Miscellaneous

Car accidents can involve all types of circumstances. While many accidents involve collisions between moving vehicles, accidents involving stopped vehicles are common as well. If you were in a car accident with a stopped vehicle, it is important to make sure you know what to do next. These accidents are […]

In our previous blog, we provided you with a quick explainer about the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (“CLJA”) and how it became effective on August 10, 2022. If you have been following  the news, you probably have seen or heard about this horrific toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune and […]

Camp Lejeune, situated in Jacksonville, NC, was established in 1942 as a Marine Corps Base training facility. Now, Camp Lejeune is listed on the Superfund program’s National Priority List. The United States Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) declared that exposure to the drinking water at Camp Lejeune […]

When you schedule a replacement surgery, you expect everything to go according to plan. You expect your anesthesiologist and surgeon to do their jobs professionally, and you expect to receive the postoperative care you need to recover as quickly as possible. But, you probably don’t give much thought to the […]

Lots of consumers got sleek, new flat-screen TVs for the holidays. The high-tech devices always are popular presents. Those who did not find one under the tree probably will take matters into their own hands as the most-watched sporting event in America approaches: Super Bowl LVI. Each winter, retailers capitalize […]

A cheery, magical, pleasingly decorated Christmas tree can burst into flames faster than almost anything else in the home, turning a time of joy into a time of tragedy. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), firs, pines and spruces ignite rapidly and lead to dangerous and destructive […]

In Worley v. Central Florida Young Men’s Christian Association, 228 So.3rd 18 (Florida, 2017), the Supreme Court ruled disclosure of a financial relationship between a party, a plaintiff’s attorney and an expert, is no longer discoverable.  That Court did not, answer the question of whether the same rule applies regarding […]

Advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, have flooded the car market in recent years, giving automobiles the technological wherewithal to decrease operator error during dangerous situations on the road. ADAS work to enhance and improve motorists’ reaction times via audible and visible signals and warnings that include everything from adaptive cruise […]

Those in the education field should be focused on protecting students. Students should feel safe attending school and college. If they are being physically or sexually assaulted by teachers or coaches, they should be able to speak up, file a report, and get justice swiftly served. With new Title IX […]

Why Columbia Born Searcy Denney Attorney Values Being Part of the Firm  Hi, my name is Juan Diaz, and I’m an attorney [product liability] at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley. I’m a board member of the Hispanic Bar Association for Palm Beach County. There’s a big portion of the […]