Those who have been injured in car accidents on Florida roads may be entitled to compensation for special and general damages. Special damages might include medical bills, lost wages and lost future earnings while general damages might include pain and suffering and...
You’ve just wrapped up a night out of drinking and have to make your way home. You are debating whether or not ditch your car and pick it up tomorrow morning or to wait a little longer to sober up and drive home. If there is ever an internal debate about whether or...
In Florida, driving under the influence comes with serious consequences. In fact, if you get behind the wheel while impaired by any drugs, including marijuana, you are subject to the same penalties as those who drive while drunk. A DUI for driving while stoned can...
The struggle over whether Florida voters should get to decide for themselves whether to decriminalize marijuana goes on. As we discussed previously in this blog, the campaign to add an initiative onto this year’s ballot proposing a state constitutional amendment...
Your job has been your financial lifeline. But because it involves a great amount of physical labor, it has taken a toll on your body. Strains and injuries to your back, shoulders and knees have left you with lingering pain. And one of the only ways to manage that...
Florida residents who were injured in a car crash, slip and fall accident or other event and who believe that the other side was at fault will need to learn about the legal concept of negligence. The reason is that, to seek compensation for their injury-related...
Smartphones contain much or nearly all of our personal data, and that potentially offers the government gigabytes of evidence that can be used against you if you are arrested or charged with a crime. But the government’s ability to view that data depends upon several...
While it is legal to possess medical marijuana with high levels of THC in the state of Florida, it is illegal to use it in public. Ideally, those who are transporting this type of medical marijuana in their cars will keep it in a trunk or other location that is...
Thousands die in large truck crashes every year, and it’s usually not the long-haul operators that are in trouble. When you’re in a car, there’s an overwhelmingly increased risk of shouldering the brunt of the damage in a trucking accident. Even as fatalities in daily...
Over 300,000 Florida residents have medical marijuana cards. Yet certain activities related to marijuana remain illegal. Selling it outside the medical market can come with stiff legal consequences. And recreational use may still result in a fine or jail time. But you...