Category Archives: Personal Injury
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Railroad injuries may range in severity from minor scrapes and bumps to catastrophic injuries and death. The strategy you use in a personal injury lawsuit after a railroad accident depends largely on whether you are an employee or a patron. Railroad workers typically are not able to collect damages under workers’ compensation laws. Instead, their… Read More »
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The Fourth District Court of Appeals recently ruled 2-1 to uphold the constitutionality of a 2012 decision by Florida lawmakers to limit the amount of fees paid to attorneys who represented a child who suffered severe birth injuries at Lee Memorial Health System of Fort Myers. Although the court said it was “sympathetic” to the… Read More »
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A teenage girl passed away July 15 after she suffered severe injuries in a fall from a rope swing at a youth camp in North Carolina. The 16-year-old girl, who was from Lakeland, Florida, was reportedly riding the camp’s large pendulum swing with it suddenly detached, causing her to fall more than 100 feet. Carolina… Read More »