Injuries

When you go to the doctor for medical treatment, you expect that the treatment you receive will meet a certain standard. You trust your care provider, and that includes trusting that he or she will give you the right diagnosis for whatever medical problem you are...

Car accidents in Florida often lead to serious injuries, including femur fractures. The femur is the strongest bone in the human body, so it takes a lot of force to break it, unless the bone has become fragile as a result of advanced age. You should know, then, that...

A 25-year-old Florida man was killed in a boating accident near the Florida Keys on July 17, 2020. According to an incident report filed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the man and four others were aboard a 35-foot open fishing boat going...

Plaintiffs in Florida product liability cases may rely on several different theories to support their claims for recovery. The most common bases for recovery in products liability cases include tortious misrepresentation, strict liability, breach of warranty and...

Accidents happen all the time, but if you fell and suffered injuries due to factors beyond your control, who is to blame? You may believe that you suffered because of unnecessary dangers or unmarked hazards, but identifying who is liable for accidents on either public...

Most lawyers handle personal injury cases under what is known as the contingency fee system. So what does this mean to the person who is injured?The contingency fee arrangement means attorney fees are contingent upon recovering compensation for the client. The fee is...

If you were involved in a car or truck accident in Florida, you may have already received a settlement offer. It feels good to have the insurance company offer you money, and the amount may seem like more than enough. However, before you sign any papers or cash that...

We tend to assume that it's the act of looking at the phone instead of the road that makes texting while driving so dangerous. This is partly true. There is no denying that it is hazardous to take one's eyes off the road and one's hands off the steering wheel to text...

Everyone knows that drunk driving is dangerous and illegal. Yet that doesn't stop countless intoxicated people from getting behind the wheel every day. So what will motivate drivers to take DUI laws seriously? What will stop them from causing catastrophic car...

When 65-year-old Thomas Babb got on his bicycle on October 16th and began to peddle down Airport-Pulling Road, he never imagined the night would end in sirens and tragedy. Neither did the driver of the Kia Forte.Nevertheless, the unexpected occurred. The Naples Daily...