Let’s say you dealt with discrimination and harassment in your former position. You complained to your manager, but then it began to feel like your manager was retaliating against you for filing a complaint. It has become very uncomfortable for you at work. Your good friend who is an HR manager at a large company [...]
The job of a large commercial truck driver carries with it a lot of responsibility. The attention, experience and skill of the truck driver as they haul massive loads at tremendous speeds alongside much smaller passenger vehicles is the only thing that stands between disaster, or a successful trip. Driver negligence, which takes countless forms [...]
What do you do when you have been seriously injured in a car crash and you lost consciousness for a few minutes? Or you do not remember what happened, exactly? Or another party involved in the accident tells a contradictory story? If the crash was fiery, or if the vehicles needed to be moved quickly [...]
Some of us love our pets more than we do some friends and even family members, so when it appears to be ill or injured, we trust our veterinarian to treat our pet with the utmost care. But what happens if you bring your pet to the veterinarian, and the pet suffers injury or death [...]
On June 8th, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that caps for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits are unconstitutional, a ruling that rejected a change that the legislature and then-Governor Jeb Bush signed into law in 2003. The four justices who were in the majority found that non-economic damages caps violated equal-protection rights guaranteed [...]
In the 2017 Florida legislative session that ended May 8, 2017, the effort to repeal the Florida Personal Injury Protection Law and replace it with a Mandatory Bodily Injury Insurance plan was defeated. The good news for medical providers in Florida is that PIP will remain as it is. Florida chiropractors, MRI facilities and other [...]
According to Canine Journal, dogs bite children and adults because the dog is stressed, scared, feels threatened, or is ill. The dog may think he/she is protecting the owner, themselves, or even their puppies. Some dogs bite during play, which is a major reason children and dogs can be a dangerous mix. Children don’t see [...]
Trucking companies that put 20,000 lb. or larger trucks on Florida's highways have a responsibility to hire safe truck drivers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which is the enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has the authority to create regulations that govern the safety of commercial vehicles in the U.S. [...]
In an article for CBS News entitled The Hazards of Self-Diagnosis on the Internet, Bianca Seidman articulates the dangers attendant to using Internet searches and apps to diagnose one’s own medical conditions. Her synopsis: “the proliferation of health information online offers a mixed bag of valuable resources and misleading or junk information.” Likewise, the Internet [...]
Anyone who is involved in a personal injury claim should understand that defense lawyers and insurance companies will seek to use any evidence they can to win their case. This evidence includes statements or comments made by you or by your family and friends which can show their client is not responsible for the accident [...]
