Personal Injuries in the News

A lot of times people will have low back pain that will radiate into their buttocks, or maybe even to the hips or upper thighs. And there are lots of different mechanical reasons that can be causing that pain. Oftentimes, back pain is caused by injuries to the disc or the joints in the back, …

In Florida, if you’ve been hurt in a slip and fall accident, you have certain rights or the ability to collect important information. So oftentimes, if someone slips and falls in a private store like a grocery store or a shopping center, there will surveillance video that the store has in place to catch people …

A recently published study sheds light on what the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) calls “the underappreciated relationship” between traumatic brain injury (TBI) – even mild cases such as concussions – and the risk of suicide. In an August 2018 editorial, JAMA reports that suicide is the tenth-leading cause of death in the …

Approximately 5.6 million Americans currently live with some degree of paralysis. While paralysis can occur in many ways, serious spinal cord injuries are a leading cause affecting more than 1.2 million people. Until recently, victims who suffered permanent paralysis due to spinal cord injuries had little to no hope of walking again. However, as medical …

In every case, the insurance adjuster will likely argue about the nature and extent of your injuries. That’s in the playbook for the insurance company. They have certain arguments they make in every case across the board. Usually, they’ll hire a radiologist to look at your x-rays or your MRIs and the defense playbook is …

So in Florida, generally the initial consultation with a personal injury lawyer is free and basically, you may want to talk to more than one lawyer to discuss what happened and why it happened, to get the different approach of each lawyer, because no two lawyers are alike and lawyers have different styles and different …

We often see cases that involve driver inattention, and that could really mean a lot of different things. Someone running a stop sign and eating burritos, being – playing on their cell phone, putting on makeup. We see it all. So driver inattention is a big problem in the State of Florida. It’s actually been …

When picking a personal injury lawyer, I think one of the most important things is to actually sit down and meet the lawyer and talk with that lawyer about their experience handling a similar type case that you have. And some important questions to ask would be “have you tried similar cases to the accident …

One of the things that I always look into when I represent someone is did they suffer a closed head injury or a brain injury? Often times my client may not even realize that they have a brain injury or a closed head injury. And so I talk to their loved ones, I talk to …

Claiming Loss of Future Earnings Capacity after an Accident in Florida Being involved in a serious accident is a traumatic experience that can disrupt your life and your future. In addition to the physical pain that you suffer from your injuries, you may experience financial stress from unanticipated medical bills, and emotional ups and downs …