There have been a lot of high profile vehicle recalls lately, including the General Motors ignition switch scandal. GM’s case involved faulty ignition switches that could shut off engines on the road and prevent airbags from properly inflating. Altho...
Do you have a serious medical condition that prevents you from working? If so, you may want to consider applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). SSDI is a Federal program that pays out over $143 billion per year to more than 11 milli...
The Florida Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Daniel Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital in a little less than a month on April 16, 2016. The case has been followed with close scrutiny by those in the Florida workers’ compensation industry. So what’s t...
Imagine a teenager driving down the road, music blasting loud, smartphone in the right hand, left hand precariously perched on the steering wheel. He looks down at his smartphone, glances back up at the road, and then looks back down at his smartphon...
Florida is one of the few states in America with a no-fault automobile insurance state. You’ve probably heard this before, but do you know what this really entails? The no-fault law guarantees your insurer pays you a limited sum of money, but there a...
When you’re on a boat in Florida, the rules are different than when you’re in a car on land. You’re still considered under the influence if your blood alcohol content is .08 or higher, but you’re much less likely to get stopped by a patrol and you’r...
To say that our state gets its fair share of wild animal attacks is something of an understatement: Florida is one of the few places in the world where the distinction between alligators and crocodiles matters because their ranges overlap along the...
When you think of a tornado, you probably think of a funnel cloud hovering over a lonely, flat field of corn in the Great Plains or a massive twister picking up and tossing mobile homes like a kid taking out his frustration on his innocent toys. Howe...
“Assignment of benefits” is a practice with insurance claims in which a claimant will sign away some of his or her benefits directly to the person or organization who would wind up taking the money anyway. For instance, a person who’s just been thro...
According to a recent Carfax report, no fewer than 47 million vehicles currently on US roads are in need of a recall repair. This number represents no fewer than one fifth of all American vehicles, and while many of them may represent “better safe t...
2015 marked the 30th anniversary of the Back to the Future trilogy, and homages to the films were everywhere throughout the year. This was especially true of the second movie, which involves a sequence that takes place in 2015 and features all kinds...
The Takata air bag recall is already the single biggest vehicle recall in American history, in large part because it affects over a dozen manufacturers to one extent or another. What started as a few million Honda vehicles has expanded to 29 million...
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