Recent Blog Posts
The Role of Recorded Statements in Car Accident Cases
You might think that you have a good memory, but if asked to recall a conversation that you had with someone else, you probably could not repeat it verbatim. Even when you are telling your friend about a conversation you had with your crush yesterday, you are probably paraphrasing your crush’s words and your… Read More »
Mobility Scooter Accidents
Millions of adults with mobility impairments are able to live independently. This is due in part to their own resourcefulness, in part due to technological advances in medical treatments and medical equipment and in part due to laws about accommodations for people with disabilities. For example, motorized wheelchairs and scooters enable their users to… Read More »
Injuries Arising From a Rough Ride on a Rollercoaster
People who are afraid even to get on rollercoasters can tell you in vivid detail about the things that can go wrong. The rollercoaster cars can derail, leading to disaster. If the safety harnesses are inadequate, customers can fall out of the cars and plunge to their deaths. The most phobic people can still… Read More »
A Pattern of Preventable Adverse Outcomes at a Specialist Hospital
People in wealthy countries take the low infant mortality rate for granted, but it was not too long ago that the death rate for children under age five was so high that people hesitated to get their hopes up about their babies surviving; this was the main reason that birth rates were so much… Read More »
Accidents on Class Field Trips
If you are trying to impress your future in-laws or rushing for a sorority or fraternity in college, you can reliably convince your newfound family that you are interesting by telling stories about when you survived a near miss with disaster. In Florida, the stories about brushes with danger that could only have happened… Read More »
Amusement Park Ride Injuries and Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
Pre-existing medical conditions are evidence of your longevity and uniqueness; once you reach a certain age, everyone has them, and everyone has a unique story about how they got there. When it comes to filing health insurance claims, or even worse, personal injury claims, insurers use your pre-existing medical conditions as an excuse to… Read More »
How Does the Weather Affect Your Premises Liability Claim?
Florida does not have much snow, especially not in its southernmost counties. One winter’s day in 1984, the temperature dropped to 28 degrees in Broward County, and a thin coating of ice appeared on some blades of grass on people’s lawns; the citrus trees froze, and people are still talking about it today. It… Read More »
First Aid Errors at Recreational Facilities
Children are naturally accident-prone, and adults who work at places where children play and otherwise conduct the ordinary business of life must receive training in basic first aid as part of the job requirements. Every classroom and school bus has a first aid kit, so that teachers and bus drivers can attend to children’s… Read More »
An Experimental Treatment for Chronic Pain
When you first go to the emergency room after sustaining an acute injury, it is not always easy to tell whether, a year from now, this day will be a funny story you can tell at parties or the dreaded moment that separated the previous times from your painful new normal. The injuries that… Read More »
Notice of Intent to Sue for Medical Malpractice
These days, everyone who can forward emails or scroll through social media feeds thinks they know more about your health than you do, but the more you learn about medicine, the less simple it is. If you have ever had a medical problem that required treatment by more than one specialist, you might have… Read More »