Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they would be making sweeping reforms to the standard of care required in our nursing homes and long-term care facilities. These changes will include increased training for caregivers to address patients with dementia or behavioral issues, enhanced nutrition guidelines and requirements,...Read More

As reports of serious injuries and the number of recalled autos attributed to Takata airbags continues to grow, a new danger has been linked to these allegedly defective and dangerous auto parts. Now Nissan is claiming that a defective Takata airbag caused a vehicle fire after a minor crash in Japan. According to an article...Read More

On Wednesday, a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded a man $24 million in a personal injury lawsuit after his wife and unborn son were killed when a drunk driver crashed into a hotel pool cabana. According to a report from a local NBC affiliate, Alanna DeMella of Massachusetts was seven months pregnant and on vacation in...Read More

If you live in Florida, you may be familiar with St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. What you may not be familiar with, along with multiple grieving parents, is that St. Mary’s has long been associated with a shockingly high rate of death in its pediatric heart surgery department. In fact, so many...Read More

As bicycle safety advocates, we are constantly telling people to wear helmets and other protective gear when riding on the busy streets of Miami — but, although a bicycle helmet may protect you against major head trauma if you are hit by a car, it won’t protect you from getting hit by a car. Our...Read More

The slurry of recalls issued last year by General Motors (GM), as well as its handling of a defective ignition switch that has affected millions of vehicles nationwide, has put the company in the public spotlight. If you are following the developments of the story, you may be aware that the company created a compensation...Read More

Sometimes the cause of an accident may not be as cut and dry as it is when someone runs a red light or fails to obey the speed limit. In fact, sometimes the driver responsible for causing an accident isn’t even involved in the actual crash — for example, an accident may occur when one...Read More

Last month’s ruling by the United States Appellate Court, involving an elderly person who died after suffering head trauma in a fall while on board a cruise ship, has made it easier for injured cruise ship passengers to sue for medical malpractice. According to the Huffington Post, the daughter of the passenger sued Royal Caribbean...Read More

Each state has its own set of guidelines, outlining how and when a person can file a medical malpractice lawsuit. In the state of Florida, persons must initiate a lawsuit two years from the date that the incident occurred (or should have been discovered). While this sounds like a lot of time, it really isn’t,...Read More

Manufacturing companies are responsible for ensuring the safety of consumers by testing their products before releasing them to the market. Sometimes, however, problems can arise during the design or manufacture of a product, and when problems do arise, the manufacturing company can be held liable for any resulting injuries or loss, according to product liability...Read More