Tag Archives: Florida law
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Earlier this month, Josh Brent, a Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle, was arrested in Texas and charged with manslaughter when a car he was driving, while allegedly intoxicated, hit a curb and flipped over, killing the passenger, teammate Jerry Brown. The CDC reports that around one-third of all crash fatalities in the United States each year… Read More »
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An Examination of Florida’s Laws Related to Slip And Fall Liability Last month, a Florida woman faked a fall in a grocery store in Monticello. The surveillance video showed her getting up after her “fall”, looking around, and then sitting down again as soon as employees came back to attend to her. She was later… Read More »
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The Liability Of Retailers To Maintain Shop Floors Earlier this year, a woman won a $1 million judgment against Wal-Mart after slipping on a wet spot on the floor of the Northside Jacksonville Wal-Mart Supercenter. This is an unusually high recovery for a Florida slip and fall case, as these types of cases are notoriously… Read More »
