Boy Drowns in Carnival Cruise Ship Pool: Wrongful Death?
Boy Drowns in Carnival Cruise Ship Pool: Wrongful Death?

  Just days after workers lifted the Costa Concordia from its horizontal state off the coast of Italy following that ship’s disastrous wreck nearly two years ago, the ship’s parent company is again in hot water – a Florida boy...

Proceed with Caution: 3 Rules to Follow when Dealing with your Personal Injury Case
Proceed with Caution: 3 Rules to Follow when Dealing with your Personal Injury Case

When you’ve been injured, clearly the first concern you have – as you should – is ensuring that you treat the injuries. If you sustained a back injury, get yourself to a back specialist. If you received a foot injury,...

The Law: The Great Equalizer
The Law: The Great Equalizer

Horace Mann, in the 1800's, noted that education is the great equalizer, referring to it as the “balance wheel of the social machinery.” His comments were in the context of his support for public education during an era in which...

411: Components of a Successful Personal Injury Case
411: Components of a Successful Personal Injury Case

In this blog, we’re going to identify and explain some vital components of a successful personal injury case. Let’s start with the obvious: a law firm that has experience handling personal injury cases. In order to orchestrate a successful personal injury...

P.I. Pulse: Recent News in the World of Personal Injury Law
P.I. Pulse: Recent News in the World of Personal Injury Law

  This week, we are taking the world of personal injury law by land, air and sea. Our first story has to do with a man being held liable for damages his dogs have caused. Our second has to do...

Greeting Summer in a Responsible Way
Greeting Summer in a Responsible Way

  While summer won’t officially commence until June 21st, it sure feels like summer down here in the sunshine state! Though we are blessed with beautiful weather all year long, the summer months in South Florida comprise a time when...

Reasons to Hire an Attorney after an Auto Accident
Reasons to Hire an Attorney after an Auto Accident

So, you’re on your way home from work when somebody behind you, distracted by their cell phone, slams into the back of your car. You step out, back aching, and look over the damage. This seems pretty straight-forward. The guy...

411: Damages in a Wrongful Death Case
411: Damages in a Wrongful Death Case

“Wrongful death” sounds like an odd – redundant – phrase to most people (and with good reason). Why qualify the word “death” with a variant of the word “wrong?” Isn’t death always “wrong” in one way or another? Well, in...

411: Damages in a Wrongful Death Case
411: Damages in a Wrongful Death Case

  “Wrongful death” sounds like an odd – redundant – phrase to most people (and with good reason). Why qualify the word “death” with a variant of the word “wrong?” Isn’t death always “wrong” in one way or another? Well,...

Statutes of Limitations in Florida
Statutes of Limitations in Florida

What is a statute of limitations? So, what is a statute of limitations? A statute of limitation is a statute—an enactment in the legal system—that determines the maximum amount of time that can pass after an incident before legal proceedings...