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A Broward judge stood by his decision Monday to find a top administrator not guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of nursing home residents who perished in intense heat at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills after it lost power to its air-conditioning system due to Hurricane Irma in 2017. The decision ends any possibility that someone will be held criminally liable for the dozen tragic deaths. Broward Circuit Judge John J. Murphy III issued his ruling on Friday, days after prosecutors finished presenting their negligence case against Jorge Carballo, 65, was charged in nine of the 12 d...

A Florida judge rejected a prosecutor's impassioned plea Monday, saying he would not reconsider his acquittal of a nursing home administrator in the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility's air conditioning in 2017.

A Florida judge upheld his decision to acquit nursing home administrator Jorge Carballo of manslaughter in overheating deaths during Hurricane Irma.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A Florida judge rejected a prosecutor's impassioned plea Monday, saying he would not reconsider his acquittal ...

Circuit Judge John J. Murphy III agreed with the defense that prosecutors had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Jorge Carballo had acted with reckless disregard for human life or had demonstrated conscious indifference to his patients’ safety.