MIAMI BEACH – The cost of car or automobile insurance in the urban Miami Beach and Miami markets is high and not looking to go down. You buy insurance for those times when luck isn’t with you and someone else ino tap paying attention. Automobile coverage and specifically Personal Injury…
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Drunk Drivers & Wrong Way Collision – NTSB Calls for Ignition Interlock on All Convictions
MIAMI BEACH – Today, the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has called for every state to enact laws that would require an ignition interlock device for anyone who has been convicted of a drunk driving offense. This would include first time offenders. The device prevents the person from starting a car’s…
School Injured and Killed Children – Campus Burials and Lost Bodies
MARIANNA – As Miami Beach and Miami Personal injury inwyers, we have represented numerous children, parents, and other individuals who were the victim of a public or private schools negligence or outright intentional wrongdoing. Recently, numerous newspaper outlets, online news organizations, and television stations reported on a tragedy to our youth that spanned almost…
Tip Two – What to do At the Slip or Trip and Fall Scene
MIAMI BEACH – In our first “what to do after an accident” tip, we discussed what to do at the scene of an accident after the accident. The sum of it was to be consistent and complete. Now, in this tip, we will discuss what to do at the scene of…
Tip One – What to do at the Automobile Accident Scene
MIAMI BEACH – First, you should almost always get checked out at the scene by Fire Rescue if you’ve been injured even slightly. And always be complete and consistent with the medical providers at the scene. Even if you have medical training, it is exceedingly difficult to assess your own medical…
You Can You Sue the Person You Rear-Ended – Sudden Stops, Short Stops, and Sudden Lane Changes
MIAMI BEACH - On November 21, 2012, in Cevallos v. Rideout, 37 Fla. L. Weekly S739a, Case No. SX09-2238 (Fla. 2012), the Supreme Court overturned the lower court’s decision that the presumption that the accident was the rear drivers fault could not be rebutted. So, yes, you can sue the…
Miami Beach Slip and Fall Accidents – Lawyers Must Show Notice
We are Miami Beach Personal Injury Lawyers and handle slip and fall or trip and fall cases against local businesses. A slip and fall negligence case against a property owner is a “premises liabilty” case. In such a case, the owner’s liabilty stems from his, her, or its ownership of…
Who Pays Costs in Personal Injury Rear-end Automobile and Fall Down Cases?
(In Miami Beach, Miami, Aventura, Coral Gables, Wynwood and Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach Counties.) Whether we undertake representation of an individual in a fall down, rear end collision, or any other negligence case, it is usual for us to expend costs on behalf of the client. The contingency contract of…
Trip or Slip and Fall on Miami Beach – Owners have a Duty to Maintain
Personal injury lawyers and attorney’s who handle slip and fall or trip and fall cases treat and call them “premises liabilty” cases. That just means that a person or company’s liabilty arises out of their ownership of land, property, or “premises”. It could be a renter, owner, lessor, or lessee.…
Hit by a Car on Miami Beach
Recently, we closed a case involving a lovely woman, our client, who was hit by a car on Miami Beach. She was crossing Pine Tree Drive and headed West on 41st Street (also known as Arthur Godfrey Road). The Northbound light on Pine Tree Drive was red. And our client…