No matter how little the damage or how insignificant the injury, an automobile accident is a stressful occasion. There are a few critical things to do if any car accident occurs. Print this list and keep in your glove compartment as a part of your “important papers”. CALL 911 […]
West Palm Beach, Fla. — Christian D. Searcy, a prominent international trial attorney was inducted into The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame today at a National Trial Lawyer Association conference in Las Vegas. Searcy is President and CEO of the law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, which […]
On May 30, 2015, the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association celebrated its 26th Annual Installation and Scholarship Gala, and recognized Mariano Garcia, a shareholder with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, as one of the inaugural recipients of the “BRAVO” award for “Dedication and Leadership in Public Service and Promoting […]
Over two years have gone by since the Florida legislature, with the shepherding of Gov. Rick Scott, passed amendments to the Florida PIP (No-Fault) auto insurance statute. Adding the “emergency medical condition” to the auto insurance-lexicon was perhaps the most noticeable change. Unless a Florida driver has a diagnosis of […]
Trial by Jury is one of the most important rights we have as citizens of the United States of America. In today’s landscape, without a military draft, one of the most important ways citizens serve our country is by serving as jurors in our court system. Unfortunately, there are those […]
St. Mary’s Medical Center pediatric open heart surgery center was three times the national average for patient deaths from 2010-02013 (CNN Report). Tenet Healthcare Corporation owns St. Mary’s Medical Center and an understanding of Tenet’s corporate history is helpful to an appreciation for what is currently happening there. Tenet is […]
Last night, CNN televised a report about local hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center Pediatric Heart Surgery Program. We congratulate CNN for bringing a national interest to a serious problem endangering little children. Our firm has been working diligently on behalf of some of the children that were injured and killed […]
Is There No Shame? Each of us acutely knows of the efforts undertaken over the last three decades to find a cure and to advance treatment for many types of cancer. Most people well know of facts like cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States; […]
Avoidable Tragedy A few days ago, it was a Philadelphia train derailment that claimed (7) dead and over 130 injured. Since 1991, the railway industry led by CSX has been trying to assure the public that rail transportation is just fine. As, Pulitzer Prize winning author David Johnston discovered in […]
Can Positive Train Control Help Prevent Another Train Accident? After most tragedies involving the loss of life and hundreds of injured people, we reflect on: what could have been done to avoid this? What safety measures were in place or should have been in place that might have limited the […]
