Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right. Driving a vehicle in Florida is legally the operation of a “dangerous instrumentality”. Why? Motor vehicles injure and kill people every day. It is that simple. That is why we have laws requiring drivers to pass a driving test, […]

Checklists and Other Helpful Florida Personal Injury Resources Click on the links to your right for must-have resources. If you have been seriously injured in an accident, or if you suspect that you or a loved one may be a victim of medical malpractice, you need to make smart decisions. […]

In this Issue: Horrific Crash Caused by Tired Truck Driver Results in $17.5 Million Settlement for Family Multi-Million Dollar Verdict Increased on Appeal South Florida Legal Guide 2012 Edition Selects SDSBS as a Top Law Firm and Eight SDSBS Attorneys as Top Lawyers Improper Electrical Wiring Results in Worker’s Death […]

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning causes more than 20,000 emergency room visits and 400 deaths each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, making it difficult to detect and therefore difficult to prove as the culprit in countless […]

In this Issue: $3.9 Million Settlement: School Bus Rams Into Van Causing Severe Spinal Injuries to Firefighter/Coach $1.35 Million Settlement for Damage Resulting from Lack of Monitoring During Surgery $2 Million Settlement for Incompetent Surgeries, Missed Diagnoses, and Delays Mother of Three Dies Needlessly From Undiagnosed Ectopic Pregnancy $823,342 Verdict […]

Jerome Adams Calls on Communities To ‘Be Prepared’ and ‘Save A Life’ The opioid epidemic in America is so out of hand that the U.S. surgeon general’s office has issued an advisory: “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life.” Naloxone, a nasal spray marketed as Narcan, immediately reverses the effects […]

CDC Says 6 out of 1,000 Newborns Suffer from Drug Withdrawal Drug-addicted mothers passing along the egregious effects of opioid use to their children has increased on such a large scale that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given it a name: neonatal abstinence syndrome. Neonatal abstinence syndrome, […]

The deadline for installing and implementing positive train control, known as PTC, is Dec. 31, 2018. It likely will come and go, with a majority of the country’s railways basically arguing they don’t have enough resources to meet it. Industry leaders testifying in front of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, […]

Penny-Pinching on Positive Train Control  Amtrak trains have been involved in four deaths since December 2017, including the most recent tragedy in South Carolina that killed two crew members and injured more than 100 passengers. The engineer of the Miami-bound train, 54-year-old Michael Kempf, of Georgia, died after crashing into […]

Epidemic Costs Country Billions Each Year, Leading Government Entities To Sue Big Pharma Beloved singer Tom Petty became part of America’s opioid crisis when it was revealed that the 66-year-old’s cause of death in Oct. 2, 2017, was an overdose of painkillers for a broken hip. An autopsy conducted by […]