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29 Mar
Can You Use an Expert Witness in a Florida Car Accident Case

Can You Use an Expert Witness in a Florida Car Accident Case?

Car accidents are quite prevalent in the United States. In fact, when compared to other industrialized countries, the United States regularly reports some of the highest numbers of car crashes. The rules of how a victim of a car accident can be compensated for their damages vary by state. In Florida, if you are injured in a car accident you would first go to your own insurance to obtain compensation. However, if your damages are substantial and caused by [...]

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22 Mar
Who to Call Right After a Car Accident

Who Should I Call Right After a Car Accident?

After a sudden car crash, you may be unable to think straight and be unsure about what steps to take and what you need to do. It is only natural to want to make a phone call to speak with someone about what just transpired, and often, the person you choose tends to be a trusted loved one. Spouses, parents, and close friends are many times those people who get the initial phone calls when a traumatic event transpires. However, [...]

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17 Mar
Negligent Security in a Tampa Nightclub or Apartment Complex

Do Florida Businesses Have to Have Security?

Florida is home to several high-end attractions, delicious restaurants, and many entertainment venues. While owners of these properties must maintain them to ensure that they are safe for the public to enter, they must also ensure that they are reasonably secure. Depending on the type of business and its location, security measures can include extra lighting, cameras, security personnel, and more. Even though proper security is essential to keeping the public safe when on a business’s property, not every [...]

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10 Mar
Symptoms of Nerve Damage from Dental Mistakes

Symptoms of Nerve Damage from Dental Mistakes

A very common fear is fear of the dentist. Dental anxiety is a problem and major issue causing people to forgo regular dental appointments and as a result, develop conditions from poor oral hygiene. Dental anxiety happens for both men and women, but one study suggests that women tend to experience dental anxiety more so than men. Still, gender, age, or education level are not indicators of dental anxiety because anyone can suffer from this condition. Sometimes the fear of [...]

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08 Mar
Loss of Consciousness Defense in Florida

Loss of Consciousness Defense in Florida

The vast majority of car accidents that take place in Florida and across the nation happen by way of some type of driver error. Drunk driving, speeding, and distracted driving are a few examples of common causes of car accidents. Of course, in limited situations, other factors could be the cause like if a car malfunctions because it has a defective component. Then there are also times when an emergency arises for a driver who experiences an unforeseeable and [...]

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03 Mar
How Does Premise Liability Define an Invitee

How Does Premise Liability Define an Invitee?

Premise liability is legal jargon for sustaining physical bodily harm on another entity’s property. The entity could be a business or a private residence. Essentially, property owners have a duty to keep their premises reasonably safe so that others that enter into them have minimized risk of suffering injuries and harm. When determining liability for injuries on a property, who is injured and the reason that the person was on the property matter.  For example, in Florida, children fall into [...]

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01 Mar
Can PTSD be Treated

Can PTSD be Treated?

Managing post-traumatic stress disorder can be a challenge, specifically if your condition is severe and you are not seeking support. The distressing events that lead someone to develop PTSD can haunt their sleep with regular nightmares, and plague their days with frequent flashbacks of the traumatic event that they experienced or witnessed. Both those people that were subject to certain egregious events or those that were witness to them, can equally suffer psychological pain and degradation that can be [...]

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24 Feb
Emergency Room Errors Can Lead to a Medical Malpractice Claim

How Emergency Room Errors Can Lead to a Medical Malpractice Claim

Emergency rooms in the state of Florida and across the rest of the country provide a vital service to the public. These fully-equipped hospital rooms provide the public with prompt medical treatment for traumatic injuries, illness, and urgent pregnancy-related issues 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Emergency rooms that participate in Medicare must provide care to both insured patients and those that are uninsured when they are in crisis and an emergency situation exists. This is so [...]

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22 Feb
Challenges to Winning Slip and Fall Claims

Challenges to Winning Slip and Fall Claims

Slip and fall incidents can happen to anyone of any age. These incidents can take place anywhere and at any time as well. The elderly, or individuals aged 65 years and older are the most vulnerable demographic to suffering injuries from slip and fall incidents.  The Florida Department of Health reports that for mature adults older than 65, falls are the main reason why injury deaths occur in the state. For the overall population, falls are the fourth leading reason [...]

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17 Feb
Are TBI's Permanent

Are All TBI’s Permanent?

Damage to the brain can mean long-term and debilitating consequences and even deadly results. The brain is the main organ of the central nervous system. When it is working, it can keep most of the rest of the body functioning normally. When it sustains trauma, however, the widespread negative implications to the human body can be substantial. There are several reasons why a brain’s tissues may become damaged. Violent events, car accidents, blunt force trauma, infection, and more can all [...]

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