Florida lawmakers are seeking to limit the amount of non-economic damages that can be recovered by plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits. Specifically, HB 17 would impose a $1 million cap on payments made to injury claimants for intangible losses like pain and suffering, emotional anguish and loss of life enjoyment.…
The National Safety Council has launched “DriveitHome,” a nationwide campaign urging parents to play an active role in their child’s driving education. Here in Southwest Florida, our car accident lawyers in Fort Myers and Cape Coral know teenagers and young adults are involved in a disproportionately high number of serious…
The Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox have rolled into town for Spring Training and Spring Breakers are right behind them. The next two months will be the most exhilarating of the year in Southwest Florida; and the most dangerous. Over the next two months, nearly 1.5 million people will…
A series of high-profile boating accidents has safety advocates preaching caution as we head into the height of Southwest Florida’s tourist season. With nearly 1 million registered vessels and more than 600 serious boating collisions each year, Florida is by far the most dangerous state in the nation, with California…
Two people have already been killed in Lee County pedestrian accidents this January; a reminder that Southwest Florida is among the most dangerous areas in the nation for walkers. Citing the area’s rapid growth and inadequate infrastructure, Smart Growth America’s landmark 2016 report, Dangerous by Design, ranked the Fort Myers-Cape…
Police are looking for the driver who struck a group of people in a Fort Myers parking lot before speeding away. WINK News reports a woman driving a red four-door car drove into the group of pedestrians just off Marsh Avenue in Fort Myers. Police were trying to determine whether…
Fort Myers has again been named the fastest growing city in America. Fox4 News reports Lehigh Acres has ranked the seventh fastest growing city in America with Cape Coral ranked 24th. The annual Wallet Hub report looked at the economic growth in 515 cities over the last seven years to…
UPDATE: Since this writing, the Florida Supreme Court has done an about-face, deciding the more rigorous Daubert analysis will in fact be the new evidentiary standard in Florida cases, both civil and criminal. This will mean the bar to bring – and prevail – in Florida injury lawsuits is raised.…
The following are new laws that are in effect in Florida as of October 1, 2018; please click the bill number for a link to the actual bill to learn more about the specific law going into effect today. CS/CS/SB 376: Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders Workers’ Compensation Benefits for…
Labor Day weekend was marred by several drunk driving accidents in Southwest Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol provided extra enforcement as part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, beginning August 15th and lasting through Labor Day weekend. It will be one of a series of enforcement blitzes…