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Miami Beach Spends $250,000 to Tell Spring Breakers to Stay Away

(Bloomberg) — Miami Beach has a message for spring breakers: We’re done. Fed up with rowdy college kids doing the sort of things rowdy college kids do in a haze of endorphins, alcohol and other intoxicants, the city has spent …

Elderly Man Fatally Shoots Wife, Self at Florida Assisted Living Facility

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An elderly man fatally shot his wife and then himself at an assisted living facility in Florida, police said Tuesday. Staff at the Addington Place at College Harbor facility found the couple dead in the …

Suspect Interviewed in Shooting of Bills Fan Outside Miami Stadium

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida have interviewed a suspect but no arrests have been made after a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation near Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated …

Delivery Worker’s PTSD Claim Against Five Guys and Maintenance Firm to Go to Jury

A food delivery worker who encountered two weapon-wielding maintenance workers surprised by his presence in a Five Guys hamburger eatery can bring negligence claims against the restaurant and the maintenance company over his mental trauma. The federal district court for …

Target Store Not Liable in Drip-and-Slip Case

A Target store store in Irondequoit, New York is not responsible for an injury claim brought by a customer who slipped and fell on a puddle on the floor because its employees were not aware of the hazard and, even …

Maine Lighthouse Closed After Walkway Collapse That Injured 11

A lighthouse that was the site of a walkway collapse that injured 11 people will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time, according to the group that maintains the structure. The wooden walkway at Doubling Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic …

Man Kills Three in Racially Motivated Shooting at Jacksonville Store

A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three Black people inside a Florida store Saturday in an attack with a clear motive of racial hatred, officials said. The shooting in a Dollar General …

TD Garden Not Liable for Bruins Fan’s Slip-and-Fall

TD Garden’s owner Delaware North and its janitorial service are not liable for the injuries an attendee at a Boston Bruins hockey game suffered when he slipped and fell on the Boston arena’s concourse floor. Alexander Raheb had argued that …

New York Surgeon Gets 36 Months in Jail for Role in $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Scam

A New York-licensed pain management doctor has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District …

Amendment to Florida Tort-Reform Would Grant One-Way Attorney Fees in Some Cases

A sponsor of a far-reaching Florida tort-reform bill warned last week that the measure, unlike previously adopted insurance legislation, is subject to change as it moves through the House and the Senate. On Tuesday, that proved true as the Senate …