SEBRING — A Sebring resident has filed a lawsuit against a doctor who she said drugged her and performed an emergency appendectomy without her permission. Mollie A. George and her husband, Lawrence, filed paperwork at the Highlands County Courthouse last Thursday, seeking damages exceeding $15,000, against Dr. Kevin Meyer. The suit alleges that on or about Sept. 12, 2006, Mollie was experiencing abdominal pains and went to the emergency room at Highlands Regional Medical Center (HRMC), when Meyer allegedly advised her that she had appendicitis and required surgery. The suit goes on to say that at the time, Mollie was competent enough to make a decision regarding her medical care and was legally within her rights to decline treatment. ...more

January 29, 2008

A lawsuit alleges that a rental company failed to obtain proof of insurance before loaning a car that wound up in a fatal crash. ...more

January 15, 2008

A South Tampa couple says a cracked stormwater pipe near the foundation of their home has left their house uninhabitable and the city should be held responsible. ...more

January 6, 2008

SEBRING — Less than a month after a fellow co-defendant received a three-year prison sentence, Joseph D. Cook, 22, of Avon Park, was sentenced Monday to five years of probation after pleading guilty to charges of attempted burglary and criminal mischief. ...more

December 18, 2007

An attorney for a Tampa police officer faced with a temporary restraining order defended the officer's decision to detain two teenagers with a Taser. ...more

October 12, 2007