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Coalition Calls for Special Legislative Session on Gun Control
Coalition Calls for Special Legislative Session on Gun Control Gun-safety advocates want lawmakers to return to the Florida Capitol by the end of the month. (Globetrotter/Wikimedia Commons) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - While memorial services and funerals continue for the 49...
7 Things That Can Sabotage Your Personal Injury Case
7 Things That Can Sabotage Your Personal Injury Case Have you filed a personal injury case? It might be time to take a break from social media. This may be easier said than done if you frequently read Facebook, actively Tweet or Instagram your latest selfies...
Cell Phone Forensics Provides Legally Defensible Evidence
Cell Phone Forensics Provides Legally Defensible Evidence The ability to collect, recover and preserve digital data stored on individuals' personal computers and networks is not new. In fact, according to the FBI, the history of computer forensics and its use in the...
Has an Auto Accident Aggravated a Prior Medical Condition? Here’s What You Need to Know!
Jack loved to play tennis. He worked hard as an engineer at a manufacturing plant every day. He loved playing at the tennis club in the evenings and on weekends. Lately Jack had not been able to take to the tennis court. While repairing a machine on the factory floor,...
Florida Supreme Court hears Ocala woman’s case against insurance company
Florida Supreme Court hears Ocala woman's case against insurance company A Marion County woman's case made it to the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday. The seven justices spent part of the morning listening to arguments in her case against an insurance company that...
Senators Grapple With ‘Moral Imperative’ of Marijuana Bill
After a tense debate, a Senate committee backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana and revamping a 2014 cannabis law that has been tangled in legal fights. The bill (SB 460), approved by the Senate Rules...
Four Things You Need to Know to Negotiate With Insurance Companies
Four Things You Need to Know to Negotiate With Insurance Companies Windstorms don't sound that bad. Many people think, "What can wind do to my house, really?" But they can cause huge amounts of damage. Take Brenda Dellany for example. She bought a beautiful home on...
Labor Pains – Court to weigh whether employers must accommodate pregnant workers with the same limits as other employees.
Labor Pains – Court to weigh whether employers must accommodate pregnant workers with the same limits as other employees. Decades after the demise of the most blatant forms of employer bias against pregnant workers, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to step into a case...
FLORIDA’S “ALL RISK” POLICY
All across Florida, insurers have been subtly making moves for years to limit coverage for water losses. Without a major hurricane in a decade, Florida's insurers now complain that water loss claims are their highest risk and have in Pac-Man™ fashion chomped away...