Earlier this month, a state appellate court issued an opinion in the case of Vasilenko v. Grace Family Church. The case was brought by a parishioner against the church after the parishioner was seriously injured in a pedestrian accident when...
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State Supreme Court Rules for Defendant in Boating Accident Case
The Iowa Supreme Court recently released a decision affirming a lower court’s ruling in favor of the government defendant in a wrongful death case that was filed by the surviving family of a 10-year-old boy who was killed in a...
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Plaintiffs Must Submit Evidence of Each Element before Being Entitled to Compensation in Any Personal Injury Lawsuit
In most cases alleging that one party’s negligence caused another party’s injuries, the lawsuit is based on the legal theory of negligence. Before a negligence lawsuit is even permitted to go to trial, a judge must determine that a prima...
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How a Plaintiff’s Own Negligence Can Reduce Total Available Damages in Florida Injury Cases
Whenever an accident occurs and a personal injury case is filed, there must always be a determination of who was at fault and whether any other parties were also at fault. In the simplest example, in a two-vehicle accident, one...
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State Supreme Court Overturns Circuit Court’s Ruling Granting Accident Plaintiff a New Trial
The Supreme Court of West Virginia recently released an opinion that overturned a circuit court’s decision granting an plaintiff a new trial on the issue of knee injuries he was alleged to have received in an accident with the defendant. The...
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Insurer Determined to Be Responsible for Victim’s Injuries after School Bus Accident Involving Third Party
Earlier this month, an appellate court issued an interesting opinion holding that an insurance company was liable for injuries sustained by a student who was about to board a school bus that the company insured. Interestingly, the girl was injured as a...
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Florida Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice Cases
Florida courts are already overburdened by the number of lawsuits filed in the state each year. To help curb the number of new lawsuits each year, and to ensure that medical malpractice cases are heard in a timely manner, the...
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Topamax Birth Injury Case Results in $3 Million Verdict
The Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit just handed down a decision affirming a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a birth injury lawsuit stemming from the use of Topamax by pregnant women. According to one news...
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Attorneys at Cecere Santana Examine Hurricane Preparedness and Protecting Property
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be the most active since 2012. In light of this, attorneys at Cecere Santana, which focuses on cases relating to property damage and personal injury, stress people be prepared to protect not...
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The Summary Judgment Standard in Florida Courts
Earlier this month, a state court in Indiana issued an opinion explaining how the summary judgment standard should be applied by trial courts when there is conflicting evidence presented to the trial judge. In the case, Siner v. Kindred Hospital...
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