Tag Archive | "Personal Injury"
Police Officer, Bystander Hospitalized after Crash
The law of personal injury generally turns on fault. While this concept seems relatively straightforward, assigning fault based on negligence or recklessness can be a complicated matter when several different parties and forces combine to result in serious injuries. Such a situation played out yesterday in Miami when a police officer and the driver of [...]
Continue reading...Deadly Crash in Lake County
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Teen drivers cost more to insure for obvious reasons, and tragically, the fatality rates for young drivers are exceedingly high. While many of the same causes of auto accidents for young drivers are similar to those found in crashes involving older adults, the common denominator seems to be experience behind the wheel. Maneuvers such as [...]
Continue reading...Explosion in Vero Beach Apartment Complex Injures Three People
Friday, January 15, 2010
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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...Fuel Tanker Crash Seriously Injures Driver
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Driving a big rig is a profession that involves obvious risks, not the least of which involves the type of cargo that’s being carried at any given time. When someone is driving a tanker that contains fuel, the need for caution is extraordinary. That’s why the driver of one of those types of vehicles is [...]
Continue reading...More Threats By Bacteria in Water Emerge
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...Flight Out of Miami Misses Jamaican Runway – Dozens Injured
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...Authorities Ask Judge to Shut Down Area Day Care for Neglect
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Day care centers have always been an integral part of our society since the days of two working parents came to the forefront. Running a day care center can be a lucrative business in many respects, but serious problems arise when the level of care provided to children falls below reasonable levels. That appears to [...]
Continue reading...Damages Award from Federal Judge Highlights Little-Known Issue
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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Wrongful death cases are always tragic, especially when they involve those who were acting heroically in an attempt to save others. A case that goes back to 1997 deals with this issue, when a jazz musician was killed trying to save a rabbi’s wife who was drowning in rip tide conditions that were extremely dangerous. [...]
Continue reading...Southridge High School Teacher Accused of Molestation
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...Caregiver Criminal Past Issue Reaches Legislature
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 [...]
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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