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 […]
Category: Miscellaneous
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 […]
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; […]
Memories of Tragedies on the Rails On May 13, 2015, once again tragedy struck as an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, killing six people and injuring more than 130. One of those killed was a Naval Academy midshipman on leave. This shocking and catastrophic derailment brings back memories for Attorneys […]
Last year, as my son approached his 16th birthday, I wondered whether my wife and I had done everything possible to prepare him to be a good driver. My wife, a very safe driver, did an excellent job teaching our son about the rules of the road, to be patient […]
Today people across the United States and in parts of the world will wear blue clothes and wrist bands to recognize the health crisis of autism in the world. The Washington Post carried an article today that suggests the very real world of autism from a mom of three autistic […]
Don’t Store Chemicals in Cabinets Poisoning causes 51 deaths every year in children ages 12 and younger and more than 47,000 trips to the emergency room, making it a leading home hazard that is entirely preventable. Still, a majority of parents admit to keeping cleaners, medicines and other poisons in […]
Don’t Let Your Little One Become A Statistic Every year, an estimated 2,200 children die as the result of a home accident. Another 3.5 million end up in emergency rooms for the same reason. Such startling statistics should make safety a top priority for parents. The deaths and injuries are […]
In Hamlet, his mother the queen is quoted as saying, “The lady doth protest too much, me thinks.” In Shakespeare’s time the word “protest” was meant as the lady vows or declares solemnly, too much. So do the devotees of predictive coding, protest too much. A recent article in favor […]
We live in a baby-boomer nation. Now, those post-World War II folks are turning 70-something and soon will need nursing homes. The nursing-home industry not only recognizes the changing of the tides taking place but also is capitalizing on it. It knows big business lies ahead. The American Association for […]