The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday, when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. ...more

July 30, 2008

About 90 percent of them deal with civil matters. The rest are criminal. People he has served include everyone from wrestlers to disc jockeys. ...more

July 26, 2008

CORY LAKE ISLES - The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. If the CDD board approves the new budget in August, homeowners would be faced with a $1,106 increase in next year's assessments. ...more

July 24, 2008

A Valrico woman arrested in June on multiple charges of grand theft, fraud, forgery and probation violations now faces a civil lawsuit. ...more

July 21, 2008

Lawyers William Winters and Marc Yonker - famous locally for ads on billboards, phone books and Web sites - must pay their former employer more than $1.7 million for stealing his clients, a judge ruled Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA - Lawyers William Winters and Marc Yonker – famous locally for ads on billboards, phone books and Web sites – must pay their former employer more than $1.7 million for stealing his clients, a judge ruled today. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units are on the scene at 4502 Golfwood Blvd. for a gas leak in a vacant house. First responders reported the building had experienced an explosion but no fire was seen, according to a news release. ...more

July 9, 2008

The contentious battle between the owners of a popular downtown restaurant and their former landlord ended in a settlement last week. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - A car drove through the front of an Einstein Bros. Bagels Friday morning in Tampa. ...more

July 4, 2008

TAMPA - A lawyer who claims two of his associates stole clients and case files when they left to start their own firm was awarded nearly $1 million from a jury on Monday. ...more

July 2, 2008