When you entrust your child to someone’s care, you are trusting that they will care for the child as their own – or at the very least, as basic standards require. Unfortunately, our Lehigh Acres child injury lawyers know that child-care facilities and home day care centers are prone to…
Our Fort Myers bicycle accident lawyers have written extensively in recent months regarding how poorly Florida has ranked in terms of bicycle and pedestrian safety. Much of this has to do with the way our roads were designed. But as the recent case of Madden v. City of Iowa City…
One of the most effective ways your Fort Myers car accident attorney can help you is by not only gathering and presenting evidence in your favor, but also by working to suppress evidence that isn’t. In Zelaznik v. Isensee, it was suppression of testimony from a defendant’s expert witness that…
Over the last several years, bike-sharing programs have become increasingly popular across the country, including South Florida. Programs have been introduced so far in Broward (B-cycle), Miami Beach (DecoBike), Delray Beach and St. Petersburg, just to name a few. These programs have been promoted as a way to get around…
While Lee County is becoming an increasingly urban environment, there are still many swaths of land that are agricultural in nature. The University of Florida IFAS Extension reports there are approximately 19,000 livestock farms throughout the state. Our personal injury attorneys know that while owners of these animals aren’t required…
A new, comprehensive traffic report covering the last 10 years indicates that nearly 18 percent of all roadway deaths in Lee County were walkers. That is one out of every six. To put that into greater perspective, our Fort Myers pedestrian accident lawyers note between 2003 and 2012, nearly 5,200…
A man is fighting for his life following a motorcycle crash in Bradenton in which the driver of the car fled the scene. Authorities have since arrested the 27-year-old driver who allegedly turned into the path of the motorcyclist on 15th Street East, nearly killing the 53-year-old rider. Police said…
During a recent Dog Bite Prevention awareness effort, Lee County Animal Control officials noted there are approximately 1,400 animal bite cases annually – and those are only the incidents for which individuals seek hospitalization. Lehigh Acres dog bite attorneys note that 8 out of 10 of those victims are 13…
The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that the statute of limitations on a wrongful death claim stemming from alleged nursing home abuse can be tolled, so long as the plaintiff can prove fraudulent concealment on the part of nursing home staffers as to the cause of death. In Alldredge v.…
An Eagles Lodge that served too much alcohol to a patron, who in turn crashed his truck into a motorcyclist, causing permanent injury, has been ordered to pay $11.1 million in damages by a Florida jury. In Wilde v. Okeechobee Aerie 4137, the motorcyclist and his wife alleged that the…