“Slip and fall” is a well-known name for a law whose official name is “premises liability.” This law refers to the obligation which owners and inhabitants have to create a safe environment for guests, whether that property is private or commercial....
Between all the snowbirds who come to Florida every fall to get away from the freezing cold, all the vacationers looking to get a taste of sunshine and a warm, salty breeze to go with it, and all the family members visiting their Floridian relatives...
Nobody ever really wants to file a wrongful death suit. After all, if you’re suing someone for a wrongful death, that means that someone very close to you has died. Not only that, it means that a person may have been responsible for your loved one’...
Depending on who you listen to, you may have heard a lot of phrases like “frivolous lawsuits” and “tort reform.” What both phrases imply is that we are a litigious society, ready to sue someone at the drop of a hat (for littering on private property...
Workers’ compensation insurance has been a part of almost every employer’s budget for decades. It’s a simple, no-fault way of dealing with workplace injuries, which were handled with bitter court cases about liability and responsibility before that...
So something terrible has happened: your car has collided with another car, or a coworker has encountered the wrong end of a piece of heavy equipment, or a construction vehicle has dropped something into the middle of the road. Whatever the circums...
Not every lawsuit is created equal, and neither are the lawyers who represent the plaintiffs and defendants who populate the civil law landscape. Some are better at representing a client during the discovery period, while another might be better at...
It seems like a straightforward argument: if a company creates a defective product, and if that product’s defect leads to a physical injury, damaged property, a loss of income, or any of the other reasons why people file civil and personal injury la...
The exploding Samsung phones. The exploding hoverboards. The Volkswagen diesel buyback. The FCA fine and SUV recall. The Takata air bags. It seems like we’ve seen one major, high-profile recall after another over the past two years, and it can b...
It seemed like such a great launch. Fancy ads with a few Super Bowl spots, a long list of things the Samsung Galaxy 7 could do that the iPhone 6 couldn’t, a virtual reality mode, an official IP-code rating that said the phone was dustproof and highl...
If you have put in a claim to receive disability benefits, but it has been denied, chances are you made one of the top three mistakes in the business. They are easy to make, but very hard to fix. Once your application has been put aside for an error,...
When a child is disabled, it is absolutely heartbreaking. The medical bills pile up and all of your dreams go out the window. But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for these families. There are several programs available to help families...
Plastic surgery can be great. It can change something or fix something, making you feel better or function better. There are a lot of reasons why someone might want or need plastic surgery. But what happens when the procedure goes wrong? Let’s take a...
In order to drive in the state of Florida, you must carry Personal Injury Protection insurance. This is to cover yourself in case of an accident and in case you need to recoup some of your medical bills. It is meant to be helpful and allow you to get...
If you have been involved in a car crash, sometimes you won’t know the extent of your injuries until much later. You might think that you are ok because of the adrenaline that is running through your system at the time. Proving that your injury actua...
