The death of a loved one or immediate family member is the most emotionally devastating event that anyone can experience. The “wrongful death” of a loved one due to the negligence or misconduct of another individual, company, corporation, or entity should not happen. Often the surviving spouses and children and in some cases, the parents [...]
More people in the United States are injured or killed in auto accidents than by any other trauma. Automobiles remain the number one cause of personal injuries in our country. Legal issues revolving around car accidents normally involve negligence issues or product/manufacturer defects. When the driver of a vehicle fails to operate a vehicle with [...]
Let fellow rider Attorney Bill Allen help you with your claim. He has been riding motorcycles for over 35 years and has a unique perspective and expertise in handling motorcycle cases. He knows that in the large majority of motorcycle accidents the driver of the vehicle violated the motorcyclist’s right of way – often Deaths [...]
Whether you call them trucks, semi trucks, semis, long haul trucks or big rigs, large trucks can be dangerous on our roadways. Distracted drivers or tired drivers combined with gross vehicle weights over 10,000 pounds, are a dangerous combination causing severe injuries and wrongful deaths across Florida. Trucking accidents can be caused not only by [...]
Gainesville, FL and its surrounding North Central Florida communities are a bicyclist’s haven. Many people enjoy the miles of bicycle lanes and numerous bicycle clubs in the area. Many ride bicycles to enjoy the beautiful sunshine, to get outdoors or as an inexpensive mode of transportation. Unfortunately, in accidents between bicycles and cars, bicycles lose [...]
Gainesville, FL and its surrounding North Central Florida communities are a home to an unusual number of scooter or moped operators. Many University of Florida, Central Florida college students as well as residents enjoy the beautiful weather, an inexpensive mode of transportation, and the ability to avoid packed automobile parking lots by using scooters or [...]
Pedestrian Accidents can happen in a parking lot, a school zone, or a cross walk. Most accidents involving a pedestrian involve a distracted driver; thus the negligence for failure to operate a vehicle with reasonable care. Injuries sustained as a result of a pedestrian accident can result in serious injuries and sometimes death. If you [...]
“Slip and Fall” or “Trip and Fall” cases are a part of premises liability law. If you slip and fall on someone else’s property, the property owner may be liable for your injuries. Thousands of people are injured each year in slip and fall cases, and in some instances suffer very serious injuries. The following [...]
In negligent security cases, in order to be held responsible and liable, the owner of land or a building must have been able to foresee some that some injury will likely result in some manner of his negligence. A noted pattern of crime against property and persons may establish this foreseeability. If an owner can [...]
Medical malpractice or professional negligence is the failure of a health care provider (doctor, physician, nurse, etc.) to render care in keeping with the current standard of care of other reasonable medical professionals. In other words, when the doctor, nurse, or medical technician does something that is not accepted by the medical community as reasonable [...]