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‘Tis that time of year again. We are all another year older and yet another new year is chasing us just around the corner. It is a good time for reflection and for forgiving – both ourselves and others. It is a time to count our blessings – for they […]
Tis’ the season for injuries? The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates about 15,000 of us will be injured during the holiday season based on the number of folks seen in the nation’s emergency rooms last November and December. The worst of the injuries involved falls from holiday decorating, […]
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley is one of the most prominent law firms and is proud to announce the addition of two new shareholders to our firm. Mariano Garcia is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who has been practicing in West Palm Beach since 1994, representing people in personal injury […]
For those of us who spend a fair amount of time traveling Florida’s roadways, the results of a recent study published on Car Insurance Comparison probably come as no surprise: There are a number of bad drivers navigating Florida’s roadways, or at least folks who drive badly. The study documents […]
Is flying a plane easy? Is it like driving a car? Once you learn to fly, it must be a lot like driving a car, right? Wrong. I have been learning to fly over the course of the last several months and I can tell you there are several differences; […]
What does Thanksgiving represent to you? A day of football? A day with family and friends where everyone eats too much, talks too much and then falls asleep together? If you get to eat, drink and be merry…be thankful. We have a lawyer here in our firm who quietly goes […]
When Big Tobacco was manufacturing cigarettes, what did they know and when did they know it? Their own documents are very revealing of an industry that dealt in high profits, fueled by deceit, distortion, misrepresentation and invention. The cigarette industry is one in which their own documents illustrate a collection […]
America saw the coming of a Camelot to the United States and the presidency. There had been great presidents; many, but John F Kennedy and his first lady, Jackie Kennedy, brought an elegance that had not before been felt. They were something truly new in 1960. Known as Jack or […]
It happened in a three day battle during the spring of 1863 and along a quiet valley in Eastern Pennsylvania. By the end of 72 hours, history would record over 7,800 killed and over 43,000 casualties; many of those killed and maimed were brothers, sons, fathers, and, in some cases, […]
My dad was a Marine. My grandfather was in the Army, as was one of my uncles. Another uncle was in the Air Force. My grandfather fought in WWII, my Dad in Korea and my uncles in Vietnam. One of my uncles was a helicopter gunner and was shot down […]
