As West Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyers, we’ve been carefully watching the shifting landscape of OBGYN healthcare since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. Since then, many states – including Florida – have moved to substantially restricted abortion access. Along with that, there have been…
The chairman of a pro golf tour and his wife have been named as defendants in a Florida sexual assault lawsuit filed on behalf of a teen girl who alleges she was sexually assaulted twice at their home during an alcohol-fueled teen party. The high school student, a friend of…
The vast majority of successful Palm Beach personal injury cases end in a settlement, as opposed to a trial. Trials are time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes traumatic for plaintiffs and their loved ones. But how are these settlements actually paid out? Let’s start with the fact that if you hire an…
Attorneys fighting for victims of decades-old child sexual abuse, the March 2023 Third District Court of Appeals’ ruling in Doe v. Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. represented a key victory for abuse survivors. The appellate panel gave the green light to a plaintiff pursuing a civil lawsuit against the Catholic church…
Childhood injuries are a fact of life – but that doesn’t mean they aren’t preventable or that those who caused them can’t be held accountable. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a child in America is treated for an injury in an emergency department every 4…
A recent Florida Supreme Court ruling in a medical malpractice lawsuit struck a major blow for victims of negligent healthcare providers. The impact is likely to be that Florida medical malpractice lawsuits are going to: Be more expensive. Drag on for longer. Face additional hurdles to success. Shake up legal…
As Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyers, we know that some of the most common claims stem from diagnostic errors. These include situations like failure to identify a serious disease or diagnosing you with one condition when really you have something else. In these situations, a doctor’s deviation from the standard…
Florida slip-and-fall lawsuits are not easy to win – especially since the state modified F.S. 768.0755, requiring plaintiffs to prove actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition that led to the accident. But as a recent $8 million Florida slip-and-fall verdict proves, prevailing isn’t impossible. According to media reports,…
Winning a Florida motorcycle accident claim just got harder for helmetless riders – even when the crash isn’t their fault. This is thanks to a sweeping Florida tort reform measure that shifted the way our courts hold negligent drivers accountable. To be clear, Florida’s motorcycle helmet law remains unchanged. F.S.…
If a school principal opened the doors to adult sexual predators and gave them the means and access to regularly communicate with students on school grounds – there would be no question of legal liability for whatever harm was inflicted on those children as a result. But what if the…