Polo Club Founder Legally Adopts Longtime Girlfriend
A West Palm Beach millionaire went to extraordinary lengths to protect his assets from a pending lawsuit: he adopted his longtime girlfriend as his legal daughter.
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A West Palm Beach millionaire went to extraordinary lengths to protect his assets from a pending lawsuit: he adopted his longtime girlfriend as his legal daughter.
Six passengers from the doomed Costa Concordia ship have filed a lawsuit against Costa Cruise Lines and Carnival Cruise Lines seeking $460 million in damages.
The Dade County PBA, a union that represents police officers, has filed a lawsuit in response to layoffs ordered by the mayor.
Nearly two dozen former NFL players are suing the league over severe and permanent brain damage they say is linked to concussions suffered on the job.
The widow of a City of Miami firefighter killed in a car crash in April 2010 is angry that no charges will be filed against the driver accused of killing him.
A South Florida hospital is the target of a sex abuse lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a nurse.
Former Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin came to fame in the Anna Nicole Smith case, but it's the settlement of another case involving Seidlin that has thrust his name back into the spotlight.
Former Coral Gables High student Andy Rodriguez may have held the knife in the 2009 stabbing death of fellow student Juan Carlos Rivera, but Miami-Dade taxpayers will pay the price, after the district reached a $1.875 million settlement in a negligence settlement filed by the murdered student's mother.
Courts, lawmakers, and Governor Rick Scott are all arguing about the right of Florida physicians to ask patients about access to guns. CBS4 Investigates a tragic case where one widow believes a simple question could have saved her husband's life.
Two South Florida women have filed lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Miami, claiming they were fired for reporting suspected child abuse by a Catholic school principal.
Florida Governor Rick Scott will not appeal a court ruling that scuttled the administration's plans to privatize prisons in South Florida.
A South Florida mother is suing a local hospital surrounding the birth of her child. She claims the hospital did not give her basic care.
Nearly two years after a six-year-old South Florida girl, and three others, were killed in a Thanksgiving Day massacre, the family of the youngest victim has filed a lawsuit.
The parents of a six year old girl killed in the Thanksgiving 2009 shooting spree for which Paul Merhige faces multiple murder charges dropped a bombshell Wednesday when they said they would sue his mother and father. The suit will claim the parents had 'some sense' Mehrige might kill at the family gathering, but did nothing to stop him or warn others.
A Miami small business owner is taking steps to sue the city of Miami after his cigar store is dragged through the mud in the Chief Miguel Exposito City Commission hearing. Jorge Salazar said prior to the hearing his store was a popular hangout for cops, with 30-40 coming through each day.
The Broward County School Board has settled a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Amanda Collette, the 15-year-old girl who was gunned down in the hallway of her Fort Lauderdale high school by a heartbroken classmate.
A Miami man says he suffered blindness in one eye after being injected with a contaminated drug, and now he is suing.
A Connecticut casino and a millionaire cable TV network executive of Miami Beach have settled a dispute over a $1.2 million gambling debt, which he had fought in state courts on claims including an illegal loan deal and American Indian tribes' sovereignty.
Hallandale Beach based Rolladen, Inc is facing serious accusations from the State of Florida.
A bankruptcy trustee is suing a Florida jewelry store where convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein spent millions of dollars on bling.
A $28.3 million verdict has been upheld by the Florida Supreme Court after the family of a deceased smoker successfully sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a U.S. visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery after a computer error.
Dozens of people mistakenly told they had won the U.S. visa lottery are seeking to halt a follow-up July 15 drawing until their case is heard.
Despite a lawsuit from the Florida Education Association and countless other public worker unions, Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 2100 into law, meaning all government employees to contribute 3 percent of their salaries to the Florida Retirement System.
Dozens of people who were mistakenly told they'd won a spot to apply for a U.S. visa through the annual visa lottery system are suing the U.S. government.
The U.S.'s strategy regarding Cuba has divided opinions in South Florida, with some saying the people need the aid and others arguing any help will only benefit the regime.
The reprimand also stated Nixon violated House rules for speaking on the floor and promoting "public confidence in the integrity and independence of the House and of the Legislature."
Cuba's national energy grid has suffered a major failure, cutting power to the island's eastern provinces.
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The U.S.'s strategy regarding Cuba has divided opinions in South Florida, with some saying the people need the aid and others arguing any help will only benefit the regime.
The reprimand also stated Nixon violated House rules for speaking on the floor and promoting "public confidence in the integrity and independence of the House and of the Legislature."
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.