Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida, the largest award to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies. ...more

November 19, 2009

More lawsuits are piling up in the wake of the failed Trump Tower Tampa. ...more

November 14, 2009

WestShore Plaza owner may change WestShore Plaza could have a new owner soon. Current owner Glimcher Realty Trust is close to a deal to sell a 60 percent stake in WestShore and one other mall to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $195 million, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. ...more

November 4, 2009

When homeowners vanish amid a foreclosure, neighbors can be left with eyesores: unruly lawns scattered with debris and mold growing on homes and driveways. ...more

November 3, 2009

Roy A. Day has drawn the ire of judges from Florida to Texas to Washington, D.C. ...more

October 24, 2009

Five debt reduction companies left customers in worse financial shape, according to lawsuits filed by the Florida Attorney General's Office. ...more

October 20, 2009

People around the country who used excessive amounts of denture cream are claiming in lawsuits that zinc in the products caused serious nerve damage. ...more

September 18, 2009

Regarding "Slain baby's mom to sue," Metro, July 1: ...more

July 3, 2009

First, please, let this plane flyover issue go! Did it ever occur to any of you, that this poor woman just wanted to know who and why these planes were flying over her house? ...more

June 8, 2009

Liner Notes would like to clarify and correct a few items from previous columns. When Liner Notes wrote that "some veteran rock 'n' roll bands should take a break," it should have read "some veteran rock 'n' roll bands should be taken off life support." ...more

March 27, 2009