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The El Faro Tragedy and Trucking Accidents.
On October 1st, 2015, the 790-foot Jacksonville based freighter called the El Faro, sank near the Bahamas on the way to Puerto Rico. All 33 crew members were killed in the worst United States commercial maritime disaster in decades. This tragedy left everyone with questions and that’s why it was the National Transportation Safety Board’s mission to recover the “black [...]
Emergency Medical Condition (EMC) & Florida PIP
What is an Emergency Medical Condition? EMC is the term for a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could result in serious jeopardy to the individual’s health, and/or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part, and/or serious impairment to bodily functions. This [...]
The Florida PIP Law – 14 Day Rule
What is the 14 Day Rule? The Florida Personal Injury Protection (PIP) law states, after a motor vehicle accident, individuals will have only 14 days to seek medical treatment. If two weeks goes by after the accident and treatment is not sought out, you will be denied coverage. Florida Statutes 627.736(1) (a) outlines the personal injury protection benefits, exclusions, priorities [...]
Supreme Court Weights in on Workers’ Compensation Lost Wages
On June 9, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court in the case of Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg declared Florida Statute 440.15(2)(a) unconstitutional. That provision sought to limit disability (lost wage) benefits to an injured worker to only 104 weeks, even though the worker was on a no work status or disabled and unable to work after the 104 weeks. [...]
How To Prevent Nursing Home Neglect
Regular, and irregular visits are probably the single most important thing you can do to keep your loved one's care givers in their toes with regard to maintaining scheduled care such as bed turns, baths, medications, and food. Often, the nursing home residents who receive the worst care are those who receive little or no attention from family and friends. [...]
UPDATE: NISSAN Fuel Leak Recall
As reported on October 26th, 2015, NISSAN had announced that it would expand its fuel leak recall to include certain 2013 to 2016 Altima cars, certain 2016 Maxima models and some 2014 to 2016 Teana models that were assembled in Russia. According to U.S. Safety Regulator documents, fuel could potentially leak from a seal between the vehicle's fuel tank and [...]