A family in Tennessee is seeking to recover damages after their little girl suffered injuries while playing on a defective swing set at school – a swing set that had been recalled in 2009 by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Despite the recall, the swing set remained in use on school grounds. The district…
Continue reading ›The entire South Florida community is mourning the loss of life of two young people with bright futures who were killed in a chain collision accident on I-75. One was a 17-year-old recent high school graduate. The other was a 29-year-old third-year medical student about to begin clinical rotations. Their lives ended when a tractor…
Continue reading ›The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a $3.4 million fine against an officer store retailer that intentionally failed to report a number of reports of injury allegedly caused by two different models of defective office chairs. According to a news release from the CPSC, the problem was the seat backs of two different…
Continue reading ›As consumers, we trust the products we buy and use are safe as designed and manufactured. Unfortunately, this is too often not the case. From baby cribs to automobiles to construction equipment to medical devices, thousands of people are hurt every year as a result of defective products. Those injured by dangerous and defective products…
Continue reading ›In a motor vehicle accident involving a commercial truck, it may be clear the trucker was at fault and caused the crash. What is less clear is who is legally liable. Employers are usually responsible for wrongful acts of an employee or agents, provided those acts were not intentional and were committed in the scope…
Continue reading ›Florida has become a more dangerous place for cyclists, according to the most recent data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The latest Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, which reflects final numbers from 2013 indicate bicycle fatalities in Florida rose from 122 to 133 – an increase of 9 percent. Nationally, the number of…
Continue reading ›In any premises liability claim, success often hinges on whether the property owner or operator had actual or constructive knowledge of a dangerous condition. So in the case of a slippery floor, we have to determine whether a property or business owner knew the floor was wet or slippery. However, it gets a little more…
Continue reading ›Most construction accident lawsuits stem from injuries sustained by on-site workers. However, if a construction, demolition or renovation site is not properly secured or if outsiders aren’t given proper warning to keep a certain distance, the public in general may be put at risk of serious injury or even death. That’s what is alleged to…
Continue reading ›It is not highly unusual for passengers in a crash or their survivors to sue drivers following an accident, even when they are family members or close friends. The goal is not malice, but rather compensation for medical bills, lost wages and other costs, which are often paid by insurance companies rather than the individual…
Continue reading ›Lawmakers are expected to approve a $700,000 claims bill to compensate an engineering professor at Florida State University who suffered serious injury after he was struck by a garbage truck while riding a bicycle five years ago. It may seem an odd step in the civil litigation process, but the reason the case took this…
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