February 21, 2012
A couple of recent developments in the news have led to increased scrutiny in the field of personal injury law. Each story deals with a separate area of personal injury law, and thus the approach to each issue must be different. The first one that we will discuss is the avalanche that occurred over the weekend in the state of Washington, resulting in the death of 3 people, including experienced skiers.
The avalanche occurred in Skykomish, Washington on Sunday, where about a dozen veteran skiers were enjoying the slopes on a certain part of the mountain. The sudden avalanche struck…
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February 17, 2012
We’d like to take this time to share with you some of the recent goings-on in the world of personal injury law. There are always new cases being tried, new verdicts being handed down, and new fines being imposed. It’s a good idea to be kept abreast of these developments in order to know what you can expect should you ever be involved in a similar case. People say, “the law never changes”—well, we have a couple of issues with that statement.
First of all, the law does change. Frequently. New legislators pass new laws. That’s why we vote for…
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February 15, 2012
There’s little in life that’s more terrifying and costly than being involved in an auto accident, no matter how small or big it may seem. Many questions swirl around the event. They include, how did this happen? and Whose fault is it? and Who is going to cover the damage? All of these questions are entirely valid—and all of them deserve answers!
So, let’s look at all of the questions. The first two questions, more often than not, go hand-in-hand. Assuming that the person who caused the accident didn’t flee the scene, you can determine how the accident occurred and…
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February 14, 2012
Often times, when people hear of a “personal injury” lawyer, or a “personal injury” lawsuit, the first thing that comes to mind is a car crash or a slip and fall. That’s not necessarily a false belief — car accidents and slip and falls do constitute a great deal of personal injury cases. But why is that? Sure, there are a lot of cars on the road, and sure there are many people going in and out of different homes and stores where the opportunity for slipping, and falling, is not scarce to say the least. But another reason that…
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February 9, 2012
Despite certain state legislators’ efforts to place restricting limitations on the juries of the state in relation to this issue, multiple, beneficial settlements and verdicts in personal injury cases have been reached in Florida over the past year. These cases have helped set the precedent moving forward that serious personal injury cases need to be taken care of — if push comes to shove — in the courts. While tort reform continues to be a hotly discussed issue, both on the local and national scale, we’d like to take a look at some of the notable jury verdicts and settlements…
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February 7, 2012
“Nursing home abuse.” Those three words don’t belong anywhere near each other, let alone as the sole components of a phrase. However, whether we would like to acknowledge it or not, our loved ones in nursing homes are faced with the prospect of being abused (and it happens much more than we’d like to think). There might not be anything more upsetting than learning about the abuse of a trusting, helpless, indefensible senior at the hands of their so-called “caretakers.” We put our loved ones in nursing homes so that they can receive the care and attention that they need…
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February 2, 2012
Two days ago, registered Republicans up and down the state of Florida(hopefully) went to their respective polling places and cast their ballots for the candidate they think is best suited to go head-to-head with President Barack Obama in November. Florida is a winner-take-all state, and Mitt Romney was the only one basking in the sun. The breakdown of the results is as follows: Mitt Romney took 46.4% of the vote, Newt Gingrich took 31.9%, Rick Santorum took 13.4% and Ron Paul took a disappointing 7%. Additionally, 1.3% of Republican votes chose to cast their votes for “another” candidate (either one of the…
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January 31, 2012
Several other bodies have been recovered off the coast of Italy in the aftermath of the cruise ship case that grabbed headlines across the globe. There are still fifteen people who are missing (but generally believed to be dead, unless they’ve managed to survive two and a half weeks submerged in water). So, what’s been going on outside of the search and rescue efforts? Well, a lot.
The owner of the cruise line that was operating the Costa Concordia, Carnival Corp., a Miami-based company, has offered $14,500 to the uninjured survivors of the cruise ship crash. Make a note that…
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This past weekend, on I-75 outside of Gainesville, there was a horrific, multi-car accident that resulted in multiple fatalities and numerous injuries. The awful crash, that has claimed ten lives thus far, took place early Sunday and is being blamed on “low visibility” by investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board. In addition to the ten people killed, eighteen others were hospitalized.
Conditions were so awful that rescue workers had to locate victims by their screams – the fog was so thick that nobody could see anything; not the drivers who crashed fatally and not the rescuers who searched frantically…
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January 26, 2012
Everything in the world is advancing. From the tools doctors use to the cars we drive – to the apps personal injury lawyers use! In an ever-advancing world, it’s critical that our profession – just like any other – maintains a sense of progression with relation to technology. This decade has been largely characterized by Apple’s takeover of the mobile world. From their Macbook laptops to their iPhones to their iPads, they’ve reconfigured the way people do business.
Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything. Want to go to a good Indian restaurant tonight? There’s an app for…
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