Monthly Archives: August 2023

Understanding Florida’s New Tort Reform Law, HB 837

By Douglas & Douglas | Posted on August 29, 2023

A tort claim is a type of lawsuit in which the plaintiff suffered financial losses because of the defendant’s wrongdoing or negligence. Therefore, tort laws apply to personal injury lawsuits. Gov. DeSantis recently signed into law HB 837, a tort reform law which changes some of the rules that govern personal injury lawsuits. The… Read More »

Slip and Fall Accidents in Hospitals

By Douglas & Douglas | Posted on August 28, 2023

The places where people have the greatest risk of getting injured in accidental falls are not where you might think. We have all seen the cartoons where someone gets injured after slipping on a banana peel and falling down on a litter-strewn sidewalk. Many of the slip and fall lawsuit cases that make the… Read More »

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