Sexual abuse occurs in every part of the world and this week’s scandal involving a juvenile detention officer in Pinellas County illustrates how prevalent these issues are. In a disturbing story this week in the Tampa Bay Times, Pinellas County Juvenile Detention[...]
Even though the roads in Pinellas County, Florida have been increasingly made safer for cyclists, accidents with motor vehicles are still, unfortunately, a regular occurrence. Most bicycle accidents cause severe injuries and require emergency medical attention at a hospital. If[...]
A recent case out of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal has provided guidance about a property owner’s duties to protect people from trip and falls on sidewalks. In Middleton v. Don Asher & Associates, Inc. and Lemon Tree Condominium[...]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are over 6 million car accidents that happen on the roads nationwide each year. Out of those, 40% or 2.5 million are rear-end collision car accidents. The issue of fault in Florida for a[...]
Florida is a debtor-friendly state. That means that the law provides great protection for individuals from having to turn over assets to satisfy a debt. Remember after OJ Simpson was sued in 1997 in California for killing Ron and Nicole[...]
If you are in Florida and have an accident at Publix, there will likely be a video of the incident. All Publix grocery stores have closed-circuit cameras for purposes of theft prevention and to record any type of injury incident. Many[...]
The most recent attack on the citizens of Florida by Insurance Company lawyer and Republican Representative Tom Leek is in the form of HB 17, seeking to impose huge limits on what can be recovered in personal injury cases. Rep. Leek,[...]
As of 2019, there are only 15 states remaining that require a form of car insurance called Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and Florida is one of them. For the past several years, the Florida legislature has addressed bill after bill[...]
According to reports, approximately one-third of all claims against homeowners insurance policies are a result of injuries sustained from a dog or other animals. Historically, these claims were mostly dog bites because the law imposes strict liability on owners. However, as a personal injury attorney[...]
Congratulations to Sean McQuaid as the President-elect of the St. Petersburg Bar Association for 2020! Sean is following the footsteps of his mentors, Anthony Battaglia and Aubrey Dicus, as the third President of the St Petersburg Bar Association to come from Battaglia, Ross,[...]