Florida Personal Injury Laws

Orlando Medical Malpractice

I want to talk to you a little bit about medical malpractice. This firm has handled medical malpractice for many, many years, both for the defense and for the injured patient. In fact, I personally do a lot of medical malpractice.

Keys to Successful Malpractice Litigation

For starters, you have to have a case where some medical healthcare provider – a doctor or a hospital through its nurse or somebody – did something that a reasonably careful person wouldn’t have done, or they failed to do something that a reasonably careful healthcare provider would have done.

You might technically have a case if you’re not severely injured, but to make it make sense, to prosecute a case, for us to handle it, there needs to be some significant injury – not necessarily a horrible injury, but a significant injury. For starters, you have to have somebody who knows the medicine.

Malpractice Case Experience

We’ve handled so many of these cases. We know a lot of the medicine. We’re not doctors, but we do have doctors that we’ve worked with for many, many years to consult with us and tell us whether the healthcare provider deviated from the appropriate standard of care, or whether there was just an inherent risk in the procedure and there was no negligence.

But this is something that’s really hard for somebody – a lay person or an injured patient – to figure out by themselves. That’s why you probably, if you think you’ve got a medical malpractice case, you ought to call somebody who does a lot of that. We do, and we’d sure be happy to talk to you. Thank you very much.

By: David Best

Cruise Line Injury Claim

Cruise line claims are different than most negligence claims. In Florida we have a four-year statute of limitations on negligence claims. However, it’s very different when you’ve been injured while on a cruise. The ticket or your cruise contract– it actually is that. It is a contract and there is usually small print language on the back of your contract that requires you to bring your claim or file written notice of your claim with the cruise line, typically within six months of there being an accident. And then to file a lawsuit within one year of the accident which is obviously much different than having a four-year statute of limitations.

All too often in Florida people that have been injured on a cruise line will wait too long because they think they have four years to bring a claim when it’s just not the case. The cruise line ticket or contract applies and you must read that language. You must have family members look at the contract if you’ve been injured while on a cruise line because often times you will no longer have rights to bring a claim if you wait too long and that’s typically more than six months from the date the incident occurred.

The Romano Law Firm

You want a law firm that has gotten proven results over the years and a law firm that has a good reputation in the local community. You want to look for a law firm that is willing to go to trial if a trial is necessary in order to get you the maximum recovery or the maximum result that you deserve based on the damages in your case.

Legally Responsible For A Defective Product

Typically in the state of Florida, every company or individual responsible for getting a product into the hands of you as consumers is responsible for selling, or manufacturing, or designing, or marketing a defective product. It’s incumbent upon you, and it’s important, to find an attorney with a good reputation of handling product defect cases to assess everyone who is responsible for getting that product designed, manufactured, and ultimately sold to you as consumers, to assess liability on the part of each and everyone of those potential defendants.

Hurt By A Government or City Employee in Orlando

A lot of clients call us with questions after they’ve been hurt by a government or a city employee. There are many different laws that apply to those situations. A lot of times the statute of limitations is actually shorter if you’re hurt by a government employee. A lot of times there’s also caps on damages and other different laws that apply. So it’s really important if you’re hurt by a government or city or any kind of municipality employee that you call an attorney right away. If you have any questions about that kind of case, feel free to call me, Nathan Carter at Calling, Gilbert, Wright, and Carter. 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Nathan Carter

Suing A Property Owner

You can sue the owner of the property where you were injured if you can prove legal responsibility on the part of that owner. You not only have to prove some level of fault, or carelessness, or neglect by that owner; you have to show that the owner is legally responsible to you as someone who is on the property, and either had a right to be on the property or were they had a duty to see to it that you were not injured under a multitude of circumstances.

Motorcycle Accident Litigation in Orlando

In Florida, a lot of people like to get outside and ride motorcycles especially in the Summer or in the Spring. When the weather’s nice, we also have a lot of tourists who drive in Florida so that’s a bad combination. Over the years, we’ve handled a lot of cases involving motorcycles or hit by cars and vehicles and tourists. Usually the motorcyclist is hurt the worst in those cases, and a lot of times the motorcyclists and their families ask us if the person can still bring the case even if they weren’t wearing a helmet, and the answer is yes you can. You do not, by law, have to wear a helmet in Florida. The way they use it against you is by arguing that comparative fault is some of the fault is yours for not wearing a helmet, but you’re still allowed to bring the case, and you’re still allowed to recover if you were not at fault. If you have a question about a motorcycle accident case, call me, Nathan Carter at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Nathan Carter

Car Accident Process in Ft. Lauderdale

After a car accident it’s important to always call the police and make sure you get a police report, and have an opportunity to speak with the officer to give your version of what happened in the accident. Also to the extent as possible, take photographs of the accident scene, including all damage to your car and the other cars there were in the crash.

Leifer Law Firm

Leifer Law Firm has extensive experience handling injury cases involving motor vehicle accidents. Some of the cases we handle include truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, and drunk-driving accidents. What separates Leifer Law Firm from other firms that handle these cases, is the personal attention we provide to all of our clients, not just the cases that have the largest value in the office. Our goal is to seek compensation for our clients that includes pain and suffering, past and future medical expenses, and recovering any out-of-pocket expenses including lost wages if any.

By: Cory Leifer

By: Matt Dolman