Personal Injury

Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal Affirms Denial of Discovery in Medical Negligence Case

Many medical negligence actions are characterized by information asymmetry. Indeed, although a person may be aware that she has been injured, she may be unaware...

Corte Suprema de la Florida Declara Inconstitucionales los Límites Estatutarios Sobre los Daños No Económicos en Casos de Muerte Injusta de Negligencia Médica

Después de meses de anticipación, la Corte Suprema de la Florida ha emitido su tan esperada decisión en Estate of McCall v. United States of...

South Florida Federal District Court Denies Dismissal of Airline Negligence Suit

Can an airline be subject to negligence liability for denying boarding to a customer? Although it did not fully address this question, a recent decision...

Actualización: Corte Suprema de Florida Abordará Varias Preguntas Sin Respuesta Sobre la Decisión McCall

Menos de cinco meses después de su opinión formativa en McCall v. Estados Unidos, la Corte Suprema de la Florida volverá a examinar la legalidad de los...

Florida’s Second District Reverses Discovery of Military Records in Personal Injury Case

It is understood that bringing legal action will expose your personal life to some degree of outside scrutiny. Indeed, court records are, except in limited...

Una Revisión del “Examen Bajo Juramento” y “Examen Médico Independiente” para Beneficios PIP

Aunque Florida instituyó un régimen de seguro sin culpa para asegurar la recuperación rápida de victimas involucrados en accidentes automovilísticos  y disuadir los litigios innecesarios que...

Florida Fourth District Rules Noneconomic Damages Caps Unconstitutional in Medical Negligence Case

Last year, we posted about the Supreme Court of Florida’s decision in Estate of McCall v. United States, 134 So. 3d 894 (Fla. 2014), which...

¿Usar Tacones Altos en la Florida la Hace Parcialmente Negligente en una Caída?

Florida es un Estado de negligencia comparativa, refiérase a la Sección 768.81 de los Estatutos de la Florida, lo que significa que si la negligencia...

Second District Reverses in Florida Premises Liability Case

Visitors to a Renaissance festival expect to see jousts and sword fights, but they don’t typically expect to be the one dealing with an inadvertent...

Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Rules on Application of Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Case

Although most people have a basic understanding of the effect a statute of limitations has on a person’s ability to bring suit, the application of...

Florida Fourth District Examines Scope of Medical Malpractice Foreign Object Rule

Negligence liability is fundamentally predicated on the expectation that people should exercise reasonable care in their actions when such actions have the potential to cause...

Second District of Florida Tackles Bar Fight Appeal

The phrase “premises liability” is generally associated with slip and falls or shoddy construction. However, premises liability can extend to a wide variety of other...