Former Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius, who returned to Cleveland in 2006 to try to help his beloved Browns win a Super Bowl, is suing the team, the Cleveland Clinic and two team physicians over a staph infection that most likely has ended his NFL career. The suit (pdf), filed Friday in Cuyahoga County Court of…
DetailsJoe Jurevicius reached a settlement last week with the Browns over a staph infection that most likely ended the Browns receiver’s career, the Associated Press reported. The two sides agreed to keep the terms of the settlement confidential, a source said. Jurevicius, a Chardon-area native, filed the suit against the Browns and the Cleveland Clinic…
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Former Browns center LeCharles Bentley, whose playing career ended after complications from staph infection, is suing the Browns for fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Attorney Shannon Polk said today that Bentley has filed suit in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. The case has been assigned to Judge Joseph D. Russo. It asks for in excess…
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Former Pro Bowl center LeCharles Bentley has settled his lawsuit against the Cleveland Browns, the team he signed with before suffering a career-ending knee injury that was complicated by a staph infection. Bentley agreed to an out-of-court settlement after meeting with Browns owner Randy Lerner. Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis confirmed Wednesday that the sides have reached…
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The parties in a contentious lawsuit filed by 80 Stonebridge Towers condominium owners against The K&D Group settled the case for $12 million in cash and other considerations on Wednesday. K&D agreed to pay the money and surrender some property as the two-week trial over the lawsuit was winding down. Lawyers for both sides were…
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Actually he has almost 47 million reasons. Thursday, a jury of six women and two men gave Luri a super-sized award. They deliberated about a day after a 7-day trial. They believed Republic Services Inc. illegally fired Luri because he refused to fire three senior workers at the trash-hauling company’s Cleveland office. Luri thought that would be…
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The Cuyahoga Heights school district is suing to get back more than $4 million that a state audit said was stolen by Joseph Palazzo, the district’s former technology director. The civil suit, filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, targets Palazzo, his brother Dominick and 22 other businesses and individuals. “This is the initial…
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Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. must pay $2 million to a broker who alleged that his company fired him and then damaged his professional reputation, a securities arbitration panel ruled Wednesday. Jeffrey A. Concepcion, 45, a veteran broker and manager for Lincoln Financial Advisors, alleged he was fired after having arranged a business venture on behalf…
DetailsShannon Polk, Andrew Kabat, and Daniel Connell recently prevailed at a FINRA arbitration on behalf of their client, Jeffrey Concepcion, a prominent Cleveland financial advisor, against his former employer, Lincoln Financial Advisors, in the matter of Jeffrey Concepcion v. Lincoln Financial Advisors, et al., FINRA Case No. 08-04833. Mr. Concepcion was terminated from his employment by Lincoln Financial…
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In a federal copyright infringement case filed on behalf of a local newsreporter, Andy Kabat obtained a jury verdict against LFP, Inc. The jury specifically found that Defendants’ Good Faith/Advice of Counsel defense to Plaintiffs’ copyright infringement claim was inapplicable. The federal lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern…
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