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How Can I be Injured in a Restaurant?
Although eating in a restaurant is generally regarded as a treat or a special occasion, it can also lead to injuries and even tragedy. As any restaurant worker knows, it is quite easy be be burned, cut, or injured in a fall in a restaurant. Guests can also face these and other injury hazards…. Read More »
Filing a Wrongful Death Claim After an Act of Medical Malpractice
Any type of negligence can end a victim’s life. When this happens, the victim’s loved ones can file a wrongful death claim to pursue compensation for their damages related to the loss, such as their emotional trauma and the loss of the victim’s companionship. Losing a loved one to an act of medical malpractice… Read More »
Filing a Wrongful Death Claim for a Child’s Death
When a child dies, the fallout is quite different from the fallout that follows an adult’s death. Children typically do not have financial dependents – though this is possible, such as cases of teenage parents – and the type of emotional support and companionship they provide to their loved ones is not the same… Read More »
Can a Minor File a Wrongful Death Claim After Losing a Parent?
When an individual dies in an accident caused by another party’s negligence, that individual’s loved ones may recover monetary compensation for the damages they suffer as a result of the death, such as the loss of the victim’s financial support and the victim’s companionship. Under Florida law, a victim’s children can recover this compensation…. Read More »
Loss of Companionship Damages in a Wrongful Death Claim
When a victim dies in an accident, his or her loved ones can file a wrongful death claim to seek compensation for the damages related to the victim’s death. These include damages suffered by the victim’s estate, such as the victim’s lost earnings and his or her funeral costs, as well as the damages… Read More »
I was Injured in an Uber Accident, Who is Liable for my Damages?
In Florida, you are required to carry personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. If you are driving your own vehicle and you collide with another vehicle being used as a rideshare, you can seek compensation for any personal injury damages you suffer through your own PIP coverage in most circumstances. But what if you are… Read More »
The Stages of Drowning
Drowning is not an instant death. When an individual is unable to move through the water, whether due to a lack of swimming ability, being physically restricted and submerged, or being knocked unconscious and thus unable to swim to safety, he or she is at risk of drowning. From the initial moment water enters… Read More »
How to Recognize Domestic Violence
If you think you know how to recognize domestic violence in a relationship, you are probably partially right. Hitting, kicking, and harming a partner with a weapon are all physical forms of domestic violence. But domestic violence goes beyond physical abuse. It can be psychological, sexual, emotional, and even financial. Many of these other… Read More »
Which Parent can Claim the Child on Tax Returns?
The parent considered to be the child’s custodial parent is generally the parent who claims a child on his or her tax return. The custodial parent is the parent who has the majority of the child’s parenting time, even if the child’s parents have an almost equal amount of parenting time. If the parents… Read More »
What is More Dangerous, Drunk Driving or Distracted Driving?
Everybody knows drunk driving is dangerous. As the dangers of distracted driving become more and more widely publicized, many Americans are realizing that it, too, puts their lives and the lives of others in danger when they choose to drive distracted. Although drunk and distracted driving are both dangerous, they do not impair drivers… Read More »
