Surrounded by water on three sides, covered with numerous lakes, and blessed by abundant sunshine, Florida is a true boaters’ paradise. The Sunshine State has more registered boats than any other state, with over 1 million boats registered in the Sunshine State according to the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission (“FWC”). If you enjoy boating,…
Dog bites are a serious problem in Florida. However, the problem is not just confined to children or strangers. In the latest reflection of this, data regarding the number of mail carriers who suffered injuries due to dog bites in 2021 showed Florida in the top 10 states. This data just highlights how important it…
As any pedestrian in Florida knows, the Sunshine State is a dangerous place to be a pedestrian. This was recently confirmed in a study by safety organization Smart Growth America which looked at pedestrian deaths across the country. Smart Growth America’s recently completed “Dangerous by Design” study measured the danger to pedestrians of both every…
An elderly loved one is injured in a motor vehicle accident as a result of someone else’s negligence. He or she receives medical treatment for the injuries he or she suffered in the accident and eventually files a claim with the at-fault motorist’s insurance. The insurer refuses to negotiate fairly, and your elderly relative is…
In the latest several twists in the investigation of a tragic incident in which a teenager was killed in a fall on March 24th of this year at an amusement park in Orlando, a recently released autopsy reflected that the teenager was 383 pounds at the time he plunged to his death, while the maximum…
Your neighbor is hosting friends from the neighborhood at her house for a girls’ evening with wine, when something unexpected happens. You get up from her couch, step on a toy one of her children left out, that she forgot to clean up before she put the kids to bed, and trip and fall over…
Hit and run driving is truly an epidemic in Florida. An alarming number of the accidents that occur every day in the Sunshine State involve drivers that cause the accident and then flee the scene, even though doing so is a felony under Florida law, if the accident resulted in injury or death to someone…
Schwed, Adams & McGinley’s newest attorney, Melissa Goldstein, has returned to her roots in South Florida after spending most of her life pursuing her original legal passion of criminal justice reform. She has embarked upon a new passion: helping the injured. Along the way, she has been able to rekindle her previous passions for tennis…
Dog bites overwhelmingly occur on private property like at a dog owner’s home. Your neighbor may be having you over for a barbecue when suddenly his or her normally friendly dog inexplicably becomes aggressive and bites you on the hand, causing a deep laceration that requires you to go to the hospital and receive multiple…
For frustrated motorists, late spring and early summer can be a difficult time. While it is well-known that cyclists face hazards in the form of overly aggressive motorists that may try to run them off the road or pass too closely, the opposite problem for motorists is often overlooked. Many serious cyclists are on the…
