negligence - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:04:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Men’s acquittal in deadly boat explosion appealed https://bahamascourtnews.com/mens-acquittal-in-deadly-boat-explosion-appealed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mens-acquittal-in-deadly-boat-explosion-appealed Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:00:25 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5761 NASSAU- Two men accused of causing a deadly tour boat explosion through negligence could face a second trial, if the Court of Appeal allows an appeal against their acquittal. The DPP’s Office has appealed a judge’s decision to direct a jury to acquit Four C’s Adventures founder Clayton Patterson Smith and his captain Roderick Watson […]

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]]> Court orders bank to refund client $27.5k https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-orders-bank-to-refund-client-27-5k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-orders-bank-to-refund-client-27-5k Mon, 03 May 2021 12:58:18 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3750 NASSAU- A Supreme Court judge has ordered Scotiabank to refund a ZNS anchor $27,500 that was stolen from her savings account. Macushla Pinder sued the bank after it refused to return the money, although police investigators concluded that she was likely the victim of a skimming scam. The 17 disputed withdrawals were made at automated […]

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]]> Court tosses hotel guest’s slip and fall suit https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-tosses-hotel-guests-slip-and-fall-suit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-tosses-hotel-guests-slip-and-fall-suit Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:15:00 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=3574 NASSAU- A woman has lost a lawsuit against Resorts World Bimini after she injured her knee in a fall on a wet floor. Jobina Bain, a manager at the National Insurance Board, claimed that the property was at fault in the July 27, 2016 incident. By contrast, the property argued that the fall occurred because […]

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]]> Court finds negligence in officer’s shooting https://bahamascourtnews.com/court-finds-negligence-in-officers-shooting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-finds-negligence-in-officers-shooting Sat, 01 Feb 2020 17:03:02 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=522 NASSAU-The government is responsible for a a 2011 “ friendly fire” shooting of a police officer, a judge has found. On August 16, Corporal Darren Rutherford was shot in the shoulder by Constable Daniel Ford while executing a search warrant on a home at McCullough Corner East allegedly occupied by a robbery suspect armed with […]

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