Florida Insurance Legal Questions

You can always replace your attorney.  In general, any fees your current lawyer would be entitled to would be paid at the conclusion of your case.  The agreement you signed with your current attorney may provide specific conditions or terms in the event he is discharged.  If you can't locate another attorney, call the Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service in Tallahassee and you will be given the name of someone in the appropriate specialty.  ... Read More

Generally, parents are not responsible for the actions of an adult child. Of course, like most things in law, there are exceptions and under the right circumstances, a parent could be liable.  For one, negligence while performing a task in the course and scope of employment could make the employer liable (the theory of respondeat superior).  You would need to know if the accident happened while the child was in the course and scope of a job or errand for the parent.  Another area to evaluate would be the true ownership and control of the car (i.e., who really owned the car, who paid for it, who maintained it).  Florida considers a car a "dangerous instrumentality" so that the owner is responsible for the actions of an authorized driver. Finally, it would be good to know whether the parents had any involvement in the accident.  Again, assuming the parents had nothing to do with ownership and control of the car and also assuming the child was not working for the parents at the time of the accident, liability on the part of the parents would seem unlikely ... Read More