Zenaida “Sandy” Martinez filed a complaint against the city of Lantana, Fla., in 2021, arguing excessive fines After a lower court rejected the case, Martinez appealed to the Supreme Court of Florida ...

What price should someone pay for three minor code violations? For Sandy Martinez of Lantana, Florida, the answer is: over $165,000, plus interest, a sum so high that selling her house would be ...

"Cities shouldn't be allowed to wreck lives over trivial violations," Sandy Martinez said. The Florida Supreme Court has ended a years-long legal battle, declining to review a homeowner’s case ...

A working single mother and homeowner in the town of Lantana, Florida has faced daily $250 fines for over a year simply because one of the four cars that belong to her other members of her family end ...