SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A South Florida family is filling a lawsuit against Miami-Dade County and a security surveillance company for failing to keep their loved one safe. Twenty-five-year-old Casanova Atwater was gunned down in the parking lot of a housing community in South Miami-Dade in March. The shooting occurred just feet away from a security camera, but investigators said, the camera was not working. The low-income community of Goulds' Arthur Mays Villas had a state-of-the-art security system with 22 cameras installed less than two years ago at taxpayer expense. "At least we would have had some justice of finding out who did this to my child," said Patricia Atwater. "You put up all of these cameras, but nobody can see nothing; your cameras don't work at all." Read … [Read more...]
ACLU sues Florida school board over gay-straight club
By Bradenton Herald Staff -- OCALA -- The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Florida school board Wednesday, claiming its delay in allowing the formation of a gay-straight alliance club at a middle school is a violation of free speech and equal access. The ACLU filed the lawsuit against the School Board of Lake County in federal court in Ocala. Efforts by eighth-grader Bayli Silbertstein to Read more … [Read more...]
True the Vote Files Lawsuit in Florida
By KURT HYDE -- True the Vote announced the filing of a lawsuit for public access to election records in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. In a prepared statement available on the organization’s website, True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht explained steps that have been taken by True the Vote volunteers to audit the results of the controversial contest between then-incumbent Congressman Allen West and challenger Patrick Murphy. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida, is based in part on Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, commonly known as the Motor Voter Act. The complaint filed with the court says: Under Section 8 of the NVRA, election officials “shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make available for public inspection and, where available, photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the … [Read more...]
Commission OKs conflict-resolution proceedings with Brevard school district
By DAVE BERMAN, Florida Today -- Brevard County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to start conflict-resolution proceedings with the school district in an attempt to halt the closing of three local schools. Commissioners felt the Brevard School Board did not follow proper procedures in deciding to close three schools: Clearlake Middle, Gardendale Elementary and South Lake Elementary. The commission earlier fell one vote short of authorizing county legal staff file a lawsuit asking a judge to approve an injunction that would halt the closing process. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130219/NEWS01/130219009/Brevard-commissioners-OK-lawsuit-keep-schools-from-closing … [Read more...]
New lawsuit alleges Carnival Triumph was ‘floating hell’
By PAUL BRINKMAN, South Florida Business Journal -- Just one day after the Carnival Triumphfinally landed, Texas resident Cassie Terry filed suit in federal court in Miami. The suit alleges negligence, misrepresentation, breach of contract and fraud on the part of Carnival Cruise Lines. “Plaintiff feared for her life and safety, under constant threat of contracting serious illness by the raw sewage filling the Vessel, and suffering actual or some bodily injury,” the lawsuit states. http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/2013/02/new-lawsuit-alleges-carnival-triumph.html … [Read more...]
