A Tampa Bay area driver was recently in for a rude awakening when GEICO, his automobile liability insurer, tendered a check for $20,000 without his consent in connection with a recent accident in which he was involved but was not determined to be at fault. According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, the…
A recent crash on Interstate 4 in central Florida involving a tractor trailer left one person dead. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel regarding the occurrence, the accident occurred in the middle of the day just outside Orlando. A motorist in a car struck a concrete barrier, bounced off the barrier and ricocheted…
In a tragic Florida worksite accident that took place recently in Miami-Dade County, scaffolding outside a television tower in the Miami Gardens area collapsed on September 28, leading to the death of three people. As reported by the Palm Beach Post, workers were removing equipment at the top of the tower to install a transmission…
A constant worry in South Florida’s large immigrant community is the need for many workers who may not be licensed to drive to nevertheless operate a car to travel to work, take their kids to school, go to the grocery store and all of the other necessities of daily life. South Florida is not like…
Floridians are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Irma came ashore in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm before then making landfall on Florida’s West Coast as a Category 3. Millions are still without power across the entire Sunshine State…
The city of Coral Gables in Miami-Dade County is launching a pilot greenway program in an effort to protect cyclists in the city. The program will include installing plants as barriers to separate the bicycle lanes on certain of its roads from traffic lanes. In a recent report on the program by Coral Gables from…
Paralegals are like family! When a 41-year old mom, Jennifer Lary, a Paralegal for Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley was recently diagnosed with cancer, the firm immediately jumped in to help. A Charity Golf Event was planned for August 27, 2017 and that raised approximately $30,000, which the firm matched. All together, $75,000 was raised…
As recently reported in online legal news website the Florida Record, Schwed Adams, Sobel & McGinley attorney Michael Peckham recently filed suit on behalf of a firm client who was injured as a result of the negligence of the owners and employees of Cyn Nightclub in Fort Lauderdale for permitting a liquid substance to accumulate…
A recent civil lawsuit stemming from a horrific September 2016 accident involving an Uber driver, an expensive sports car, and a hit and run in Delray Beach recently ended in a confidential settlement for the accident victim’s widow. According to WBPF’s original news report regarding the accident, the Uber driver, 82, was stopped at a…
A pedestrian recently was hit and killed in the early morning hours of the first day of school in Osceola County outside Orlando. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, the accident resulted in a crash that backed up traffic for miles and delayed school buses on the first day of classes. According to…
