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Imagine you are in an automobile accident that was not your fault. Tragically, you are severely injured. Imagine you will require at least 6 to 8 months of surgeries and intensive rehabilitation before you have any hope of returning to work. Imagine that your injuries are permanent; the doctors can […]

West Palm Beach, FL (March 10, 2011) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA announced today that Business Leader Media, a recognized information and resource organization for business executives, owners, and other professionals,  selected attorney Sia Baker-Barnes as one of their “2011 South Florida Women Extraordinaire.” Honorees […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – March 9, 2011- The Attorneys of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart and Shipley are promoting a special TV event to air on NBC that honors service and volunteerism in America. “All Together Now: A Celebration of Service” is scheduled to air Monday, March 28th from 8-9 PM […]

The Food & Drug Administration issued a press release on March 4, 2011 to alert expectant mothers to complications of taking Topamax. The FDA indicates that a higher than acceptable number of infants were born with a condition called cleft lip and palate; when the mothers were taking Topamax (Topiramate). […]

Legislation to Permit Insurance Companies to Act in Bad Faith What is “bad faith”? An insurance company has an obligation to deal fairly with their policyholders – they must deal in good faith. If an insurance company acts in its own best interests and not in its insured’s best interests, […]

It is disappointing when otherwise intelligent, insightful people simply choose to ignore facts and fail to protect the very people they have sworn to serve. It is no secret that many industry-wed lawmakers have been working for a long time to place damage caps on injuries caused by the negligence […]

How many people actually are wireless in 2011? We know that in 2010, 292,800,000 people had wireless subscriptions. We know that wireless-only households went from 2,138,400 in 2005 to 71,736,000 in 2010. An increase of over 30 times 2005. We also know that the time people spent on wireless phones […]

I propose we overhaul the criminal justice system in the United States. We can save billions, possibly trillions, of dollars by simply instituting a new way of handling the criminal process: YOU are now presumed guilty of any crime with which you are charged until YOU prove yourself innocent. In […]

Hot coffee, McDonalds and tort reform have become strange bed-fellows since a verdict was delivered against the McDonalds Corporation by a jury; for severe injuries to 79 year old Stella Liebeck, caused by spilled coffee. To people who believe Corporate America needs protecting, the McDonalds coffee case became a poster […]

$4 billion dollars lost (at least temporarily) to fraud. That is both astounding and just a little scary. First, how is $4 billion defrauded from the government? Secondly, who is in a position to defraud the government out of that amount of money? The answer to the second question is […]