Retired Miami cruise ship injury lawyer Jerrold Wingate and former associate Peter Sotolongo have been ordered to return almost $450,000 in fees collected under a secret deal after Wingate withdrew from dozens of personal injury cases amid bribery allegations. The secret fee arrangements arose after Royal Caribbean alleged that Wingate employees were paying off cruise line investigators in exchange for inside information about confidential settlement terms that were being considered by the company's lawyers.
April 02, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Retired Miami cruise ship injury lawyer Jerrold Wingate and former associate Peter Sotolongo have been ordered to return almost $450,000 in fees collected under a secret deal after Wingate withdrew from dozens of personal injury cases amid bribery allegations.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Herbert Stettin, who supervised Wingate’s complex withdrawal, became aware of the agreement in January and held a contempt hearing.
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