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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 unfair juror passion, an appeals court has ruled. Diaz simply stated that he believed in the jury’s ...

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 showing that a case or controversy exists between the plaintiffs and the city regarding alleged overbill...

The skin off my forearm. >> i just couldn't 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 hendon's strategy by returning guilty verdicts for two first degree murders. they would also vote whether or not to recommend the death penalty and with florida being the only state where a simple majority is needed in sentencing, t...

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, hendon's judgment would again come into question. >> eric said to me that if he didn't call any witnesses he would have two shots at the jury in closing argument. i said to him, but you're not going to do that. i've got all these witnesses. you're not going to do that. he didn't answer me. >> eric hendon's defense case for kris would consist of only nine words. >> eric stood up and said, "your honor...