The insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been good about forcing auto manufacturers to improve their products. It appears that some of the companies, however, had been modifying their vehicles to meet the test, which had been a crash on the driver’s side up until now. The new passenger side test has some startling conclusions, …
How Well Current Midsize SUVs Will Protect Front Passengers In A Crash Read More »
In the Florida real estate business, a downturn in market price can result in the termination of what at first glance seemed to be the perfect deal. Default of escrow deposit as the result of a terminated purchase agreement is a calculated risk that most sellers and buyers are still willing to take. The potential …
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In Florida, where tourists and locals travel increasingly by rideshare app services, the Senate passed a bill nullifying all municipal regulation of such companies, establishing universal rules to transportation network company (“TNC”) operations throughout the state. Contrary to the ad hoc rule development trend surrounding rideshare companies, Florida has prohibited local jurisdictions to enact separate …
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The Sunshine State is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world, and a major port for cruise ships unloading passengers. Recent news reportage on personal injury cases resulting from cruise vacations gone awry, reminds us that both crime and tortious negligence contribute to harm of passengers each year. Accidents leading to injury …
When the Ultimate Florida Cruise Vacation Ends in Disaster Read More »
Bankruptcy courts see a range of debt cleansing strategies applied to debtor accounts. One popular method of extracting the history of credit abuse is by way of actual fraudulent transfer. Cases brought to court for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy relief permit trustee to protect themselves from an attachment of interest or debt by a debtor property, …
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