In the past month alone, GM has issued a recall for over 1.6 million of its vehicles, claiming defects in the ignition system. Now, GM announces it will recall 1.5 million more. The ignition system defect has been linked to at least 12 fatal car accidents. Nevertheless, GM has waited nearly a decade to issue the recall. As a result of this recall and the underlying safety issues, Congress will hold hearings on the matter, and GM will likely face [...]
On March 10, 2014, Hillsborough County Judge Gaston Fernandez entered Final Judgment awarding damages and attorneys’ fees in the amount of $10,981.00 in favor of Fulgencio Law’s client, Anthony Buccellato and against Defendant, East Ritchey Square Center, Inc. for East Richey’s failure to comply with the notice requirements in Florida’s towing statute, §715.07. Because the Defendant failed to comply with the statute, it became an illegal towing case. Fulgencio Law filed a lawsuit, and the case proceeded to trial. After [...]
This article will attempt to explain what a Letter of Protection is and how it can affect your case. If you have been a victim of someone’s negligence (car accident or another vehicular collision, slip and fall, dog bite), and you do not have health insurance, or the medical benefits you have available are not sufficient to cover your medical bills, a Letter of Protection might be just the solution. Most often, your case cannot be proved without medical care. [...]
The law in Florida requires someone who has a medical negligence, or medical malpractice claim, to conform to very strict rules before filing a lawsuit. These rules to be followed before a lawsuit may be properly filed are commonly referred to as MedMal Pre-Suit. In a nutshell, before a person (or “claimant”, or “plaintiff”) who has been harmed by the negligence of a doctor or dentist a file a lawsuit, notice needs to be given to the doctor and [...]
A large number of our firm’s clients come to us after having had a previous bad experience with another law firm. The most common complaint a lack of communication from the attorney either in the form of unavailability or lack of call backs or email responses. When you see an ad on TV for one of those big law firms, you need to know that there is a very small chance the attorney you see will actually be the one [...]