August 17, 2011
Most of us have rented an apartment at one time or another in our lives. Understandably, the focus of such agreements is upon the length of the lease, the monthly rent amount, and the required security deposit. Often hidden within the “fine print” however, are provisions which attempt to limit or altogether waive the landlord’s [...]
April 23, 2011
In a previous post, I outlined the types of available automobile insurance and stressed the necessity of obtaining as much coverage as financially possible to insure that medical expenses and lost wages can be recovered in the event of injury as a result of an accident. As a corollary to that advice, it is just [...]
March 21, 2011
As I discussed in an earlier post, motor vehicles have previously been deemed to be a “dangerous instrumentality” by numerous previous rulings of the Florida courts. As as result, I issued the warning that private automobile owners must be particularly careful when entrusting their vehicle to another driver, in that the owner can be held [...]
February 21, 2011
Insurance coverage for motorcycles is not required in Florida but strongly advised by St. Petersburg personal injury attorney Robert E. Heyman.
December 16, 2010
In order to sue for breach of contract, for injuries from an automobile accident or a slip and fall, the plaintiff need only file a complaint in the proper jurisdiction and pay the necessary filing fee. ($400.00 at this time). However, in order to sue a doctor , hospital or other medical care provider, there [...]
October 30, 2010
At common law, no government could be sued for damages by one of its citizens, no matter how egregious the negligence by a government agent or employee may have been. “The King can do no wrong” was the operative phrase which insulated governments from liability since Medieval times. In Florida, that changed in 1975, when [...]
October 9, 2010
With the advent of the fourth quarter of 2010, my personal injury practice has, as is usual, focused on reaching year end settlements of cases which are currently in litigation. This trend is in large measure driven by the defendants’ insurance companies desire to “clear their books” of cases before the start of the new [...]
September 3, 2010
In an apparent desire to promote settlements in civil cases, the Florida Legislature created the “Proposal for Settlement ” rule pursuant to Florida Statute 768.79 and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442. In a nutshell, the rule provides both the plaintiff and defendant the opportunity to extend a pretrial settlement offer to the opposing party [...]
August 2, 2010
Anyone who has lived a fairly active lifestyle has probably incurred an injury to their neck, back or an extremity. Unfortunately, many people have also sustained prior injuries as a result of motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls or other accidental mishaps with varying degrees of permanent impairment. Many of my clients who seek my [...]
July 30, 2010
Under Florida law, motor vehicles have been classified as “dangerous instrumentalities”, a legal determination which can result in significant consequences when a vehicle is involved in an accident which causes personal injuries to others. The doctrine itself is rooted in the “common law” ( or case law) and provides that if the owner of a [...]
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