Personal Injury

In 2018, a Maryland woman was somehow impaled by a beach umbrella. She has since filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the umbrella and the town in which the incident occurred. Acts of God  The plaintiff was relaxing on the beach when a gust of wind blew a nearby umbrella into the air. The […]

Tommy Pham, a former Tampa Bay Ray and current San Diego Padres outfielder, recently sued a San Diego area strip club after he was stabbed in the establishment’s parking lot. While it may seem odd to hold the strip club responsible for an incident which occurred outside of the establishment, and which did not involve […]

It has been nearly a month since the tragic partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida and a class-action lawsuit has been filed seeking at least $5 million from the owners of the tower that may have killed over 160 people. Little is known about what caused the collapse, but researchers […]

We may soon see a major change in how Florida’s car insurance system works as legislators push to repeal Florida’s no-fault system for auto accidents. Proponents of the measure say that it will reduce rates for drivers, but others say it could cause car insurance to spike without weeding out fraud. Understanding Florida’s no-fault system  […]

Whenever you hear the term “tort reform,” the term “nuclear verdict” is sure to follow. Nuclear verdicts are a term used by civil defense counsel to describe cases in which a jury awards punitive damages to a plaintiff. These verdicts are often in excess of $10 million and sometimes go as high as $100M. In […]