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How To Receive The Highest Possible Personal Injury Settlement Or Verdict

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As a personal injury lawyer in Central Florida, the biggest question most of my clients want to know is how they obtain the highest possible personal injury settlement or verdict.  Actions you take, or fail to take, can have a tremendous impact on your ultimate financial recovery after an accident or injury. The first thing […]

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McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case: Why Were The Damages So High?

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As a Florida personal injury attorney, I know many people across the country were outraged when the jury awarded Ms. Liebeck 2.9 million dollars in the McDonald’s Hot Coffee case.  To understand the good reasons for the verdict, one must understand the types of damages available in personal injury cases, including burn injury cases, and

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Caps On Non-Economic Damages In Wrongful Death Medical Malpractices Cases

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This is BIG news for the plaintiffs’ personal injury and medical malpractice bar in Florida.  Many Florida plaintiffs’ personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys have been waiting on the edge of their seat for this Florida Supreme Court decision (Estate of McCall v. U.S.). Economic Versus Non-Economic Damages In Florida Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Cases

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Do Personal Injury Attorneys Take Frivolous Lawsuits? Part II

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Text or Call 24 Hr Attorney Hotline (407) 803-2139 As an Orlando personal injury attorney, I am often drawn into debates about so-called “frivolous” lawsuits.  During Part I of this article, I shared my opinion regarding whether filed lawsuits are often frivolous.  Now I want to discuss some little known facts about thousands of cases

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Do Personal Injury Attorneys Accept Frivolous Lawsuits? Part I

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Text or Call 24 Hr Attorney Hotline (407) 803-2139 As an Orlando personal injury attorney, I sometimes encounter those who wonder whether personal injury attorneys file so-called “frivolous” lawsuits on a regular basis.  Someone posed that question to me recently online, so I want to give my answer.   Now Taking An Oath That I

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How Personal Injury Settlement Mills Escape Scrutiny

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This is the second post in a series regarding personal injury settlement mill law firms.  In the first post, I provided a general overview of how settlement mill law firms operate.  Very generally speaking, settlement mills are personal injury law firms that advertise extensively and handle an enormous volume of claims per attorney (with an

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Orlando Personal Injury Attorneys: High Volume Personal Injury “Settlement Mills”

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Last week, I stumbled upon a very enlightening law review article about the inner-workings of some of the largest personal injury law firms in the country, past and present, written by Nora Engstrom, a Stanford Law School professor.  Ms. Engstrom performed a rare in-depth investigation of what she labeled personal injury law firm “settlement mills,”

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Why You Must Have an Orlando Car Accident Attorney Before Talking to Insurance Companies

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If you’ve just been in a car accident in Orlando – whether on I-4, Colonial Drive, or any of our busy local roads – you need to know something critical: don’t talk to any insurance company before speaking with an Orlando personal injury attorney. As someone who has represented Orlando accident victims for over a

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Why You Need A Personal Injury Lawyer Rather Than A Case Manager Or Paralegal To Handle Your Case

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There are essentially two ways for a law firm to handle your personal injury case: (1) have you work primarily with the best Orlando personal injury lawyer throughout your lawsuit or (2) have you work primarily with a case manager or paralegal, particularly during the early stages of your case (when evidence development could not

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How Much Is Your Personal Injury Or Auto Accident Case Worth?

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Text or Call 24 Hr Attorney Hotline (407) 803-2139 Understandably, many personal injury or auto accident plaintiffs want to know how much their case might be worth.  Unfortunately, there is no easy or definitive way to answer that question.  Frequently (although not always) injury claims involve auto accidents, truck accidents, or motorcycle accidents.  In those cases, the

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