Aronberg & Aronberg, Personal Injury Law Firm

There’s personal injury all around us – both the incidents of injury and the legal ramifications of such. In this blog update, we’d like to update you on some recent developments in the world of personal injury so that you might better prepare yourself against the unfortunate consequences of falling prey to life’s sticky situations.

We begin with a follow-up to a story that has grabbed headlines over the past couple months.  As you may or may not know, in March of this year, a JetBlue pilot lost his cool aboard a cross-country flight and caused such a panic …

Happy 236th Birthday to the United States of America! And to everyone who will be celebrating it, we hope you have a wonderful day with family, friends, colleagues, etc. As you celebrate, please keep in mind that firework celebrations can get out of hand and can lead to some pretty deadly results. The dangers involved don’t just have to do with the explosive, celebratory fireworks, but they also have to do with the large crowds that gather to partake in the celebrations.

Let’s start with the obvious. Fireworks are dangerous! As beautiful and majestic as they are, with great celebration …

If something doesn’t seem “kosher,” according to the colloquial understanding of the word, the implication is that it seems as though something isn’t “right” or “okay.” For example, it wouldn’t be “kosher” for someone to forge a check with someone else’s name on it, or to bribe a politician or for someone to lie to their spouse. Now, the high standards associated with the commonly used word “kosher” stem from the Jewish meaning of the word “kosher,” originating from the word “kashrut” which is dietary law that is dictated through the Jewish bible and which has stood the test of …

Personal injury law is not, despite popular belief, confined to the airwaves of commercial advertisements.  P.I. law has real-life applicability and plays an increasingly present role in a wide variety of circumstances.  Personal injury issues arise all over the place: from pre-K to nursing homes and from roadways to football fields.   Understanding the underlying issues of the myriad of circumstances, as well as their presence in the courts, will enable you to be better protected should you ever find yourself in a personal injury mess.

As you may have heard, a unified lawsuit was filed against the NFL in federal …

In the State of Florida, a “low-speed crash” is defined as one in which no vehicles involved travel over a speed of 10 mph and in which there are no pedestrians or bicycles involved.  Low-speed crash claims are typically sneered at.  People often scoff and think it’s preposterous to assume that somebody could have been injured in a car accident when their (or someone else’s) car was traveling a measly 9 mph (or less).  The cynicism will probably continue on forever, but so will the facts.  The State of Florida has detailed records of the danger, prevalence, and deadliness of …

The terms “product recall” and “product liability” get tossed around a lot in today’s legal world, often in reference to a defective product and the damage that it can cause.  The area of product liability and subsequent recall is not as black and white as it may seem -  there is a large gray area filled with loopholes and different types of responsibilities.  In this blog, we’d like to let you know about a major recall that has made headlines recently and then delve into some background info on product liability law. 

Recently, a company that distributes a well-known …

We’ve all seen the action movies where 18-wheelers flip over police cars in a high-speed chase and the result is a fireball on a bridge over a river infested with drug-trafficking criminals.  Exhilarating as those scenes may be, they are not reflective of the typical car accident.  As you might expect, the vast majority of car accidents don’t start with police chases or end in explosions.  Thus, it might make sense to assume that with a less dramatic accident, the consequent injuries are less costly.  The logic is, if you tap your hand against a table it won’t hurt, but …

For centuries—perhaps even millenniums—the dog has been lovingly referred to as “man’s best friend.”  This is no misnomer—they’re loyal, happy, and protective.  They’re a joy to wake up to in the morning and they’re elated to see you when you get home from work.  However, as with all good things in life, there is with dogs a dark side that can surface from time to time.  That “dark side” of dogs, the occasional lashing out or biting of another dog or human being, can cause considerable damage which the owner of the dog might be liable for.

Florida is known …

In this blog post we’d like to make you aware of a significant award in a defamation suit as well as explore the issue of defamation in terms of civil and criminal consequence.

This past week, a couple in Texas was awarded nearly $14 million dollars by a jury in a lawsuit involving anonymous posters claiming—on the internet—that the couple was a pair of rapists, drug dealers, and sexual deviants.  The baseless rumors got so atrocious that the couple eventually had to sell their salon business and leave town.  The jury awarded the couple the $14 million in damages for …

We hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. While summer won’t officially begin until June 20^th, Memorial Day is often seen as the unofficial start of summer, with many people taking Memorial Day weekend to open up their pools for a summer filled with family, friends and lots of fun.

There is no doubt that a pool can be a wonderful keystone of a community.  From the exotic lands of Africa to the suburbs of South Florida, watering holes are a place where people (and animals!) come to gather and relax.  With all of a pool’s benefits, …