Recent Blog Posts
Three Teens Die After Pickup Truck Flips
Piling into a vehicle with as many of your peers will fit and traveling as fast as the vehicle will carry you is an adolescent rite of passage. When one person in your friend group gets a driver’s license and permission to borrow his or her parents’ car, everyone rides. If golf carts are… Read More »
Getting Adequate Compensation After Whiplash Injury
Some injuries make for great conversations. If you show up at work with your arm or leg in a plaster cast, all your coworkers will rush to sign it, or if your workplace does not have that kind of vibe, they will at least jump at the opportunity to wish you well. If you… Read More »
Underage Driving Accidents
The costs of raising children are a favorite humblebrag of parents. If you don’t have enough money to show off to the other guests at a social gathering, you can always cover your insecurity about your financial situation by complaining about how much you spend on diapers, baby formula, and daycare. If your children… Read More »
Road Rage Accidents
In most car accident claims, determining which driver is at fault for the accident means deciding which of them made a bigger mistake. For example, if one car rear ends another, is the rear driver at fault for driving too fast or not braking in time, or is the front driver at fault for… Read More »
Theme Park Accidents and Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
The legal concept of the “pre-existing medical condition” is extremely unfriendly to consumers. Your health insurance policy can refuse to cover medical treatment that arises from a chronic illness that you have had since before you bought the insurance policy. If you file a car accident claim, the insurance claims adjuster, pretending to commiserate… Read More »
Dram Shop Liability and Gas Station Stimulants
Based on their name, dram shop liability laws sound like they belong to a bygone era. When was the last time you saw a dram shop? In the 19th century, dram shops were saloons and shady pharmacies that sold alcoholic beverages in units of measurement called drams. The basic assumption of dram shop liability… Read More »
No Surprises at Personal Injury Trials
Scripted dramas about legal cases often have climactic scenes that take place at trials, but it does not take a professional screenwriter to make courtroom proceedings interesting. Televised trials captivate audiences, and journalists choose the most quotable lines from the trial to use as headlines. For most of the people in the courtroom, though,… Read More »
Your Chances of Winning a Personal Injury Lawsuit
If you file a personal injury lawsuit and it looks like your case will go to trial instead of resolving with a settlement, your lawyer might reassure you that a plaintiff at a civil trial has much less to fear than a defendant in a criminal trial, especially since most people’s mental image of… Read More »
Medical Device Malfunction and Product Liability
Medical devices are any kind of equipment that helps patients manage their symptoms of illness in an outpatient setting. For example, wheelchairs and mobility scooters are medical devices, and so are TENS units that physical therapists sometimes encourage patients to buy. Some medical devices, such as walkers, have a simple design, while others are… Read More »
Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis
Florida’s cannabis laws are confusing, to say the least. Cannabis is a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level, which means that federal law does not recognize any legally valid medical applications for cannabis; it is in the same category as heroin and MDMA. The same is true at the state level, and… Read More »
