When you are injured in an automobile accident you first look to your $10,000 of no-fault Personal Injury Protection Coverage under your auto insurance policy for payment of your medical bills and lost wages. This coverage can be exhausted quickly with an emergency room visit, subsequent treatment, or lost wages. Next, you look to the at-fault party’s insurance to see if they have a coverage called bodily injury liability. Florida does not require drivers to

If you are injured in a slip and fall accident involving a substance, you have the burden of proving that the business owner had knowledge that the substance was there. In 2010, the Florida legislature enacted a statute that made it more difficult for the injured party to recover damages. Under Florida Statute §768.0755: (1) If a person slips and falls on a transitory foreign substance in a business establishment, the injured person must prove

Tuttle Larsen, P.A. is proud to announce that Michelle Servos was elected President of Literacy Services of Indian River County in January 2017. Michelle joined the board of the organization in 2015 and has served in several different capacities. Michelle is very involved in our community and has contributed her time, experience, and resources to numerous non-profit organizations in Indian River County. Literacy Services of Indian River County is committed to providing quality literacy tutoring

Florida law protects people who were injured in motor vehicle accidents due to someone else’s negligence. Sometimes, fender-benders don’t involve much more than minor damage to the vehicles themselves. In those cases, the drivers may be able to settle the matter quickly and directly with the negligent driver’s insurance company. However, if the accident caused injuries, scheduling a consultation with an experienced Florida car accident lawyer can help you protect your rights to the financial

Ransomware is a type of software that prevents or limits users from accessing their own system by encrypting the system files, locking the system files, or locking the system screen. The hackers that create this software will only release your system back to you if you pay them a ransom. You can encounter this threat through a variety of means. Ransomware can be downloaded onto computer systems when users visit a compromised website, download an attachment from

Florida House Bill 1063, and corresponding Senate Bill 1766, seek to eliminate the $10,000 of required personal injury protection coverage (PIP, also known as no-fault) in 2018 while mandating motorists get at least $25,000 in liability coverage for bodily injury or death and $50,000 for bodily injury or death of two or more people. The majority of states in this country require drivers to purchase bodily injury liability coverage, but Florida does not. Unfortunately, we

In a recent case, McNabb v. Taylor Elevator Corp., a man sued an elevator company after he slipped in elevator oil and was injured. [2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 12395 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2d Dist.)].  The elevator company claimed that it was not responsible and offered evidence showing that the elevator had been inspected three days prior to the incident in which the man was injured. Based on this evidence, the elevator company filed a

Self-driving cars are outfitted with lasers, cameras, and GPS technology to navigate and sense the environment without human input. The idea being that these cars, equipped with amplified awareness, can make better decisions on how to travel the roadways than humans can. Goolge, Tesla, and Uber have all reported that human error plays a role in 94% of car crashes. The three companies are in a heated race to develop self-driving technology and “make our

State Farm v. Gold January 27, 2016 4th DCA Impermissible UM Statements A recent decision from the 4th DCA is a setback for all car accident victims. The decision was rendered in State Farm v. Gold, 41 Fla. Law Weekly D257 (Fla. 4TH DCA January 27, 2016), a case out of the 19th Judicial Circuit. This case centered around a rear-end auto accident in which the Plaintiff was pursuing his uninsured motorist coverage from State

Maniglia v. Carpenter November 4, 2015 3rd DCA Improper Evidence Exclusion The 3rd DCA recently held that a trial court wrongly excluded evidence of a Plaintiff’s drunken golf cart ride and subsequent police brawl. In September 2009, a vehicle driven by Maniglia and a vehicle driven by Carpenter collided on I-95. Carpenter alleged that upon changing lanes, Maniglia swerved into him and sideswiped his vehicle, while Maniglia maintained that it was just a bump. Carpenter