Tag Archives: West Palm Beach Personal Injury Lawyers
Seeking Justice after a Hit and Run Accident
The aftermath of a car accident can be a chaotic place. Even minor traffic accidents are jarring, and more serious ones can result in severe injuries and property damage that can be very disorienting. This level of confusion can be made even worse in the case of a hit and run car accident. Florida… Read More »
Building a Personal Injury Case
When people picture lawyers at work, the first scene that usually comes to mind is someone standing in a courtroom in a suit interrogating a witness or making a speech to the jury. While that can a key part of many personal injury cases, it skips over much of the groundwork that leads up… Read More »
The Jobs of the Judge and Jury
The court system is full of people with specific jobs to do, but those jobs can often be confusing to people who do not often interact with the court system, such as personal injury victims. One particular point of confusion is the different roles the judge and jury play in the system. After all,… Read More »
School Bus Safety Tips for Drivers and Students
With children going back to school over the next few weeks, it means that there is going to be an uptick in school bus traffic on the roads. While everyone should know the basic legal rules about driving near school buses, such as not passing them when the stop sign is extended, there are… Read More »
Florida Introduces “Safe Phone Zones” to Discourage Distracted Driving
The fact that distracted driving causes accidents is not news to anyone. Concerns about distracted driving stretch back to the early 1900s when Chevrolet introduced the first car radio and opponents proposed laws banning them for fear that they would increase accidents. Now, cell phone calls and texting have raised similar concerns, causing significant… Read More »
Finding the Party Responsible For Your Car Accident
When a two parties go to court for a traffic accident, it is fundamentally all about assigning fault for the car crash. The judge hears evidence to determine who was responsible for causing the crash and whether it was caused by some sort of wrongful or careless behavior. However with hundreds of thousands of… Read More »
After an Accident with a Drunk Driver
Often, the most difficult types of car accidents to be involved in are those where the other party was driving while under the influence of alcohol. While all accidents are the result of a person’s carelessness, it can be especially hard to deal with the fact that injuries in a drunk driving accident happened… Read More »
Does an Accident Victim’s Own Carelessness Affect Their Recovery?
Many people talk about personal injury lawsuits in clear cut terms, with an injured victim on one side and the defendant who caused it on the other. However, real life can often be murkier than that. Sometimes, a person injured in an accident was being careless too, and that carelessness helped cause the accident… Read More »
Be Careful Who You Trust: Understanding the Tort of Negligent Entrustment
One of the most surprising areas of personal injury law for many people are the various ways that injuries caused by one party can be legally attributed to another. Sometimes, this can be intuitive, such as suing an employer for the careless act of an employee. However, the law can also hold people responsible… Read More »
Ways to Spot Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Placing an elderly loved one in a nursing home can be a difficult decision. After all, it involves trusting other people with the care of important family members. It can be made even more difficult given the prevalence of nursing home abuse. In fact, over 40 percent of elders in nursing homes have experienced… Read More »
Understanding the Basics of Personal Injury Law
The legal ramifications surrounding personal injuries can be a confusing thing. There are all sorts of confusing rules and unfamiliar terminology. Lawyers spend years going to school and learning to communicate clearly, but it can still be difficult understanding the intricacies of the process. Sometimes it can help to have a primer that explains… Read More »
What to do after a Car Accident
Getting into a car accident is a confusing, stressful experience. The accident itself is surprising, often coming out of nowhere, and after that there are often medical and legal issues to to deal with. However, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reports that there are hundreds of thousands of traffic accidents… Read More »
Railroad Accident Results in Film Crew Fatalities and Injuries
Increasingly associated with a bygone era, railroads are still very much a part of American life. Part of that reality, unfortunately, is accidents resulting in injuries and/or death. It is precisely this tragic inevitability that resulted in a lawsuit against Florida-based railroad operator CSX. While filming a movie based on the life of Allman… Read More »
Damages Arising From Negligence in Sexual Assault and Battery Cases
Nothing is more traumatic than sexual abuse, as reminds a case involving a Florida Diocese, Eucharistic minister, and a 13-year-old special needs boy. In a suit against the Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida for $5 million in damages, both the Diocese and its bishop have been accused of negligence in failing to prevent… Read More »
Dinner Key Marina Tragedy Kills Four, Injures Another Five
The Dinner Key Marina was filled with boats on a festive Fourth of July night that suddenly turned from celebration to tragedy when a boat crash claimed four lives, and sent another five to area hospitals. The crash involved three boats, all situated about a mile and a half from the marina. A representative… Read More »
Driver and Two Passengers Lose Their Lives After Another Wrong-Way Accident
A 33-year-old Florida woman lost her life after the car she was driving crashed into a truck. The car was heading the wrong way down the highway when the accident occurred. Two passengers in the car, the driver’s 31-year-old sister and a 26-year-old man, also lost their lives in this car accident. The truck… Read More »
Three-Year-Old Crashes Vehicle Into Several Parked Cars
Several parked cars were damaged when a 47-year-old Florida woman allowed her 3-year-old grandson to drive a car. According to what one witness told police, there was a loud crash and the witness saw a gold, four-door Chrysler crash head-on into a parked vehicle and then back into another vehicle. The witness said that… Read More »
Driver and Two Passengers Lose Their Lives After Another Wrong-Way Accident
A 33-year-old Florida woman lost her life after the car she was driving crashed into a truck. The car was heading the wrong way down the highway when the accident occurred. Two passengers in the car, the driver’s 31-year-old sister and a 26-year-old man, also lost their lives in this car accident. The truck… Read More »
Types of Fault in Car Accident Cases
If you are involved in a car accident and you want to receive compensation for your injuries from the driver who caused the accident, you will need to prove that the other driver is at fault. The two most common types of fault are (1) negligence, and (2) recklessness. Another type of fault is… Read More »
Family Awarded Massive Judgment Following Crash Caused by Sleepy Truck Driver
The family of a man who was killed while riding his motorcycle was awarded nearly $15 million as the result of a wrongful death lawsuit. The motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck. This is one of the largest judgments ever awarded for a motorcycle accident in the state of Florida…. Read More »
