Politics and Topical News

More-often-than-not, when meeting with a new client for the first time, I am asked about the chances that their case will go all the way to a trial.  The odds that any case will resolve through a jury verdict is very low.  The vast majority of personal injury claims (greater […]

Last Friday marked Earth Day, an annual celebration of environmentalism.  The headline event of Earth Day 2016 was having 175 countries sign the Paris Agreement, which represents a global commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  But the Paris Agreement is aspirational – or, as some have said, largely symbolic and […]

Recently, the Second District Court of Appeals decided the case of Gina Marie Bove, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Bove, deceased v Naples HMA, LLC d/b/a Physicians Regional Medical Center-Pine Ridge; William Akin, MD; and Jay Wang, MD. (41 Fla. L. Weekly D827f). An appeal was taken […]

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 […]

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 […]

Trying to make the best of rules open to highly subjective interpretation… Discovery in litigation is the heart of the process. It is the system by which parties can obtain evidence from other parties and refine knowledge about the proof available for their causes of action and defenses. If done […]

In Florida, do we citizens who live here comprise “the State”? The attorney general in Florida has launched another one of her battles; which I would guess she characterizes as “defending the best interests of Florida, the state constitution and all the little people in Florida.” The attorney general’s fight? […]

This is in response to the article in the Daily Business Review, Opponents of New Expert Witness Rule Rely on Outdated Authority [COMMENTARY] by Christopher Johnson, Daily Business Review. This recent article claims that the opponents of the proposed New Expert Witness Rule rely on outdated authority as their basis […]

On September 29 of this year, many residents living along the East Coast of the United States and throughout the Caribbean were preparing for the potential impact of Hurricane Joaquin.  In Jacksonville, Florida, final preparations were being made for the departure of a 737-foot cargo ship, El Faro, bound for […]

We see it every day in the clients tragically injured in car crashes; family members who have lost members of their family to the careless driving of another; and those whose lives will be forever shattered by an automobile accident so horrific they will never recover. Causing a car wreck […]