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Adults who serve alcohol to minors or allow underage drinkers to imbibe on their property need to understand that in Florida, they might be held liable for any resulting injuries. Hollywood injury lawyers are aware of many cases in which parents hosted parties where underage drinking took place, followed by a crash, followed by aContinue reading “South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog — Page 30 of 76 — Published by Broward County, Florida Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys — Freeman Injury Law”

A relatively healthy single mother of two young children was left permanently paralyzed following a series of emergency room treatments by doctors who failed to diagnose the source of pain in her chest, which ultimately led to her paralysis. As a result, the plaintiff in Tenney v. Shapiro was awarded $8 million by a BrowardContinue reading “Tenney v. Shapiro – $8M Verdict for Woman Paralyzed Following ER Visit”

When law enforcement officials take any person into custody, they have a duty to ensure their safety and well-being. Whether in the back of a patrol car, a jail cell, or in prison, police officers and agencies can be held liable if that individual suffers an injury as a result of negligence, recklessness, or intentionalContinue reading “Retiree Dies in Police Custody After Traffic Stop”

Though parents are aware of obvious dangers at a pool—shallow diving, slip and fall, or drowning—one of the most overlooked potential hazards at a pool is electrocution. In several recent cases, pools have become electrically charged, leaving children unable to get out and parents unable to rescue them without getting shocked themselves. Fox News hasContinue reading “Lurking Danger of Electrically Charged Pools”

A family seeking to hold accountable the strip club that served alcohol to an already-drunk off-duty officer who then drove drunk, crashed and killed their beloved husband and father is confronting a major setback, following a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court. Following the officer’s criminal conviction, the family of the minister he killedContinue reading “Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Lawsuit Derailed Over Pre-Trial Notice Issue”

A personal injury lawsuit stemming from a New Year’s Eve DUI crash has been settled for $1 million, according to the victim’s lawyers. The 26-year-old victim suffered multiple fractured vertebrae in her back when the vehicle in which she was riding rolled over and struck a tree. The driver, now 31, had reportedly taken herContinue reading “DUI Injury Watch: Intoxication Among Drivers Not Always Obvious”

Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals is allowing a slip-and-fall lawsuit to move forward against a South Florida hospital, but it simultaneously undercut the ability for the plaintiff to make a strong argument for damages. West Palm Beach injury attorneys recognize that slip-and-fall lawsuits have become tougher to win in Florida just over the lastContinue reading “Denniser v. Columbia Hospital Corp. – Slip-and-Fall Claim Falls Flat”

As summer arrives, Florida residents will continue to see a rise in water-related injuries and fatalities, including swimming accidents, drowning, and boating collisions. Earlier this month a popular South Florida radio DJ was involved in a boating accident in Key Biscayne that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old bystander. According to reports, “DJ Laz”Continue reading “Popular South Florida DJ Involved in Tragic Boating Accident”

Filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in Florida involves meeting a very specific set of criteria. It’s a more intensive process than filing a general personal injury lawsuit because this type of litigation tends to be very complex. Among the differences: There is a shorter statute of limitations, a requirement of certain expert witnesses to affirmContinue reading “Dawkins v. Union Hospital – Not All Hospital Injuries are Medical Malpractice”

Year-round sunshine is one of the many reasons people flock to Florida. It’s also one of the reasons so many residents have pools, and why Florida has the highest unintentional drowning rate in the country for children between the ages of 1 and 14. It’s for this reason that legislators passed the Residential Swimming PoolContinue reading “Swimming Pool Owners Have Legal Duty to Safeguard”