It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
The next time an Insurance Company complains about the need to limit Medical Malpractice awards, they may want to ask the Florida Board of Medicine to discipline those doctors that repeatedly commit Medical Malpractice. Medical Malpractice is a common occurrence in Florida. Yet the Florida Medical Board ranks 42nd in the nation for discipling their own. This is the 4th…
Florida often leads the nation in Pedestrian Deaths. In 2009 a total of 4,092 pedestrians were killed. Of the 4092 nationwide deaths, Florida accounted for 466 fatalities-2nd only to California. On May 9, 2012, Pedro Domingo Mendez was struck by a pick-up truck while walking across Pines Boulevard at 68th Avenue, Pembroke Pines, Florida. Mr. Mendez was taken to Memorial…
Car Accidents create difficult times for accident victims. As a Miami Personal Injury lawyer, I know that an injured party has to worry about their physical and mental injuries, damage to their car, and payment of their medical bills. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous doctors and lawyers illegally solicit an accident victims, and misrepresent insurance benefits. In fact, you may have heard…
Sandor Guillen was driving his 2010 Range Rover at 100 miles per hour around 5 a.m. in a buses-only road, when he crashed his car into a Mini-Van. The impact killed Kaely Camacho, a 13 year-old girl who was on her way to school. Sandor Guillen was driving while under the influence, and rather then stay and help Kaely, he…
A recent Hit and Run bicycle accident epitomizes the problems we face in Miami. As a Miami accident lawyer that specializes in Bicycle accidents and Medical Malpractice,the death of Miguel Rocafort is a tragic example of the problems we face while living in south florida; Hit and Run Accidents, Bicycle Safety, and Medical Malpractice. Rocafort, 51, a bicycling enthusiast was…
Timing can be everything for the unfortunate victims of a stroke. To that end, approximately 800,000 strokes occur in the United States each year, of which 600,000 are ischemic strokes. There are two major types of stroke: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic Stroke Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain is blocked by…
As if Bicycle Accidents were not a big enough problem, a teenage boy was riding his bicycle to school when he was struck by Davie Police Chief, Patrick Lynn. Frank Conner, 15, was riding his bike to school when he was hit. Lynn was turning right onto Nob Hill Road when he struck Conner, who was in the crosswalk heading…
Emergency room doctors often need to act quickly, and the failure to do so can result in a medical malpractice claim. The role of an Emergency room doctor is often to stabilize the patient so that a specialist may then assume the care of the patient. When dealing with trauma patients, the first order of concern is often to stop…
In a 24 hour period from late Saturday to Sunday night 10 people and an unborn baby were killed in car accidents in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Yes, as a MIami Car Accident Lawyer I am never surprised by the number of accidents on any given week, but 10 deaths in one day is shocking. The crashes ranged from a…
As a Miami Bicycle Accident Lawyer, I can tell you that Florida and South Florida rank at or near the top nationally for both pedestrian and bicycle fatality rates. Just in recent weeks, motorists have killed a man waiting at a bus stop in Doral, a man loading a bike into parked car from a Miami Beach sidewalk, and a…