Miscellaneous

September 16-22 is Child Passenger Safety Week in Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared September next week Child Passenger Safety Week in Florida and September 22nd as National Seat Check Saturday, calling upon all parents and caregivers to exercise responsibility to keep America’s children safe by helping to reduce injuries […]

Many states have their vacancies for judges filled through a typical election. Candidates file, they campaign (to the extent they are ethically allowed), and the candidate with the most votes assumes the office of judge. That is the way we in Florida handle all judicial positions except those judges in […]

I have done it twice; once for under-grad and then again for my juris doctorate; also, I am at that age where I feel at liberty giving advice (don’t worry you will be here someday too). Here is my advice as you head off to college.  You are, of course, […]

Although the following was a parody published in the New York Bar Journal, it rings amazingly true for the thought process used in decisions to send products into the market place: “Remember when some bad tires exploded and killed a few people?  Lawsuits uncovered the defect.  Nobody would have known […]

As our legislators and law enforcement officers look for new and creative ways to make our roads and interstates safer by demanding better built cars and keeping drunk drivers off of the street, an often overlooked area of concern is pedestrian safety. In fact, in the United States over 47,700 […]

Finally, after years of complaints and griping from the American Medical Association and Florida Medical Association as well as other tort reform advocates, there should no longer be an argument that there is an ongoing Medical Malpractice Crisis. According to a study by Public Citizen and statistics from the National […]

Whatever visions the words blue and late night may have conjured in your mind before, we now know that blue can keep us up late into the night. A recent Chicago Tribune article sets forth medical evidence from the AMA, Harvard and Stanford, about sleep disorders for those addicted to […]

Approximately 308,000 Florida kids miss out on free meals during the summer.  Fewer low-income children across the country received free or discounted meals during the 2011 summer break than a year earlier despite steady increases nationwide in the number of children dependent on subsidized meals. Reduced participation could be because […]

New lung cancer screening “guidelines” from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice only applies to ages 55 to 74.  The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits according to the guidelines.  […]

In a study released on May 21, 2012, the Journal Pediatrics reported that half of the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at high risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems. Unfortunately, we’re losing the battle early with many […]