Determining your future medical needs is one crucial factor in evaluating your personal injury claim if you’ve suffered injuries due to someone else’s negligence. Regardless of the type of personal injury, understanding your future medical treatment and related costs is essential. This is often the most difficult part of valuing a personal injury case, whether…
Videos are crucial evidence in many personal injury cases, especially those involving slip and fall incidents. Imagine slipping and falling over a puddle of water in a store, with no wet floor sign nearby. You notice a surveillance camera directly above the area. Because of your excruciating pain, you forget about the camera until after…
One of the least understood concepts in motor vehicle accident personal injury claims is the role of police reports. Many are surprised to find out they cannot be used to solely prove a case against another motorist. When a South Florida motor vehicle accident results in injury, the police are called and an accident report…
A fatal parasailing accident from May 2022 is back in the news after the husband of an Illinois woman who was killed in the Florida Keys speaks out about the incident according to a report from Local 10 News. The decedent, who hailed from outside Chicago, was parasailing with her ten-year-old son and her seven-year-old…
If you have been injured by someone else’s negligence, you may think the person who hit you in an accident or was at primary fault for the situation in which you were injured will always be the primary target if you end up having to file a lawsuit to seek recovery for your injuries and…
Someone is robbed at gunpoint in a shopping center in a bad neighborhood after withdrawing cash at night from an ATM underneath several burnt-out lights in the shopping center’s parking lot. The police later track down the assailant, who is criminally charged with both armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. The shopping center…
After 14-year-old Tyre Sampson died in a fall from the FreeFall ride at Orlando’s ICON Park, another ride re-opened after being closed for a year for safety concerns. According to a report, the Slingshot ride re-opened one year after the teenager’s death after being closed for further safety inspections. The same day the ride re-opened,…
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…
In a particularly unusual incident at a high school in St. Augustine, a student fell off an elevated walkway two stories above the ground on January 24th. The incident, which took place at Pedro Menendez High School in St. Johns County south of Jacksonville, occurred when the student somehow fell over the walkway railing and…
Despite the best attempts of an excellent mediator and countless telephone calls in between your attorney and the defense attorney for the motorist who injured you, your case simply cannot be settled before trial starts. Immediately before the first day of trial, your lawyer tells you that, whatever you do, you cannot mention that either…
