Florida is lucky to have a lot of tourists who come here to enjoy our beaches, visit Disneyworld or the races at the Daytona 500. Sometimes these tourists get into an accident and can’t drive home with the rest of their family. They have to get an airplane ticket. So the question is: Who pays…
Republican legislator Charles Dave Hood from Ormond Beach sponsored a bill (HB379) in the 2014 session of the Florida legislature. If passed it will change evidence about medical bills in all personal injury trials. Negligent persons will not be accountable for all the damages they cause, and you will be stuck with the balance due….
The recent tragic death of Paul Walker when he was a passenger in a $440,000, 604 hp, V-10 Porsche CGT has saddened his fans. The driver somehow lost control of the high powered car and it crashed. The car is crazy fast, and even one of Porche’s own test drivers, Walter Rohrl, has said the…
Guess what? It is almost impossible to fix a mistake in our own medical records! Why? For one reason you rarely see them. So how are you going to know if they are wrong? Records come up for review when you have an accident injury. Or on your next doctor’s appointment. After and accident your…
There are a lot of things is jury is not allowed to be told about in a civil case: 1. That the defendant has liabilty insurance (The argument is that a jury will be more likely to be sympathetic to the plaintiff if it knows an insurance company will bear the loss. This is based…
Picking a fair jury is something that sounds real easy. Just think about this short example to help you understand the problem: It might be something deep inside my soul, or maybe that I live and work in a conservative venue, but I have a hard time feeling sorry for a man whose…
Ryan Dempster, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, nailed Alex Rodriguez, a New York Yankee with a wild pitch recently. Sometimes even major league pitchers throw wild pitches. Sometimes they are on purpose and sometimes they are not. They can control a fastball well enough to throw a strike over the corner of…
If you are reading this it is likely you have RSD and wondering if you have a case. A lawyer takes into a mix of facts and circumstances, some objective, some subjective when he evaluates a case. Here is a short list of important considerations when I decide whether to take RSD cases: Did…
I had the pleasure of helping a young 18 year old lady settle an accident injury case yesterday. I reminded her the settlement did not include any money to reimburse her parents who missed a lot of time from work, driving first to visit her for days in the intensive care, and…
Insurance adjusters are trained how to settle claims. They always try to settle as low as possible. But sometimes, even in cases where they know they will have to pay a claim, they worry most about claims that include any of these factors which I call “Bell Ringers”: 1. Claims involving despicable behavior such…