If your loved one is killed in any type of accident, you may have a claim for wrongful death in Florida. Wrongful death is essentially any death that is caused by the intentional, reckless or negligent act of another person. Most wrongful death actions are the result of a car accident, dangerous drug or defective … Read more
People slip and fall all the time. And, that’s okay, as long as they don’t slip and fall while on your property. Whether you own a small or large business, you’re always at risk of litigation. We live in a litigious society. People who suffer the most minor of injuries are ready to sue whoever … Read more
Slip and fall accidents can happen without any warning, leaving you injured and worried about the medical bills you now have to pay. When you are involved in these types of accidents, it is best to work with a Boca Raton personal injury lawyer. But before you present your case to a personal injury attorney, … Read more
Value Jet Flight 592. In 1996 the jet airliner crashed in the Everglades ten minutes after takeoff from Miami. 110 passengers and crew aboard were killed. This was without a doubt Florida’s most horrific aviation disaster. Not the only one, unfortunately. In December 2005, a Chalk’s Ocean Airways seaplane crashed off Miami Beach. The plane’s … Read more
On June 27th, 2019 an Ohio jury awarded a woman $3 million for injuries she sustained when she tripped and fell on a casino floor. There’s nothing especially startling about that, as far as it goes. Nonetheless, the story made national news. There’s a twist, of course. The woman had tripped over a WET FLOOR … Read more
Car accidents can damage more than our bank accounts. After a serious injury, people may lose the ability to spend time doing what they love. Playing with their children, for example. Or being a good companion to a spouse or life partner. Thus, the physical pain due to the accident is made so much worse … Read more
The State of Florida, contrary to some opinions, doesn’t encourage lawsuits over personal injuries. Nonetheless, these are still the most common type of lawsuit in Florida, by far. Even though about 95% of personal injury claims settle out of court, the courts’ caseloads are heavy. They’d be even heavier without personal injury thresholds. Florida’s so-called … Read more
Motorcycles are involved in just under 4% of all vehicle accidents but account for nearly 15% of fatalities. More than 95% of riders involved in a crash sustain an injury of some kind, with roughly half of these severe injuries. There’s no mystery in this. Cars envelop passengers in a protective barrier. Motorcycles don’t. Florida’s … Read more
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are about 9 million ER visits annually for children’s accidental injuries. About 12,000 of these injuries prove fatal. Kids being kids, sometimes their injuries are an inescapable outcome of living a normal life, nobody’s fault. But in some cases, negligence is what led to the accident, … Read more
If you’ve been injured on public property, you need to be aware that pressing a personal injury claim will be different in certain ways from the process you’d go through for a claim against a private owner. It used to be that governments couldn’t be sued at all, but that “sovereign immunity” doctrine began to … Read more
