Archives
South Florida Sun-Sentinel – Class-action status OK’d in claim BJ’s collects excessive sales tax (May 31, 2017)
By Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. May 31, 2017
By Ron Hurtibise A lawsuit alleging that B.J.’s Wholesale Club is charging excessive sales tax can proceed as a class action, meaning it could benefit all members paying the tax, a judge has ruled. The suit was filed in 2015 by a Miami-Dade County woman, Laura Bugliaro, who said she …
Moving Into a Nursing Home? You Will Soon Have More Rights
By Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. October 10, 2016
By Aimee Picchi Finding a long-term care facility can be a stressful process. Among the issues to consider are not only the cost and quality of care, but what recourse you have if something goes wrong. Until now, some long-term care facilities have included arbitration clauses in the contracts that …
Will Dispute Lead to Potential Prison Time for Multimillionaire’s Widower?
By Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. July 25, 2016
by Celia Ampel A South Florida multimillionaire’s widower could face prison time after taking control of assets left to his stepsons and then leaving the country in defiance of court orders. Victor Moskalenko’s actions were the most “disturbing and troubling” behavior Broward Circuit Judge Mark Speiser had seen in his …
Where did nursing home patient’s $2 million go? Son says he knows — and sues
By Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. July 6, 2016
By Carli Teproff Over a span of more than five years, staff members of a Northeast Miami-Dade nursing home managed to bilk a former client out of more than $2 million, an attorney representing the man’s son claimed in a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. Zachary Ziskin, on behalf …