 | - What is considered a personal injury case?
A personal injury case includes any wrongful act, which results in injury or death to you or of a member of your family.Examples: Auto Accident, Nursing Home Abuse and/or Death, Medical Malpractice, Dog Bite & Slip and Fall - What should I do if I am injured?
First of all, make sure that you seek proper medical attention and follow up with the proper authorities as well as your own insurance company.If you believe your injury was caused by the carelessness or intentional act of another, you should contact an attorney immediately. You should call assoon as it is convenient to do so and avoid discussing the matter with the other party’s insurance company. You should be cooperative with the police, your own treating physicians,and your own insurance company. - If a dog bites a person, is the owner liable for the doctor's bills?
In general, the answer to this question is yes. An owner of a dog, or any animal for thatmatter, may be held liable for the injuries that animal causes to others. However, the ease with which a plaintiff can win a “dog-bite” lawsuit differs from jurisdiction to jurisdictiondepending on the legal theory of recovery available in the plaintiff’s location. - What is a slip and fall action?
A slip and fall action results when someone is injured by a slip and fall, usually on the defendant’s property. A very common example of a slip and fall cases would be a grocery store patronwho slips on a spill or food laying on the floor, and falls, causing injury to himself/herself. The plaintiff in slip and fall cases must usually show that the owner of the property had noticeor knowledge of the condition and failed to clean it up and rectify it within a reasonable amount of time. - Do I have the right to contact an attorney if I feel that a loved one is being neglected or abused in a nursing home/hospital?
Yes. If your loved one is unable to convey to anyone including yourself that he/she is being neglected or abused you may do so for him or her. You may also use this course of actionupon any observations you or anyone else has made of mistreatment at the facility. - What course of action, if any, could I take if I or a loved one is injured or killed in an airplane whether it be private or commercially owned?
Aviation accidents quite often result in either serious injury or death. When these accidents occur, serious questions regarding the liability of the airline, it’s employees; government or private owner may arise. Contact an attorney immediately. - Is there such a thing as wrongful death?
Yes. Wrongful death actions may be brought by the dependants or beneficiaries of a deceased individual against the party whose action or inaction was casually related to the death. - What if I have been injured on a boat or ship?
This is still considered a personal injury case under maritime law. The injury may occur on a personal watercraft, boat sinking and any large ships, dredges, fishing boats, tugs and recreational boats. - Telephone Harassment Statute
Florida's harassing telephone call statute, section 365.16, provides: (1) Whoever:
(a) Makes a telephone call to a location at which the person receiving the call has a reasonable expectation of privacy; during such call makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, vulgar, or indecent; and by such call or such language intends to offend, annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number; (b) Makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his or her identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number; (c) Makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the called number; or (d) Makes repeated telephone calls, during which conversation ensues, solely to harass any person at the called number, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. State of Florida website link
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