Florida Personal Injury Legal Questions

There may be entitled to fee incurred during the period he was practicing. The issue will be whether the reason for disbarrment or the lawyers handling of the case inititially is basis for squabbling over the fees. As a general rule, this will be addressed by the lawyer that got the case resolved. ... Read More

You passed a fake $20.00 - intentionally or not- thats a potential crime and you cannot try to use it again. If you you may find yourself being charged with Federal counterfeiting charges by the Secret Service. . There is no suing anyone in that situation - and the fact that you got it out of an ATM is of no consequence. You are simply out $20.00 now unless you can convince your bank to replace and take the old to give to the Secret Service. ... Read More

Yes - and your choie is to accept or fire the lawyer and hire one that will. Problem is the lawyer is looking out for BOTH of your interests. Why? The Janet Jackson Principle for one. After you gey say $5,000.00 advance - when the case settles and you woudl usually $15,000.00 in your pocket BUT have to pay all of that to the loan shark - clients then don't want to settle saying "but what have you done forme LATELY?" because they view it as "they didn't get anything" and THAT in and of itself creates a huge amount of trouble - often resulting in the lenders suing the client and then seeking legal fees added to the mix from the settlement. It ALSO sends a HUGE red flag to the other insurance carrier to get a notice of lien from a litigation lender, that your desperate and they can squeeze you for lower settlement. ... Read More

Absent a substantial injury, this is a case you will need to retain a PA lawyer to address as thats where the event occurred. Otherwise you could spend the money to start a Federal case based on "diiversity" juridiction. You could try to make an insurance claim but with the likelihood this is an excluded assualt event, and given the defendant, you may do better simply suing. The bigger issue is that most lawyers will not be interested in such a case on a contingent fee for a variety of reasons so you will liklely be paying oiut of pocket for the effort. ... Read More

  Dear Joshua, I am sorry to hear about your injury and hope it is not serious.    Take/preserve photos of the receipt, the bag, the gummy bears and the nuts- and preserve all of these items as well. Seek appropriate medical care.   Contact a Personal Injury Attorney as soon as possible to review all facts and circumstances-especially details regarding the substance which caused your injury and prognosis for your teeth- and hopefully obtain representation, rather than pursuing the claim on your own.   However, you will have to reach out as attorneys are unable to directly solicit on this forum.  ... Read More

  Hello Crystal, I am sorry to hear about your injury and hope it is not serious and can be repaired simply without major procedure. Seek appropriate medical care.    Preserve glass/ take photos. Preserve proof of purchase receipt / container  / contents. Report incident.    Contact a Personal Injury Attorney as soon as possible to review all facts and circumstances-especially details regarding the dangerous condition which caused your injury- and hopefully obtain representation, rather than pursuing Publix on your own.     However, if you are interested in consulting with one of us, you will have to reach out, as attorneys are unable to directly solicit on this forum.  ... Read More

Hello Terry, Very sorry to hear of your terrible injury. We will need to discuss the facts and what happened in this case regarding negligence, defective product, etc. to determine proper party(ies) and viability. We provide statewide representation for many of our clients. We can not directly solicit you, so you will need to reach out for a consultation.   ... Read More

Dear Jacqueline,   You may very well have a Personal Injury Premises Liability Case, if the actions fall in the category of negligence, as opposed to an Assault and Battery case. It all depends upon the facts and how they are presented. We cannot directly solicit you, so you will need to reach out for consultation to go more deeply into all of the surrounding facts in this unfortunate situation. ... Read More

Dear Dennee, The answer to your question is a qualified yes, however this depends among other things: upon your signed agreement for representation, the reason for withdrawal, terms of withdrawal and court approval. Keep trying to secure representation in a persistent and transparent fashion. Your situation may be one of urgency depending upon the issues and timing. Make sure that you understand the consequences of withdrawal being granted and potential for case dismissal especially with regard to Statute of Limitations.  ... Read More

Possibly - the issue is are you willing the spend thousands of dollars in legal fees suing the neighbor over those issues to try and get thier attention or force thier taking some actin against the tenants. if the answer is yes, you need to retain a lawyer ASAP and get to it. If the answer is no, the there likely is not real legal remedy and you may have to consider selling your house and moving if you don't want to live next to a rental property. ... Read More