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Despite having potentially life-saving technology available, many vehicle manufacturers fail to include advanced safety features in their automobiles. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 40% of new...
Category: Car Accidents
Wed 21st Apr | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases From the Week of April 2, 2021
Hmm, Not Race-Based, Really? FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 13 CASES FROM THE WEEK APRIL 2, 2021 PLAINTIFFS’ VERDICT IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASE AFFIRMED – TRIAL COURT PROPERLY DENIED RACE-BASED PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE AND...
Wed 24th Mar | 2021
Pandemic Travel – Traffic Deaths Increased Despite Fewer Drivers on the Road
During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, many states across the U.S. issued stay-at-home orders while others immediately went into lockdown, which kept many drivers off the U.S. roads and highways. Drivers who did venture...
Thu 18th Mar | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases from the Week of February 26, 2021
So You Thought You Could Wait For A Defense Verdict, Did You? FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 8 CASES FROM THE WEEK FEBRUARY 26, 2021 TRIAL COURT ABUSED DISCRETION BY SETTING ASIDE JURY VERDICT IN PLAINTIFF’S FAVOR AND...
Wed 10th Mar | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases from the Week of February 19, 2021
Stick To The Evidence, Sir FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 7 CASES FROM THE WEEK FEBRUARY 19, 2021 PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL’S COMMENTS CASTING OPPOSING COUNSEL AND SOME OF THE WITNESSES AS LIARS, AND MAKING SEXIST...
Wed 17th Feb | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases from the Week of January 29, 2021
That Ain’t Control… FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 4 CASES FROM THE WEEK JANUARY 29, 2021 SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR FRANCHISOR PROPER BECAUSE IT HAD NO LEGAL DUTY TO THE PLAINTIFF, AND COULD NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR...
Wed 3rd Feb | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases from the Week of January 15, 2021
To Amend For Punies You Need A Reasonable Basis FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 2 CASES FROM THE WEEK JANUARY 15, 2021 SUCCESSOR JUDGE PROPERLY RECONSIDERED PREDECESSOR JUDGE’S DENIAL OF MOTION TO AMEND...
Wed 27th Jan | 2021
The Week in Torts – Cases from the Week of January 8, 2021
There Is A New Summary Judgment Standard In Town FLORIDA LAW WEEKLY VOLUME 46, NUMBER 1 CASES FROM THE WEEK JANUARY 8, 2021 FLORIDA PREPARES TO ADOPT FEDERAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD—COURT ADVISES IT WILL AMEND RULE 1.510...
Tue 1st Dec | 2020
The Most Dangerous Types of Car Accidents
Statistically speaking, head-on collisions and rollovers are the most dangerous types of car accidents. Rollovers account for only 2% of crashes but nearly 35% of deaths and head-on collisions caused 3,471 deaths – or...
Fri 6th Nov | 2020
Do Semi Trucks Have a ‘Deadly Defect?’
Underride crashes are one of the most devastating types of truck accidents. They occur when passenger vehicles slide underneath the rear of a large truck or the sides of its trailer. This so-called ‘deadly defect’ claims...