Uber. Lyft. Transportation network companies (TNC). The so-called “ride-sharing” services burst into the lives of Floridians in 2014 and have changed the way we get around. Along with expanded choices in transportation, we’re having to adapt to a new type of personal injury case, those involving ride-sharing vehicles. Injured passengers, drivers, and other injured parties … Read more
Anyone who’s been seriously injured can relate to the feelings of helplessness, of vulnerability, the menacing sense of despair as the medical bills piled up and earned income dwindles. Personal injury attorneys can readily describe the profound sense of relief they see in so many new clients when the contingent fee compensation relationship is explained. … Read more
Personal injury claims by tenants against their landlords are not uncommon in Florida, where about 35% of residents are renters. Landlords, like all property owners, are subject to claims of negligence by any person injured while legitimately on their premises. Florida law (83.51 Landlord’s obligation to maintain premises) goes further, recognizes that a landlord’s duty … 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
Slip and fall claims relate to injuries suffered as a result of slipping (or tripping) on someone else’s property. Such accidents are common, second only to car crashes in terms of emergency room visits. American hospital ERs treat about 1 million slip and fall cases each year. The conditions resulting in slip and fall accidents … Read more
You’ve been rear-ended, with extensive damage to your car. You’re bleeding. The driver who hit you was also injured, and his front end smashed up. A bad day, but the one ray of light is your confidence that it had to be the other driver’s fault. Not so fast. Evidence discovered by the other driver’s … Read more
Doesn’t it seem like lawyers and judges have a language of their own? One that sometimes looks and sounds like English, sometimes doesn’t, but is always strange and hard to understand? That’s because they do. “Legalese” is the unflattering description of it. Legal English has its peculiar vocabulary, structure, and logic. It includes terms from … Read more
At some point soon after being hurt in any kind of accident, a person’s thoughts naturally turn to the matter of being made “whole”. The focus then shifts to the question of fault. If another person or persons are to be held accountable, the matter must be directed through the laws governing personal injury. If … Read more
Slip and fall accidents may seem benign. However, these common accidents can cause serious damage and result in costly medical bills. Broken bones, brain injuries, and spinal injuries are very common with slip and fall accidents. If you have a slip in fall at a store or on someone else’s property, there are a few … Read more
We hear about them all the time in the news. We’ve seen exploding phones and faulty appliances. Even tainted foods and defective vehicles have all graced the front page of papers nationwide, because of concerns for consumer safety. There has been more than 20 major product recalls in 2016 alone. Perhaps most concerning, however, is the rise … Read more
