http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/13/4288124/injured-employ...
Injured employees cheated by workers’ comp law, Miami-Dade judge says
A Miami judge declared Florida’s long-controversial workers’ compensation law unconstitutional Wednesday, saying successive state legislatures had so diminished medical care and wage-loss benefits for injured workers that the statute now violates employees’ “fundamental” rights.
In a case... [...]
http://www.injury-lawyer-florida.com/2014/08/bergmann_v_fdot...
Bergmann v. FDOT - Operation-Level Negligence Trumps Sovereign Immunity
Generally speaking, the government and its employees are shielded from lawsuits asserting negligence resulting in injury based on the legal principle of sovereign immunity. Government entities entitled to this protection encompass a wide range of fields, from police departments to hospitals to school... [...]
http://www.injury-lawyer-florida.com/2014/07/nhtsa_warns_aga...
NHTSA Warns Against "False Security" of Novelty Motorcycle Helmets
The law requiring helmet use by motorcyclists in Florida was repealed 14 years ago this month, and since then, the number of riders donning a helmet has been halved -- to roughly 50 percent, according to the Sun Sentinel. What's especially concerning to the National Highway Traffic Safety... [...]
http://www.florida-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2014/07/elderly_ma...
Elderly Man Dead, Woman Injured in Miami Stabbing
Unfortunately, in another incident of violent crime, an elderly man is dead and a woman is in critical condition at Ryder Trauma Center after being stabbed at a Miami apartment complex on Wednesday morning.
Police have not released the identity of the victims. The stabbing occurred at the apartment building located at... [...]
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/quaker_oats_settles_c...
Quaker Oats settles case with agreement to remove trans fats
Quaker Oats has agreed to remove trans fats from its Oatmeal to Go and Instant Quaker Oatmeal products as part of a lawsuit settlement that doesn’t include money for those who are not name plaintiffs.
Quaker Oats will pay up to $760,000 in attorney fees and estimates it will cost $1.4 million to... [...]
