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‘Top 1%’ attorney busted for DUI in Pasco, challenges license suspension on procedural errors

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Matthew Mayne Donaldson, 50, is a lawyer with Carlson, Meissner Hart & Hayslett, serving as lead attorney in the firm’s Spring Hill office. On Oct. 29, 2016, Donaldson was returning from his son’s football game when a Pasco County deputy purportedly saw the attorney’s 2007 Toyota Tundra cross lanes and nearly collide with four or five oncoming vehicles — including a U.S. Postal Service vehicle — before swerving off the road. After failing sobriety exercises and declining a breath-alcohol test,…

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Cuban Club, insurer face-off over $1.9M water damage claim

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A Texas insurer is taking Ybor City’s venerable Cuban Club to court over the disposition of a nearly $2 million insurance claim dating back to 2014. Built in 1917, the Cuban Club is the successor to the original clubhouse of “El Circulo Cubano,” a mutual-aid society originally created as a gathering place for Cuban immigrant cigar workers. In Oct. 2014, Cuban Club Foundation Inc., doing business as Cuban Club, filed an insurance claim with United Specialty Insurance Company to cover…

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Poker championship winners accuse Tampa Bay Downs of running Ponzi scheme

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John Ott, a Tampa resident and district sales manager at Performance Foodservice, is also a professional poker player. Tampa Bay Downs, which began as a horse track for gamblers, now offers poker in its Silks Poker Room. Ott considers Silks as his “home” club. For years, Silks was one of the clubs across the U.S. holding tournaments for the Player’s Poker Championship, a Pompano Beach-based poker tour. The Silks competition was intended to be a “feeder” event, leading to the PPC Poker Tour…

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Seminole tae kwon do instructor in jail for child molestation faces first lawsuit

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A tae kwon do instructor accused in 2016 of multiple child molestations over a period of years faces his first lawsuit in Pinellas County Circuit Court. In early 2016, Andrew Jin Kim, an instructor at Oh’s Taekwondo in Seminole, was arrested and charged with molesting two female students, aged 6 and 7. Shortly after, WFLA reported that a third child came forward to accuse Kim, now 24, of molestation. Detectives said, Kim, a native of Illinois, worked at the dojo…

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Largo biker claims he is illegally in jail for attempted murder

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An alleged member of a Pasco County outlaw motorcycle gang, in jail for a 2015 attempted murder, is asking the court to free him, claiming unconstitutional imprisonment and excessive bail. Largo resident Joseph O’Donnell is a 42-year-old New York native currently at the Pinellas County Jail awaiting trial. O’Donnell, a day laborer for Labor Ready, was arrested Dec. 23, 2015, on charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault and tampering with physical evidence. In a Jan. 4, 2017 petition for…

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Philanthropist Kiran Patel embroiled in downtown Tampa ownership dispute

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After spending $13 million, a local investment company is suing over a block in downtown Tampa with a disputed ownership that includes well-known philanthropist Kiran Patel. Incorporated in 2006, 3MT Investments is owned by Jugal K. “Jay” Taneja, a 73-year-old Tampa developer and health care and pharmaceutical executive. Among other roles, Taneja has served as chair of Largo-based GeoPharma. In addition, 3MT is the manager of Fuel Group, a co-defendant in the action, whose registered agent is listed as Jugal Taneja.…

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Suit claims barbecue at Vinoy made conference attendees sick

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A conference last year at the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club resulted in nearly 20 people falling ill, according to a lawsuit filed in Pinellas County Circuit Court. In April 2013, Swarovski, a privately-held Austrian company known for premium crystals, jewelry and other accessories, held a conference at the Vinoy, the historic, 361-room hotel located on the St. Petersburg waterfront. Managed by Marriott, the hotel is owned by Texas-based FelCor Lodging Trust. Judy Beauparlant, who flew in…

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