday activities. That’s because the Miami trial judge, Reemberto Diaz, failed to properly consider the company’s arguments that the verdict was totally out of line with other cases alleging similar injuries and was the result of un...

Historic Opa-locka City Hall An appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the financially troubled city of Opa-locka overbilled customers for water use. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a circuit judge’s “certification” of a class of customers who contend they were overbilled. “The plaintiffs seeking to represent the overbilled class have ... demonstrated their standing to maintain class certification by show...

The skin off my forearm. >> i just couldnt believe my head. i was shocked. >> it is not often in a capital case you get six alibi witnesses putting your client somewhere is. one is, did the lawyer not put those on? >> i have never wanted to hit another human being, physically attack another human being like i did that day with eric hendon. >> the jury responded to hendons strategy by returning guilty verdicts for two first degree murders. they would also vote whether or not to recommend the deat...

Tino geddes said that kris had asked him to make up an alibi. and the detective said kris tried to cover up the crime during his interrogation. when the case was finally turned over to the defense, hendons judgment would again come into question. >> eric said to me that if he didnt call any witnesses he would have two shots at the jury in closing argument. i said to him, but youre not going to do that. ive got all these witnesses. youre not going to do that. he didnt answer me. >> eric hendons d...

He would cross examen hendon. >> he was over his head and needed help in a case of this magnitude. and kris has suffered the consequences as a result of his lawyers errors. >> but hendon needed to admit under oath that he made mistakes and when ben asked him why he didnt present kris alibis, he told the court, it appeared to me that these were alibi witnesses who had been sought out. it seemed all too convenient. in other words, hendon didnt believe any of kris alibis. >> how is one lawyer going...

Tune for kris lawyer to call for a mistrial. with the new trial, hendon would know the prosecutions arguments ahead of time. without a new trial, the judge replacing mousey could face deciding a death sentence without hearing all the evidence. >> i wanted a new trial. but hendons advice was not to ask for a mistrial. >> he said they would just go on with the trial because he felt they made headway and they had a good jury. >> why would they do this? >> probably the main motivation was he was on ...

For a mistrial. with the new trial, hendon would know the prosecutions arguments ahead of time. without a new trial, the judge replacing mousey could face deciding a death sentence without hearing all the evidence. >> i wanted a new trial, the advice was, not to ask for a mistrial. >> he said they would just go on with the trial because he felt they made headway and they had a good jury. >> why would they do this? >> probably the main motivation was he was on a set fee. and youre going to have t...

The skin off my forearm. >> i just couldnt believe my head. i was shocked. >> it is not often in a capital case you get six alibi witnesses putting your client somewhere is. one is, did the lawyer not put those on? >> i have never wanted to hit another human being, physically attack another human being like i did that day with eric hendon. >> the jury responded to hendons strategy by returning guilty verdicts for two first degree murders. they would also vote whether or not to recommend the deat...

And would cross examine hen don. >> he needed help in a case of this magnitude. and kris has suffered the consequences as a result of his lawyers errors. >> but hendon needed to admit under oath that he made mistakes and when ben asked him why he didnt present kris alibis, he told the court, it appeared to me that these were alibi witnesses who had been sought out. it seemed all too convenient. in other words, hendon didnt believe any of kris alibis. >> how is a judge going to be the witness to ...