The “Statute of Limitations” refers to a crucial aspect of the recent changes made to Florida law in HB 837, popularly known as “tort reform.” This comprehensive legislative package has been making headlines in Tallahassee over the past few months. One significant alteration brought about by this reform pertains to the statute of limitations for…
A paragliding adventure ended tragically as a 60-year-old man died in a paragliding accident in rural Charlotte County. According to a report, the man was paragliding with another individual who remained uninjured and promptly called 911 after the incident. The man’s cause of death has not been determined, although police were on the scene for…
A Semi-truck accident kills man turning left earlier this year. A thirty-year old man was killed and another person were injured in a recent early-morning collision involving a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck in Royal Palm Beach on a recent early morning. According to Palm Beach Fire Rescue, units responded to several 911 calls of…
A ten-time world champion cyclist, Ethan Boyes, was killed in San Francisco while training in early April. Boyes competed in a type of cycling known as track cycling, which takes place indoors on a banked track. A New York Times report regarding his death reported that he was lawfully in a bike lane on a heavily…
According to a report from the Capitolist regarding the annual INRIX 2022 Global Traffic Scorecard, Miami now rates as one of the most traffic-clogged cities in the world. Even despite the pandemic, the amount of time the average Miami motorist must spend stuck in traffic every year increased by 30% from 2021 to 2022. This…
Among other changes to the state’s civil justice system that the Florida Legislature has made recently in what is being billed as “long-overdue” tort reform in Florida, one legislative action was to change the method of apportioning fault in civil lawsuits in Florida. Florida currently has a pure comparative fault statute system, meaning that a…
If you have suffered a slip and fall or a trip and fall in Florida, you may not have the slightest idea who the right party to seek damages from for your injuries would be. An important concept to understand in premises liability cases like slip and fall or trip and fall scenarios in Florida…
A child was tragically killed in entirely preventable circumstances when he fell out of the backseat of a turning pickup truck in Tampa in late February. According to a report from a local news outlet, the child, who was riding in the back seat, opened the door and fell out of a pickup truck as…
Insurance companies are always looking for ways to reduce how much they pay to injured people who suffered those injuries through no fault of their own. Lately our experienced personal injury attorneys at Schwed, Adams & McGinley have seen the increased use of a procedural mechanism available to the parties in Florida lawsuits called a…
Police are on the lookout for a motorist in Jupiter who fatally struck and killed a pedestrian at 10:00 p.m. on a recent Friday night while attempting to flee from police. According to a report regarding the incident from the local ABC News affiliate, police were attempting to perform a traffic stop when the car…
