Thanksgiving is typically the busiest travel week of the year, with Covid vaccination rates having gone up and new infection numbers down in many parts of the country, including in Florida, this will be true again, especially in airports. Several airlines have indicated they believe that the passenger counts will even be similar to pre-pandemic…
Who Is Responsible for My Injuries and How Do I Recover for Those Injuries? It has been a long year and a half since Covid-19 shut the country and most of the world down. With vaccination rates up, more people are starting to venture back to the office, kids are back in school, and many…
Who is liable for a dog bite in Florida? You are at a neighbor’s house with your kids for a play date when your neighbor’s normally friendly dog growls at your three year old daughter before the dog bites her on the hand, causing blood to immediately start streaming down her hand while she screams….
There are a number of factors that determine how much you actually walk away with from your personal injury settlement. While many people may focus on the gross settlement figure and celebrate that they recovered $500,000 or whatever the applicable amount is, what really matters is how much you actually walk away with once attorney’s…
Having the right of way in Florida when driving is everything. The right of way determines who is allowed to drive at any given moment as well as who is permitted to take certain actions, such as making a particular turn or going first at a roundabout. Having the right of way becomes even more…
If you are jaywalking and injured by a motorist, can you still recover from the motorist for your injuries? Consider the following scenario. You are crossing the street, phone pressed to your ear on an important work call after leaving a customer meeting that ran extremely late. There are pedestrians all over the place, as…
Is it ever possible you would need to file a claim with or even sue your own insurance company if you are involved in an accident where someone else is at fault? Of course not, right? Most people do not understand when or why you would ever have to file a claim with, or even…
When people think of the damages that they may suffer as a result of someone else’s negligence and then seek recovery in personal injury claims or actions, the first thing most people think of is pain and suffering. This is the element of damages that is most often talked about because the pain that a…
You are walking towards a branch of your bank, which is on the first floor of a commercial office building, to withdraw some cash when you stumble over a piece of broken pavement outside the front entrance. You trip, break your ankle, and also sustain injuries to the tendons and ligaments that connect to your…
Someone turning left and speeding through an intersection, laying on his horn in an attempt to beat a red light, plows into your car as you accelerate from a green light with the right of way on a busy South Florida road in broad daylight. He smashes into your rear driver’s side door and trunk,…
