A 44-year-old Florida man faces several charges after waving a gun in a bar and then driving drunk. According to the law enforcement, Allan Joseph Foubister is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, DUI and carrying a concealed weapon. At 11:51 p.m., deputies responded to a distress call from a bar on Palm […]
Penalties for a Driving Under the Influence charge are harsh, unless, of course, you’re a police officer. Back in December of 2007, around 4am, Claudia Costas was driving after picking up some friends who were out clubbing in Ft Lauderdale. Claudia was the designated driver in her ford Explorer heading North on I-95 when she […]
On November 5th a Florida man Luis Lopez, 37 years old got released from a one year jail sentence after a computer glitch. He had only served 3 out of the 12 months he was sentenced to when prison guards informed him of his release had been ordered. Lopez was charged for a Second DUI […]
There are many types of ways to get in trouble driving but some of the worst offenses you can be charges with are DUI Driving under the Influence or DWI Driving While Intoxicated. These charges state that you’ve been caught driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit. Although receiving […]
A south Florida man, who ran to Belize after a DUI arrest and fatal accident, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Police say that James Baker, 67, was driving along I-95 in Boca Raton, FL in June 2008, when his car crashed head-on into an SUV carrying five people, one of the passengers died […]
Administrative law — Attorney’s fees and costs — Florida Equal Access to Justice Act — Party prevailing on administrative complaint filed by state — Error to enter order denying petition for attorney’s fees and costs before time had expired for evidentiary hearing on petition — State statute clearly provides for evidentiary hearing, unlike federal statute […]
Contracts — Non-competition covenant — Jurisdiction — Non-residents — Action by plaintiff who purchased defendants’ business assets and then entered into employment agreement with them, alleging defendants breached agreement by competing with plaintiff under a new name — Forum selection clause cannot operate as sole basis for Florida to exercise personal jurisdiction over non-resident defendant […]
Workers’ compensation — Change in treating physician — Where employer/carrier did not respond to claimant’s request for change in treating physician within five days of receipt of request, but claimant never selected an alternative physician, and acquiesced in employer/carrier’s selection of an alternative physician by attending several appointments with the alternative physician, judge of compensation […]
Criminal law — Driving under influence — Search and seizure — Blood draw — Search warrant used to obtain defendant’s blood was not issued or executed in manner which was violative of Florida’s search warrant statute as set forth in Chapter 933 — Blood is property which, when infused with excessive or unlawful amount of […]
Criminal law — Sentencing — Correction — Accused who accepted the advantages of a bartered plea bargain to a drug offender probationary sentence couldn’t attack his negotiated sentence years after as illegal — though court couldn’t have validly imposed drug offender probationary sentence on accused after conviction, it wasn’t illegal for court to permit accused […]
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