How Lost Wages Are Documented After an Injury
An injury can affect more than a person’s health. Time away from work may create financial pressure, particularly when an injured person misses several weeks or months of employment. A...
Common Questions Injured Drivers Ask
Does Florida Actually Require Bodily Injury Insurance? No, Florida remains a no-fault state and does not currently require standard bodily injury liability coverage, meaning many at-fault drivers on the road...
Why Your Own Insurer Pays You First
A System That Genuinely Pays Before Fault Gets Decided Florida remains one of the few states operating under a no-fault insurance system, meaning an injured driver's own coverage generally pays...
Back-to-School Safety Tips for Drivers
When school is back in session, Florida roads get busier. School buses return to their routes, parents line up for drop-off and pickup, and more children are walking and biking...
Who Actually Recovers When Someone Dies
Florida Defines a Specific Group of Survivors Under Florida Statute Section 768.18, eligible survivors in a wrongful death case include the decedent's spouse, children, parents, and certain blood relatives or...
Why a Wet Floor Case Is Harder to Prove
Florida's Transitory Substance Law Sets a High Bar Under Florida Statute Section 768.0755, a person injured by slipping on a transitory foreign substance in a business establishment has to prove...
When a Short-Term Rental Party Turns Violent
Short-term rentals bring people into residential neighborhoods who have no connection to the block. Most stays end without incident. When a rental gets used as a party venue, though, the...
Vero Beach Shooting and the Family’s Claim
A homicide investigation is a criminal matter. It can also give rise to a separate civil claim brought by the family of the person who died. Those two cases move...
The Fault Percentage That Can End Your Case
What Is Florida's Current Comparative Negligence Rule? Under Florida Statute Section 768.81, amended by House Bill 837 in March 2023, Florida shifted from pure comparative negligence to modified comparative negligence....