Personal Injury

A tragic accident at Broward Marina in Fort Lauderdale killed a 41-year-old man from Quebec this week and severely injured six others. The boat was reportedly at a fuel station just before 6 p.m. on December 23, 2024, when it exploded and burst into flames. A pontoon boat nearby also caught fire as the flames…

Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal affirms a verdict for the Plaintiff in a slip and fall inside a Dollar General Store in Port Orange, Florida.  The Court held that there certainly was sufficient evidence of notice to the store of the dangerous condition, the heavy rain which had caused the store to put up…

A man named Michael Eddings was on his way to check out at Target, but as he approached the checkout lane with his cart, there was a plastic bag in his pathway, causing him to slip and fall. As a result, he filed a lawsuit against Target Corporation for negligence. According to Law 360, there…

In a terrible story out of Maryland today, rescue workers are searching for as many as seven people after a bridge collapse in Baltimore. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after being struck by a container vessel. CNN posted a video of the collapse, reporting: The ship, which hit the bridge just…

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is important. Why? Because we all should know that the consequences of even a “mild” TBI can be devastating to the person who suffers it and to their friends and family. The person who has suffered a mild to moderate TBI may walk…

Recently, the Florida Federal Court reversed and remanded a summary judgment in a case involving a slip and fall in Walmart. The lower court issued a summary judgment in Walmart’s favor, but James Deakins – the injured party – appealed that decision. The Federal Court agreed with Deakins. The case will now go to trial…

On December 20, a Pennsylvania federal judge refused to toss out a suit against PetSmart Inc. by a woman who alleges she slipped and fell in a puddle of dog urine. U.S. District Judge Mia Roberts Perez denied the company’s motion for summary judgment in the suit filed by Vera Dominiak, stating that the frequency…

Store owners and managers have a legal responsibility to maintain safe conditions for their customers. When they fail to do so, they may be held liable for any resulting injuries. This is called premises liability. The most common condition which causes accidents in stores are slip and falls. Slip and fall accidents in stores and…

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) even if it is “mild” can have a devastating effect on your life. Brains are vulnerable to injury. The brain is soft. It has the consistency of tofu. It is encased in a hard skull which has a lot of sharp edges on the inside. When there is some sudden…

When you file a lawsuit because of a boat or car crash, you will have to sit for a deposition.  That is where the attorney for the Defendant, the company you sued, asks you questions in the presence of a court reporter.  Everything you say and everything anyone says is transcribed.  And the testimony is…

Slip and fall cases are not easy.  The person who slipped and got hurt has to show that the condition on the floor, whether it is a puddle of water or something else, was there for a period of time so that the operator of the business should have known about it.  In fact, there…

The legislature is at it again. Some legislators are reacting to a request from Governor DeSantis to remove any teeth from the laws which protect insurance policy holders from the insurance companies from denying claims willy nilly. Who is that? You and me. Everyone, almost. They want to throw out the baby with the bathwater. That is, they want to…

MIAMI, FL – Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Miami late Wednesday night, WSVN reports. The accident happened in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 84th Street, where the 27-year-old bicycle rider was hit by two vehicles at about 11 p.m. Police said the first driver who hit…

LAKE WORTH, FL – A rollover crash in Palm Beach County Tuesday night left a driver dead, authorities said. According to WPEC, the victim was identified as 34-year-old Damaine Wagstaffe.  The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said he was driving a Honda Civic north on Haverhill Road in Lake Worth when the incident took place…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A teenage driver was arrested Monday night after police say he crashed a stolen vehicle into a building in Fort Lauderdale. According to WPLG, the 17-year-old was driving a BMW that was stolen in Hollywood when a police officer spotted the vehicle and began to follow it.  Police say the driver…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash. Traffic homicide detectives released surveillance video of the June 30th incident that happened in the area of Northwest 25th Avenue and Franklin Park Drive near Fort Lauderdale. Investigators said the victim…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Police said six people were injured in a railroad accident in Fort Lauderdale Saturday morning, NBC Miami reports. The incident took place in the vicinity of NW 8th Street and NW 21st Terrace, where a Tri-Rail train hit a vehicle that was left abandoned on the tracks and was unoccupied. Rescue…

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A driver was critically injured in a crash in Port St. Lucie, police said. According to WPEC, the incident happened Thursday night on NW Selvitz Boulevard at about 6:30 p.m.  Investigators said the driver of a southbound vehicle sideswiped a second vehicle, then crashed head-on into a third vehicle. One…

OAKLAND PARK, FL – Police say a stolen vehicle was involved in a fatal crash following a chase in Broward County on Sunday morning. According to a report by WSVN, Fort Lauderdale police responded to a home on Mercedes Drive following a report of a burglary. Officers discovered that three vehicles had been stolen.  They gave…