When people rent apartments, there is are laws that govern the arrangement. Generally, a tenant agrees not to damage the premises and the landlord agrees to provide safe places in which to live. When something goes drastically wrong, it can lead to serious consequences aside from the immediate damage. Sadly, three people paid a heavy [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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We posted recently about a problem encountered by a luxurious Miami hotel that had de-chlorinated its water supply for guests in such a manner that it led to allegations of the contraction of serious diseases. The hotel has since made repairs to restore chlorine levels to minimize the risk of bacteria invading their water, but [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Air travel is statistically much safer than getting behind the wheel of a vehicle, but that doesn’t change the fact that when problems arise in this setting, the results can often be disastrous. Fortunately, no one was killed yesterday when an American Airlines flight out of Miami over-shot a runway in Jamaica, but dozens of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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The Epic Hotel is one of the truly luxurious spots in downtown Miami, and it’s long been host to guests from all over the world. Unfortunately, the hotel is under fire presently because of growing concerns regarding its water quality and safety after people became ill and one man died after contracting what appears to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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When dealing with personal injury law and over the years of helping injured clients seek and obtain justifiable recoveries for the damages they’ve incurred, the majority of cases involve basic negligence. Absent from the notion of negligence is the component of specific intent to harm someone. Tragically, not all personal injury cases involve this lack [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
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The terrible economic recession that currently grips the United States has harmed businesses of every type, but the natural result of such a downturn is that certain industries tend to enjoy a spike in business. One of those appears to be the reverse mortgage business, whereby homeowners cash in equity for a lump sum or [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
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When we trust our children with other adults who oversee their activities, we assume that those allowed to work with kids have been properly screened and that nothing harmful will result of the time spent. Tragically, this is not always the case, as was revealed recently with the arrest of a gymnastics coach in Deerfield [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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We’ve been following the story that involved the shocking revelations made by the Sun Sentinel regarding the high number of people with criminal pasts who were allowed to work as caregivers in managed facilities that housed the elderly, the terminally ill and the mentally challenged, among others. The previous salvo was fired by Florida’s Attorney [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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We posted last month in regards to a troubling case that was emerging regarding the stealing and selling of confidential hospital records to a local attorney in an effort to solicit those patients who had been injured in slip-and-fall and other cases for representation. This is considered a federal crime, and now comes word [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
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We’ve all heard the stories that flying in an airplane is statistically safer than driving a vehicle on public roads. While this is indisputably true in certain respects, it’s also beyond debate that when something goes seriously wrong with a flight, the aftermath can be devastating given the number of people and the speed [...]
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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