Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

As we South Floridians know too well, with increased summer rains come many slip and fall accidents. Often these falls result in serious injuries, including fractures, sprains, abrasions, torn ligaments and even death. In fact, statistics prove that premises liability accidents such as slip and falls are a leading cause of these personal injuries. The…

Fort Lauderdale personal injury attorney Joseph Lipsky has had to help families overcome the serious injuries their young children suffered because a business, such as a restaurant or hotel, failed to properly securing a tabletop television to prevent it from falling. Recent studies have shown a significant increase in the number of children being injured…

As we are in the midst of yet another wet summer, Fort Lauderdale Car Accident Attorney Joseph Lipsky reminds our fellow motorists that a behavior which many people think prevents car accidents, may in fact cause them. The behavior in question is turning on a car’s hazard warning lights during a heavy downpour. Not only…

The Broward County Sheriff’s Department along with state and local law enforcement plan to ramp-up the presence of DUI checkpoints as we near the 4th of July. These checkpoints are, of course, intended to lower the number of drunk driving accidents which tend to escalate right around the time we celebrate our nation’s independence. Many…

As if the Florida Legislature hasn’t given enough lawsuit protection to health care providers by limiting injured victims damages, and by placing onerous pre-lawsuit screening requirements; a recently enacted law, signed by our pro-insurance Governor, now gives potential medical malpractice defendants the right to unmonitored ex parte communications with an injured victim’s treating doctors. Thankfully,…

As a Fort Lauderdale car accident attorney, I am always saddened to hear about people who undertake a responsibility to act safely and then fail to live up to that obligation, causing harm to others. This is precisely the situation involving a great many so-called designated drivers in Florida. According to a recent report undertaken…

Summers in Florida are filled with motorcycle rallies and events, making them an ideal time to brush up on your motorcycle safety, in fact, May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. However, even the safest biker cannot prevent other drivers from driving negligently and may still be injured in a serious motorcycle accident. According to the…

As a Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Attorney who is concerned about the safety of his fellow Floridians, Joseph Lipsky sadly reports that a recent study in the Journal of Pediatrics, about ½ of all high school aged kids admitted to texting while operating a motor vehicle, a behavior which significantly increases the likelihood of being…

Consumers in Fort Lauderdale like consumers throughout the country, have a right to expect the products they use will be free of defects and will operate as intended. Sadly, many men, women, and children, who are the most susceptible to dangerous products, in the Fort Lauderdale area are injured or killed every year by defectively…

When you are injured in a construction accident in Miami, knowing where to turn for compensation can be difficult. In some cases, construction site injuries are covered by workers’ compensation, a no-fault insurance program intended to cover the medial expenses and a portion of lost wages for injured workers. However, in many construction accidents, workers’…