What Is a Drowning Accident?
Any family with children that lives near a body of water knows that drowning can happen in an instant. Children in beach areas are often taught how to swim and identify dangerous ocean conditions by [...]
Foundations of a Successful Motorcycle Crash Claim
Mostly because they are completely exposed to danger, a motorcycle rider us twenty-eight times more likely to die in a [...]
Some Ways to Obtain Compensation After a Dog Bite
In 2017, U.S. homeowners insurance companies paid more than $700 million in dog bite claims. That amount has increased 90 [...]
Five Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions
Once upon a time, the doctor-patient relationship was something of a partnership. That’s no longer the case. Today, doctors listen [...]
Gotta Catch ‘Em All
A mere six months after it became available for download, Pokemon Go has earned more than $1 billion. The mobile game reached the magic number faster than either Puzzles & Dragons or Candy Crush. By comparison, Clash Royale, another phenom mobile game from 2016, peaked at just under $600 million [...]
Drugged Driving Negligence Cases In Florida
Because there is no BAC breath test for drug use, and because police officers rarely bother to obtain search warrants for blood draws, almost all drugged driving prosecutions are based on circumstantial evidence. For similar reasons, these cases are more difficult to win in civil court as well, largely because [...]
Rented Vehicles And Third Party Liability
One of the main reasons we file negligence lawsuits is to make the roads safer for everyone, and that is also one of the reasons third party (vicarious) liability is so important. Rented vehicles are a good example. If no one holds Enterprise, U-Haul, and other vehicle lessors responsible when [...]
The Truth About Birth Injuries
Many times, nurses and doctors are completely unprepared for shoulder dystocia, which is one of the leading causes of birth injuries. Even if the baby is too large to normally drop through the mother’s narrow birth canal, the umbilical cord keeps dropping, and it will basically wrap itself around the [...]
Fatigued Driving In Florida
In Orlando alone, 60 percent of drivers admit they have operated a vehicle in the last twelve months even though they knew they were too fatigued to drive safely, and because this figure is self-reported, it is probably vastly understated. Nationwide, fatigue driving causes about one million vehicle collisions a [...]
Understanding Premises Liability Cases
In a previous post, we examined the legal aspects of dog bite claims. But animal attacks are only one rather small component of premises liability law, an area that also includes slip-and-fall injuries, swimming pool drownings, theme park injuries, and even some third-party criminal claims. Duty in Premises Liability Matters [...]
What is the Graves Amendment and What Does It Mean?
Like many other obscure federal laws, the Graves Amendment is completely meaningless unless you are in a certain situation. That situation is a vehicle collision which involves a U-Haul truck, Enterprise car, or other rented vehicle. Typically, when drivers in borrowed vehicles cause crashes, the vehicle owners could be responsible [...]
Breaking Down an Out-of-State Hotel Fall Claim
During the long winter months, a weekend in Florida is a popular getaway. Frequently, hotels do not have adequate staffing to cope with the uptick in business. Other facilities open rooms or wings that are normally closed. This environment often causes serious falls, and the average jury verdict in cases [...]
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