Mike Williams, a former star wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, tragically lost his life due to an devastating construction site accident in Florida. Williams had been engaged in electrical work at a Tampa-area construction site when a steel beam struck him on the head. He suspected a concussion and promptly sought medical attention….
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…
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,…
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…
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…
What if I Am Not Wearing My Seatbelt and Someone Else Hits and Injures Me? You are in a hurry to get to work, so you jump into your car and don’t put your seatbelt on before you immediately pull out of your driveway, instead planning to buckle up at the first red light you…
If you are injured in an accident, no matter whether it is a motor vehicle accident, a pedestrian accident, a slip and fall, or any other personal injury scenario in Florida, one of the things you can inevitably count on is that the other side will blame you for the occurrence of the accident. Rest assured…
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….
Do you bring a claim against a friend? You are at a friend’s house down the street when his or her normally friendly dog bites you or, worse, one of your children, causing serious injuries. Or the neighbor has a stair that is cracked leading up to his or her front porch that the neighbor…
