Tampa Bay Times

Hillsborough transit chief departs, taking $88,000 with her

Summary: The chief executive of the public transit agency serving the Tampa area stepped down Tuesday afternoon, ending a two-and-a-half year tenure that culminated in a monthslong investigation into her leadership.

Full Article
Fox13 Tampa

HART board votes to part ways with CEO following investigation into her conduct

Summary: The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority's CEO is out of a job after the agency's board of directors voted Tuesday to part ways with Adelee Le Grand following an investigation into her conduct.

Full Article
Your Sun

ShorePoint faces lawsuit over closure

Summary: ShorePoint Health Venice and Community Health Systems Inc., its parent company, are the defendants in a lawsuit alleging a violation of federal law in the closure of the hospital.

Full Article
fla-ambulance-co-law-360-logo

Technician Hits Internet Provider With On-Call Wage Suit

Summary: A field technician accused the telecom firm and internet service provider Level 3 Communications of requiring workers to spend 24 hours per day on call without adequate overtime compensation.

Full Article
TCA

Trulieve unlawful background checks $60,500 class action lawsuit settlement

Summary: In April of 2019, Logan Lyttle applied to work at Trulieve. However, Trulieve refused to hire him based on information it obtained from his background check. Check Out Our Summary.

Full Article
NAPA Case

Excessive Fee Suit Treads Familiar, New Ground(s)

Summary: The fiduciaries of yet another multi-billion dollar 401(k) have been sued for an alleged breach of its fiduciary duty.

Full Article
fla-ambulance-co-law-360-logo

Enterprise Can't Shake WARN Act Liability Over Virus Layoffs

Summary: Law360 is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage to make sure all members of the legal community have accurate information in this time of uncertainty and change.

Full Article
Federal judge certifies class action lawsuit against Laser Spine Institute

Federal judge certifies class action lawsuit against Laser Spine Institute

Summary: The plaintiffs allege that Laser Spine Institute did not provide proper notification to its employees of its abrupt closure.

Full Article
tampa-largest-amb-cision-logo

Tampa's Largest Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Filed by Berger & Montague and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa for $5.5 Million

Summary: Berger & Montague, P.C. and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A. of Tampa are pleased to announce that AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare), agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by both firms on behalf of their client. The lawsuit alleges that AmeriCare defrauded the government by billing Medicare for thousands of medically unnecessary services.

Full Article
ABC WXJB 20 news logo

Whistleblowers Case Against Gainesville Eye Physicians

Summary: Whistleblowers Case Against Gainesville Eye Physicians: Gainesville Eye Physicians is being named in a complaint citing fraud against elderly patients.

Full Article