How To Establish A Guardianship In Florida For Someone Who Has Suffered An Incapacitating Injury After a loved one has suffered an injury (due to something like a car accident or medical malpractice) that causes them to become incapacitated, the family is often unable to do a number...

How To Open A Probate For A Florida Wrongful Death Case In many wrongful death cases in Florida, the only asset is the case itself.  When this happens, your personal injury attorney is likely to file the probate for you and will advance the cost for you.  If there are assets in the...

In Florida, There Are Things That We Are Not Allowed To Say To The Jury There is a growing trend today that nothing should be kept hidden from juries because some have lost trust in the system.  My experience of juries is that they are naturally curious and skeptical at the same...

Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Terms For Plaintiffs The following terms are commonly used in personal injury and medical malpractice cases in Florida.  If you are a plaintiff in a personal injury or medical malpractice case, knowing these terms will be helpful in...

Case Costs And Litigation Expenses Case costs (also known as litigation expenses) are expenses that your lawyer advances on your behalf.  These are specific items that are charged to your case and are paid for in addition to the standard contingency fee percentages charged by your...

Tax Liability On Personal Injury Settlements If you received a settlement on your personal injury case, you may be wondering if you owe income taxes on it to the IRS.  The IRS has rules regarding whether your settlement can be subject to income tax.  While most personal injury...

Will The Insurance Company Have Someone Watch Me With A Camera? The short answer is probably, yes.  The only way to know for sure whether an insurance company has conducted surveillance on you is when they produce it after your deposition in your lawsuit.  Some sources claim that...

Commonly Suffered Neck and Back Injuries In Personal Injury And Car Accident Cases The most commonly occurring neck and back injuries are sprain and strain type injuries to the ligaments and connective tissues of the spine.  While these injuries are initially very painful, they...

The Insurance Companies Want To Check Your Social Media Accounts For many people, social media is a way for them to “vent” their feelings in addition to staying in contact with friends and family.  While this is what so many people love about social media, this is also...

Pain and Suffering In Florida Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Cases Pain and suffering is a concept that is not easy to pin down.  While many jurors know that a person has suffered tremendously, even without someone directly saying it, a good personal injury attorney should...

My Agent Said I Was “Fully Covered” For A Car Accident “Full coverage” is not a real insurance term.  I suppose that you could purchase the maximum limits of every possible type of insurance for your car that is offered and that might be full, but no one ever...

Mediation In Florida Personal Injury And Medical Malpractice Cases In a Florida personal injury or medical malpractice case, you will eventually be ordered by the court to attend a mediation.  At mediation, a “neutral” third party will attempt to see if there is some...

How To Give A Deposition In A Personal Injury Case When you file a personal injury lawsuit, most insurance companies will not settle with you until after one of their lawyers has taken your deposition.  The reason that they do this is because they want to size you up as a plaintiff...

Bring These Items To Your Free, No Obligation, Consultation With An Attorney The free consultation with a personal injury or medical malpractice attorney is to provide answers to your questions on the spot.  If you bring as much information as you have to your consultation, you can...

Is It Worth My Trouble To Bring A Lawsuit? Some people think almost all lawsuits are frivolous except for mega-billion dollar cases such as Samsung v. Apple.  What those people don’t understand is that there wouldn’t be a civil justice system if those were the only...

How Do I Know If I Have A Medical Malpractice Case In Florida? The majority of medical malpractice cases that are actually accepted by law firms in Florida involve the death of the patient or a life altering injury.  If something just seems wrong with your medical care, then you...

Reasons To Go With Us Over The Competition Choosing an attorney is a big decision for you and for your case.  The decision that you make today can make a big difference in the future for you and your family.  Here are some reasons to go with us over our competition. We Focus On...

Top 10 Questions To Ask A Personal Injury Attorney There are a number of sources that suggest you ask your personal injury attorney a number of questions, some in the form of Top 10’s, before you hire them .  I have searched the internet and found the top 10 questions, based...

How Does A Personal Injury Attorney Get Paid? Personal injury attorneys in Florida charge a contingency fee.  This means that there is no attorney fee unless money is recovered for you.  If you have a personal injury or medical malpractice case in Florida, you do not want an...

The Value of Your Case Depends A Lot Of Things This is actually a difficult question for a personal injury attorney to answer.  There is not a “book of values” that a person can go look up what the value of a herniated disc, broken back, or any other type of injury from...