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September 2, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA, Fla.- Pat Frank, the current Hillsborough County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, has sued her daughter, Hillary Frank Aubin, following a lengthy family-owned business dispute that began after the 2016 death of Pat Frank’s daughter, Stacy C. Frank.…
Read More Clerk of Court Pat Frank Loses One Daughter, Sues Another in Family Business Feud
September 2, 2020 By: Deborah Childress LAKELAND, Fla. – A lawsuit filed on August 26, 2020, by Plaintiff, Jane Doe, alleges what is another case of sexual assault by a Hand and Stone licensed massage therapist. The alleged incident occurred at 4750 South Florida Avenue…
Read More Hand and Stone Lakeland Sued For Sexual Assualt
August 30, 2020 By: Deborah Childress VALRICO, Fla. – A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Valrico couple William and Kyong E. Laslo who once resided at 2803 Bloomingdale Avenue. It tells the story of how an alleged, faultily designed and improperly maintained stormwater…
Read More $150,000 of Damage, Harrowing Valrico Lawsuit Hurled at Hillsborough County
August 13, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA, Fla- A discrimination lawsuit has been filed by a former patient care technician employed by Florida Health Science Center, Inc., doing business as Tampa General Hospital. Desiree Pitts, the Plaintiff, alleges she was fired because of her race as…
Read More Tampa General Hospital Defendant in Discrimination Lawsuit
August 1, 2020 By: Deborah Childress GIBSONTON, Fla. – A Gibsonton couple is traumatized from the disappearance of their deceased newborn son’s body while in the care of St. Joseph’s Hospital-North. They have filed a lawsuit of alleged negligence and malice against the Baycare Health…
Read More Newborn Baby Dies at St. Joe’s North, Hospital Loses the Body
July 29, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA, Fla. – The gripping, national story of a former local teacher’s secret videotaping of Bloomingdale High School students has progressed with a new lawsuit filed by one of the scandal’s victims. On June 26, 2020, attorneys for a…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board Sued in Sex Tape Quagmire
July 9, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA, Fla. – In the midst of the City of Tampa’s newly-established face mask Executive Order and its subsequent enhancements and clarifications, a Tampa attorney has filed suit against a giant health and wellness retailer with one count of…
Read More GNC in Tampa Sued for Face Mask Whistleblower Retaliation
May 21, 2020 By: Deborah Childress On May 14, 2020, two separate lawsuits were filed against Solaris Healthcare Plant City, LLC and affiliated parties “Solaris Healthcare Properties, LLC,” “Solaris Foundation, Inc.,” “Solaris Clinical Consulting, LLC,” “Solaris Administrative Services, LLC,” “National Health Investors, Inc.,” National Health…
Read More Wrongful Death and Rape Lawsuits Hit Solaris Healthcare Plant City
May 11, 2020 By: Deborah Childress It’s a case of when “cease and desist” doesn’t work. In an intellectual trademark lawsuit filed with the Hillsborough County Clerk of Court on April 27, 2020, a story emerges of two competing retail beauty suppliers. It is rife…
Read More Tampa Bay Alleged Retail Scandal, Forces Lawsuit