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 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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January 10, 2012
There’s no question that in recent years television-watchers have seen a spike in televised commercial advertisements for law firms touting their expertise in matters of personal injury law. As stated in previous blogs, that doesn’t necessarily mean the practice of personal injury law is bad. Plenty of advertisements are abundant and repetitive – but still useful and representative of a useful and worthy “product,” ours being a stock of relevant legal knowledge. Contrary to popular (and cynical) belief, the purpose of advertisements are not to trick you into engaging in some illegal business activity or bogus lawsuit.
Advertisements are used …
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December 28, 2011
We’ve all heard plenty about personal injury lawyers – especially living in Florida, where personal injury law firm commercials seem to exceedingly outnumber all other types of televised advertisements. The constant barrage of simulated images and personal injury lawyer quips might get annoying, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t useful. On the contrary, they can be of great value to you. How many times have you see commercials for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America? Probably a lot. But that doesn’t mean that someone with cancer shouldn’t seek the Center’s help – their advertisements may be aggressive but so is …
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November 17, 2011
It is true as they say, history does repeat itself. It is also true that people rarely learn from their mistakes and there is no such thing as honest easy money.
Earlier today John A. Mattera was arrested in his Fort Lauderdale home and charged with operating an investment scam which allegedly duped people into thinking that they would be purchasing pre-IPO shares in companies such as Facebook and Groupon.
The complaint against Mattera, filed today in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, is an assertion of The Securities and Exchange Commission that Mattera allegedly sold shares of privately-held companies that …
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November 2, 2011
When something mischievous is easy, people say it’s “like stealing candy from a baby.” In South Florida, it may be more appropriate to say it’s “like stealing money from a senior citizen.”
Financial scams targeting the elderly in Florida is on the rise – and the economic slump in which we find ourselves is a breeding ground for such fraudulence. There are over 3 million senior citizens in Florida, and over 600,000 of them have been the victims of monetary swindling. 600,000. That’s about the population of Vermont! Imagine if an entire state were to be the victim of a …
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October 17, 2011
As the 2012 Presidential Election gets closer, more and more media attention is given to those whose hats have been tossed into the ring. On a side note, why is that phrase still around? Since Joseph Lieberman ran for President there hasn’t been a candidate who’s worn anything on top of their head aside from their artfully crafted, professionally styled hair. Anyway, with Obama as a competent incumbent the Democrats have seen no reason to enlist another candidate for Office. But this pre-Election season has been a circus in the GOP with candidates from all across the country jumping into …
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October 5, 2011
Earlier today an outrageous claim was published in a local newspaper. The headline read “Personal injury lawyers blamed for our high insurance rates.” The article was actually an opinion based letter to the editor from a local resident. The letter claimed, without providing any justification other than a biased opinion, that “Florida has a reputation for high automobile insurance rates due to racket that the personal injury lawyers have created.” While it is true that comparable to other states, Florida does have high insurance rates, this has little to do with attorneys.
Florida, along with states like New Jersey, Washington …
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October 3, 2011
As cooler weather begins to sweep across South Florida, the temperature isn’t the only thing that is dropping; the value of one amateur investor’s Roth IRA recently hit rock-bottom. And judging by today’s financial climate, it’s safe to say that this particular worthless fund is just one of many.
The victim of the financial loss is a resident of South Florida who, over the past several years, has been inching toward retirement. After a career of steadily earning roughly $40,000 and saving like Mariano Rivera, he recently invested more than $100,000 in the stock of a small company at the …
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September 9, 2011
Tort reform, tort reform, tort reform. So, what is it? Well, it depends who you ask. If you ask the owners of large corporations (and their friends, colleagues and attorneys), they’ll tell you that tort reform is a series of measures employed to protect industry, corporations and insurance companies and enhance competitiveness in a global market. Sound familiar? It should. That’s the response and justification given for everything that big companies ask for—who would argue with protection and enhancement? Trial lawyers argue the reality of the situation, and unfortunately, they have developed a tainted reputation in the process of doing so.…
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