A new Florida law governing the use of body cameras by law-enforcement agencies has gone into effect, requiring top brass to establish guidelines for the training of officers and use of the devices, as well as the retention of recorded videos. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill introduced in August […]
Category: Miscellaneous
Did you know that if you have been hurt or injured due to negligence or a defective product, there is a limited time within which you may bring your claim? All states, including the State of Florida, have rules called statutes of limitations regulating the time period within which claims […]
An all too familiar campaign of denial. It seems like every week a different retired football player from the National Football League publically reveals their private struggles with post-football related health issues, and particularly those attributable to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. CTE is a progressive degenerative disease found in […]
With the recent enactment of body camera legislation, Florida has taken an important first step in stemming the erosion of public confidence in law enforcement– but more must be done. Few can seriously doubt that behavior is likely to improve when it occurs under the watchful eye of a camera lens […]
I was asked recently by a friend what it means to be a Florida Bar Board Certified Trial Lawyer. It is a very valid and important question. What is the difference, for example, between someone who markets himself as a “trial lawyer” and someone who is a “Board Certified Trial […]
Following a long and very difficult battle with cancer, in the early morning hours of Palm Sunday, the 53 year long earthly relationship between Chris and Priscilla was ended by Priscilla’s passing. In 2008, on the occasion of his elevation to the position of Dean of the highly prestigious International Academy […]
Yesterday, President Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy left on the Court in the wake of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Judge Garland sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. If […]
Just imagine the courtroom scene… The negligent party is in the courtroom being examined by plaintiff’s counsel: “Now, isn’t it true that you turned left in front of my client at the intersection of A and B streets?” “I made a turn that was approximately 86 degrees in the westerly […]
March 31, 2016 – Santa Barbara, CA: The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hold a hearing to consider a request to establish coordinated national litigation against the manufacturers of Viagra. The Judicial Panel is a group of federal judges who meet every other month to consider requests for the […]
Heart disease. Blood clots. Osteoarthritis. Spinal damage. Whiplash cervical droop. Increase in uterine cancer. Increase in colon cancer. Diabetes. Decreased life expectancy. What can cause or contribute to all these horrible ailments? Some doctors and researchers believe that sitting too much can lead to these problems. Even if too much […]
