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...
Florida voters will not get a chance to weigh in on the legalization of recreational marijuana this year. A group called Make It Legal Florida had been hoping to get a recreational marijuana proposal on the state’s 2020 ballot. This proposed constitutional amendment...
A 67-year-old Pinellas County man was arrested for handing out marijuana to passersby in St. Petersburg on December 21. Police were called, and the man was found to have 45 grams of marijuana on him. When asked what he was doing, he simply stated he was doing it...
You may remember a shopping season when you found an item on sale that you could not resist. You made the purchase on impulse, and it may have been a good or a bad decision. You are not alone if you have had the experience of allowing a bargain or a unique item lure...
In what was called a retaliation shooting in a Fort Myers community on July 4, 2017, one man was left dead, and another critically injured. The 3000 block of Thomas Street, in the Dunbar neighborhood, was shot up. Police claimed to have found a 35-year-old man by the...
Fort Myers police executing a search warrant at the 3700 block of Washington Avenue found what they were searching for. Two men, a 24 and a 25-year old, were arrested on multiple drug charges as well as resisting arrest and obstruction of justice. Police seized a...