Wrongful Death

• Florida Slips in Health Ranking

  Eddie Farah | December 06, 2008 11:57 AM | 10 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Florida used to rank 41st in states in terms of health, now that number has dropped. Florida was No. 45 in the latest America’s Health Ranking. That represents a partnership between United...

• A Family's Liability- when a family is negligent, does the liability extend down the family chain?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | August 24, 2009 6:24 PM | 6 CommentsMiami, FL

  On July 26th 2009, Diane Schuler loaded her 2 children and three nieces into her car and hit the road, returning home to Long Island after a weekend of camping. This was 9:30 in the morning. By 1:30...

• First Of Thousands Of Florida Smoker Lawsuits Since Engle Underway

  Eddie Farah | December 03, 2008 1:50 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Stuart Hess of Cooper City, Florida died of lung cancer at the age of 55 in 1997. His widow, Elaine, says Stuart tried to quit smoking. He tried Nicorette gum and hypnosis. He tried to quit cold...

• Toddler drowning death in Lee County Again!

  Joseph Bernardo | May 02, 2008 2:02 PM | 3 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A young boy tragically died in a pool April 30th here again in Lee County. This is the third child that has drowned in a pool in Fort Myers and Cape Coral in just the last two(2) weeks. What is...

• Protecting Your College-Student from Alcohol

  Mark Willingham | October 07, 2009 10:50 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  We tell our college-bound (or college attending) children to be careful. We tell them not to drink. We may even tell them that if they must drink, always ride with a designated driver. Yet, 1,700 of...

• Cardiac Death At Gym Without Defibrillator

  Bob Carroll | April 01, 2006 6:33 AM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As a result of some recent litigation our health clubs, gyms and other exercise facilities may be safer. Among the treadmills and weights there may be a defibrillator. Why a defibrillator? Because it can save a life. Because gyms now know it should be part of their safety equipment and service.Overlawyered feels gyms do not need defibrillators:Gym didn't have defibrillator...so a Florida...

• Message To Employers - Don't Allow Drunks To Drive Company Trucks

  Bob Carroll | January 16, 2006 8:35 AM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  One case at a time jurors are telling employers that permitting drunk employees to drive company vehicles is wrong, wrong, wrong. The Las Vegas Review-Journal posts the story of the latest verdict/message:TERRIBLE HERBST: Family awarded $14.1 million - Woman, 58, died when hit by drunken driver in 2001Rosa Delegado was trying to get into her car on the side of a public street when Darwin Ray...

• Riptide Drownings At City Beach

  Bob Carroll | September 21, 2005 3:50 AM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a city’s public swimming area creates a duty to warn the public of certain dangerous conditions.The Court determined that a jury, under these circumstances, should be permitted to decide whether the city knew or should have known of the riptide at the city beach and whether it breached its duty of care by not warning of the danger it created.The...

• Missing Children and The Technology That May Find Them

  Eddie Farah | October 25, 2009 11:28 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  According to federal statistics, there are about 115 child abductions by strangers every year in this country. Unfortunately this week we had another in the Jacksonville area. The...

• Dram Shop Laws - Effective Elements for Reponsible Alcohol Retailing

  Mark Willingham | September 08, 2009 4:08 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A foreseeable and preventable tragedy unfolds several times a day somewhere in the United States. Over fifteen thousand people are killed and thousands more are seriously injured in impaired driving...