Thomas W. Paradise and Lauren Stone (Hollywood, FL) (Appeal/Governmental Law) obtained Final Summary Judgment in the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Plaintiff, Sebastian McCall, was a 20-year-old spectator who attended a basketball game at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida on January 12, 2013. The basketball game was against Deerfield Beach High School,… Read More
Digennaro v. Malgrat, et. al.
Gaelan Jones and Dirk M. Smits (Islamorada, FL) (Governmental Law) with assistance from Hunter O’Conner, obtained a Dismissal Without Prejudice on behalf of all Monroe County School Board Defendants in the matter of Digennaro v. Malgrat, et. al. Bianca Digennaro sued the School Board, the City of Key West and several individual school officials and… Read More
Summary Judgment obtained in alleged sexual abuse claim
Tom Paradise (Hollywood, FL) (Governmental Law) obtained a Summary Judgment ruling in favor of the Defendant in a case involving the alleged sexual abuse over a two year period of a minor female student by her school coach. The student brought a lawsuit alleging negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision and negligent infliction of emotional… Read More
Jane Doe No. 53 et. al. v. The School Board of Monroe County, Florida
Dirk M. Smits, Esq. and Scott C. Black, Esq. (Florida Keys) (Government/Education – Title IX) won summary judgment on behalf of The School Board of Monroe County, Florida in Federal District Court in the Southern District of Florida. This high-profile claim was reported and followed in local newspapers, concerned allegations by a former elementary school… Read More
Plaintiff v Nassau County School Board
Len Hackett (North Florida/Jacksonville) (Governmental) obtained a judgment in favor of the Nassau County School Board after a three-day bench trial. Plaintiff sued the County and the School Board alleging that educational impact fees imposed by the County pursuant to a local ordinance invalid. The trial court upheld the validity of the educational impact fees… Read More