Simply put, defamation is when another person says things about you that causes you to lose money, reputation, etc. Florida law allows a person who has been damaged by another person’s defamatory language to recover money damages. Defamation is commonly broken into two separate categories: (1) libel and (2) slander. Libel is defamation but on […]
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Spring is in the air and that means baseball is back in Florida again. Many people will get back in the stands, get a hotdog, some peanuts, and watch their favorite team hit balls out of the park. However, most people know that when batters hit baseballs travelling at 99 mph, those baseballs tend to […]
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There is a specific type of automobile insurance called, “uninsured motorist coverage.” (UM) This coverage will cover all of your losses (medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, etc.) if the person who caused the accident doesn’t have the money to pay for it. UM coverage is arguably the most important car insurance because it […]
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It’s that time again. You’ve worked hard, climbed the ladder, have a little extra money in your budget, and it’s time to get a new car. However, instead of buying a used car, this time you decide to treat yourself to a brand new car as a way to reward yourself for all your hard […]
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Good question. In our experience, most of the major car insurance brands like GEICO, State Farm, or Progressive are all about the same. For law firms who deal with these insurance companies, how those insurance companies treat our clients (their customers) is different from company to company. However, they’re not that different from one another. […]
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If you live in the state of Florida and have car insurnace, you have Personal Injury Protection or PIP. What is PIP? What can you do with it? PIP is pretty handy insurance for car accidents because it’s available whether you’re at fault for the accident or not. PIP provides $10,000 for medical treatment you […]
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Remember Humpty Dumpty? They could never put him back together again. No matter how hard the King’s horses and King’s men tried, Humpty was never the same again. While this nursery rhyme is a warning to be careful, it also illustrates a point that sometimes we get injured so badly, we’re never the same again […]
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For Florida Personal Injury Attorneys, it is well known that the statutory caps for personal injury cases against government entities is $200,000/$300,000. Fla. Stat. § 768.28(5). Anything more must be ratified by the State Legislature utilizing the claims bill process. Michigan Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Bourke, 607 So.2d 418 (Fla. 1992). Most attorneys and […]
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Let’s say John works for the City of Tampa and his job is to inspect buildings. Part of his job is, obviously, driving to the location to inspect the buildings. One day, John is looking at his cell phone and hits Jenny from behind and send her to the hospital for the afternoon. Jenny has […]
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Let’s say you’re in a car collision. You are hit from behind by someone doing 50 mph and you have to go to the hospital because the damage was so severe. Now, you have $100,000 you owe to the hospital. The person who hit you was on vacation from Wisconsin and was driving a rental […]
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