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2015
$447,000:City of Miami Contract Violation
When the City of Miami changed its job promotion process for police officers seeking to advance to the rank of sergeant in 1994, they changed the way the officers were assessed. The new testing procedure included a defective oral board assessment that failed to adequately measure the job skills of…
26
2015
K-Mart Distributor Found Guilty of Breach of Contract
Miami, Florida, October 6, 2005 – A Miami jury awarded FABRICA DE TEJIDOS LA BELLOTA, S.A. (La Bellota), $1.5 million in damages for breach of contract. The jury found that Body Rags, a distributor of K-Mart, had breached its contract with La Bellota when they ordered bath towels for distribution…
26
2015
$1.65 Million: “Whistle Blower” Case
In December 1997, the Miami police officer who blew the whistle on quotas that discriminated against African-Americans was finally compensated. The compensation came in the form of a $ 1.65 million jury verdict after a week-long trial, during Ervin A. Gonzalez presented evidence that Officer Jesus Del Rio was unfairly…
26
2015
$1 Million: Insurance Co./Bad Faith
An elderly Cuban couple who have lived in America for 15 years each wanted to be sure the other was taken care of if something should happen to one of them. Their daughter was an insurance agent, so 70-year-old Enrique Otero and 67-year-old Hilda Otero asked her to help them…
26
2015
$1.5 Million Landmark Verdict in Pathologist Case
Partner Ervin A. Gonzalez represented Florida Pathology Services in a “landmark case” for the nation’s health plans. He argued, and a jury agreed, that the Health Options plan from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida withheld payments to pathologists for several years. There are several similar lawsuits currently in…