Category Archives: Personal Injury
Social Media is Just That – Social
From venting on Facebook to taking “selfies” of where we are and who we’re with on Instagram, social media platforms have become a gold mine of information about peoples’ likes and dislikes, the activities they perform on a daily basis, who they are or are not friends with, and so much more. As venues… Read More »
All About Auto Accidents
With 2014 ending and 2015 beginning, Progressive Insurance decided to take a look at claim data from the last year to look for trends and other facts that may be able to prevent others from being put in the same situation. The report was split up and analyzed under many different categories. One category… Read More »
Doctor Charged in Three Deaths
Recently a Florida federal grand jury charged a Tampa Bay area pain management doctor in the death of three different people. Dr. Edward Feldman is being charged with dispensing drugs to the individuals and that due to the dispensing of those drugs, those individuals died. He also is facing charges relating to money laundering,… Read More »
Driver Involved in Child’s Death May Not Be Charged
Friends and family of 14-year-old Clay County student Gianna Asencio gathered recently for a vigil to mourn the young girl’s tragic death. According to police reports by the Florida Highway Patrol, at 6:40 a.m. Gianna was attempting to cross Eagle Harbor Parkway near the intersection of Woodlake Drive on her way to her bus… Read More »
Arrests Made in Florida Personal Injury Protection Fraud Ring
Issues with personal injury protection and insurance related to the same are constantly in the news; and it does not look like will change any time in the near future. According to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, recently there were nine suspects that were arrested for personal injury protection (PIP) fraud in Miami, Florida…. Read More »
Damages in Personal Injury Cases
When reading or hearing about a personal injury case, you generally hear the term “damages” or that someone received so much money in “damages”. But what exactly are damages? There are many different kinds of damages depending on the type of case, where the case is being tried at, and sometimes individual circumstances of… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court Sets Limits for Workers’ Compensation Cases
Recently, the Florida Supreme Court laid down a very important ruling regarding workers’ compensation cases. Florida’s highest court ruled that under the workers’ compensation laws, workers are barred from seeking additional benefits in civil court beyond what they receive from their workers’ compensation claim. The court stated that the decision reinforces the concept that… Read More »
Collier County EMS Facing Negligence Lawsuit
This month, the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Emergency oversight filed a complaint against Collier County EMS in regards to a case from 2012. The complaint states that on December 14, 2012 the Collier County EMS negligently failed to respond to an initial set of alert tones that went off for a call… Read More »
Social Media Photographs Allowed in Civil Discovery
On January 7 of this year, the Florida Appellate Court handed down a very important opinion that states that social media photographs are not protected from civil discovery because individuals have little or no privacy rights to information that they have posted on social media sites. The court reasoned that photographs were an important… Read More »
Personal Injury Protection Insurance Likely to Continue
On January 1, 2013, a program was implemented in Florida to stop and ultimately reduce the amount of fraud in personal injury protection, or PIP. And according to a report released from the state Office of Insurance Regulation, the program is working. With the evidence showing the success of the program and the halt… Read More »
