eptions, anemic lost
eptions, anemic lost
lots In downtown Miami- one 12
storim tall, the other 1O stories—are
purchased for $21 million. 410
BANKING/FINANCE BOCA RATON BANK ACQUIRED
Valley National Bancorp has agreed to buy Boca Raton-based
1st United Bancorp In a $312 million stock swap. All
B/E AEROSPACE STOCK SOARS
B/E Aerospace, the Wellington-based maker
of airplane seats that Is entertaining acquisition options,
could see offers up to $14O a share, or almost 22
times profit. A14
PUBLIC NOTICES & THE COURTS
Publk notiabi, court information and business kads, including
foreclosures, bid notices and court calendars. B1
" ,,fiiciPsorpn
Awnis-Dadkurpwdru argl
I;irletli'4'IPPc"fTraxlW,41kie areaktiusinessReviaist.CisAtif'
nevesp,.rcrs;
at riorithiPublicNotica.com •
- • '
Should you have delivery questions,
call 1.877.256.2472
Postmaster: Send address changes to Daily Business Review,
PO Box 010589, Miami, FL 33101.
Published daily liettclay *mug, FrIdax a' legal babdays by AIM Properries.UC,
324 taturaSr— Sute legWest Palm beedull 33401, (561)820-2060.
02014 ALµ tally Stakes Review CUSPS 4301180) f6SN 0tiSiell7to) Pat, Beech
SubScrIptIon Rat= °serer (b1)Issuis•bat 0ndd4wlarilsmaremd
5429clustandscantodiroupatesivabblikNngleavindin-$2.8actlwes when avaliatte OWF)-$6.Ptiockals ponage pid at Pam Beach FL
Xtlf trusser
• aACA ALAS GoW3
250 S AUSTRAELES AVE STE 1460
WEST PAM REAM Et 33401 5016
267943 h2vrnislopuwx‘umauebingesrotiteouslin. sbmourupurs.,eftumflu
NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY FEES
Radio veterans
file suit over
awards program
Fort Lauderdale-based Radio Dogs
Inc. claims it came up with the idea for
the illeartRadio Music Awards back in
1991. The original show, called the Radio
Music Awards„ aired from
1999 to 2005 and were
hosted by Ryan Seacrest on
three networks and spon-
sored by Clear Channel
Communications Inc. The
ceremony was .revived this
year. sider a diarging lieu.
Radio Dogs, consisting of seanert Searcy Denney partners
three South Florida radio Christian Searcy and Jack
veterans, the trademark infringe" Scuola are the parties attempt-
ment lawsuit April 29 in Fort Lauderdale kg to reopen the ease, which
federal court. settled for $1O.75 million.
The
SEE AWARDS PAGE AS Brody family objected
TROPICAL TRANSFERS
Russian buyer purchases
Golden Beach mansion
See Page A9 Firm's attempt to collect
rejected by appeals court to that move,
but Broward
Circuit • Judge
An attempt by a West Palm John Murphy Ill
Beach law firm to collect fees allowed It The
in the case of a young man family appealed
who was severely injured by a to the Fourth
Broward sheriff's deputy has District Court of
been rejected on appeal $Appeal
Nine years after a Broward • Brody was a
Circuit Court jury awarded Eric high school se-
Brody $31 million and six years Mot ba 1998 driv-
after the trial court entered final ing to a part-time
judgment, attorneys with Searcy, job when his car
Denney. Scuola, Barnhart & was T-boried by
Shipley sought to reopen the a sheriff's deputy
case to have the trial court con- doing 70 mph in
Scarola a 45 mph zone.
He was left permanently brain-
damaged and disabled.
The award was reduced In a
settlement to a little over a third
of the original amount
SEE FEES, PAGE A4
EFTA01164877
SLIVER LAW
GROUP stiaRionAtoN-sURG4T3O14 Securities
and
Investment Fraud
Lawyers FINRA
Arbitration Federal
or
State
Court
Litigation 11780
West
Sample
Road Coral
Springs,
FL
33065 954.755.4799 Toll
Free:
855.755.4799 ssilvert“ilverlaw.com
In
2012,
Gov.
RickScott
signed
a claims bill
approving
payment
for
Brody's
care: living
expenses
tr
and
vocational
training. The
le'
bills
were
hotly
contested and
died
in
several
sessions.
• Lance
Block,
who
has
no
direct
role in
the
appeal.
is
a Tallahassee
attorney formerly
with
Searcy
Denney
who
rep-resented
the
Brodys
at
trial.
He
had
no comment
on
the
decision. Block
represented
the
family
on
its collections
efforts.
Block
told
the
Miami Herald
in
2012
that
he
agreed
with
law-makers'
objections
to
paying
settlement fees,
including
$1
million
that
Searcy Denney
paid
a
lobbyist
to
work
on Brody's
boar "I'd
rather
save
Eric
the
$1
million: Block
told
the
Herald.
"I
can
walk.
I can uoipaps
Lint
:swg9
atµ
Jo
son uotstma
HMO
ttiVold
Po
1 Pno0
terlPrit
glueAsta
esrl
efiPnt uotslitI0
vitro
'eppoid
40 lincO
leY
31Pnr telooS
ue8014
ukonboer
BOW
i uoisIAKI
PI0
lePliolA
10 lit
10
0
11=10 leloPnr
UlueneB
',puma
pieuoy
apPnr et4
Non
40 96911
00
AllsieNufl leuogewsqui
eppoid
turetioid
AostooApv
1 ;epj
8411
0 10:4093
1C1
'tpgws
lliosseP
id eptkou
eta
io
luep!seid
lauuod
pus
ogauog ouuewossmi
le
Jeuped
'ouuswossna
uetuleH
I ViNkBPS
ie
Jeulied
PUB
1 eppoid
841
10 10013-WaPisaid
impept
u9datiti
1 S.13113Wid 1 I
FROM
PAGE
Al FEES:
Firm
wants
court
to
consider
charging
lien the
clients
attorney
—formerly
a mem-ber
of
the
firm
—and
others
in
which it
alleges
counts
to
impress
a lien:
the panel
wrote.
Searcy
Denney
filed
suit
in October
2012
against
Brody:
his
par-ents,
Charles
and
Sharon
Brody;
and Block,
a claims
bill
specialist
according to
Broward
court
records. Daniel
Rosenthal
and
David
Spector at
Akerman
in
West
Palm
Beach
repre-sented
the
Brodys.
J. Michael
Burman
of Reid
Burman
in
West
Palm
Beach
han-dled
the
appeal
for
Searcy
Denney.
The attorneys
had
no
comment
by
deadline. The
Broward
Sheriffs
Office
is
listed as
the
respondent
on
the
court
opinion but
is not
involved
in
latest
litigation. Adolfo
Pesquera
can
be
reached
at
(954) 468-2616. talk,
I can
get
tip
and
work
every
dep—end
Eric
can't.
I'd
rather
see
him
get
the $1
million
than
ft go
to
some
West
Palm Beach
law
firm
that
didn't
do
any
work on
the
case! In
the
unsigned
opinion
Wednesday, Judges
Carole
Taylor,
Melanie
May
and Burton
Conner
noted
the
charging
lien NMS
filed
more
than
two
years
after
juris-diction
of
the
case
ended
with
finaljudg-meat,
"and
there
was
no
reservation
of jurisdiction
in
that
judgment
to
entertain fees:The
court
acknowledged
equitable circumstances
existed
that
warranted jurisdiction
and
said
Searcy
Denney
al-reliready
has
as
adequate
avenue
to
seek ef. 'The
firm
has
already
commenced
a separate,
new
action
against
the
clients, uoipaias
Ainf
794
esuisoD ..-st-1,-%
in
crmanai
au
EFTA01164878