October 2011 - Morgan & Morgan Blog Archive

In a tragic crash on Friday, October 7, four members of the George family were killed when their SUV rolled multiple times. The Gwinnet County, Georgia family was traveling to Miami for a weekend at the beach when they lost control of their Chevrolet Tahoe. The vehicle rolled several times, ejecting six of the eight passengers. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Florida state troopers reported that only one of the eight occupants was wearing a
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According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, more children are visiting the emergency room with traumatic brain injuries, including concussions. According to a CDC report, the number of children, aged 18 and younger, reporting serious head trauma has increased 62% over the last decade. Most cases of traumatic brain injuries occurred in young men, particularly those that played football or other high-impact sports. In 2001, the number of traumatic brain injuries reported stood at approximately 153,000, while this number was listed at nearly 249,000 in 2009, according to Read More

National School Bus Safety Week provides an opportunity to educate the public about school bus safety laws, which is particularly pressing in the state of Florida. According to the Florida Times-Union, Florida motorists dangerously ignore school bus safety laws, putting students in considerable danger. Florida Read More

After fleeing from a traffic stop and t-boning another police car, a Tampa man is facing a laundry list of charges, according to police. In September, 25-year-old Desmond Smith was reportedly signaled to pull over for a traffic stop but instead performed a U-turn and sped away in the other direction. He then ran a stop sign and smashed into the side of a police car driven by Sgt. Robert Nassief, who was headed to the scene at the time of the accident, according to Read More

Due to rising premiums and the prevalence of insurance fraud, insurers are being more proactive in seeking out information to determine the legitimacy of the claim. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, insurers have started to prod the social media accounts of claimants, searching for information that could discredit or validate a filed auto accident claim. Customers can defraud insurance companies by making false claims about accidents or inflating the value of stol
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The number of U.S. doctors facing criminal charges is on the rise as white collar crime laws are put into the books and as drug control laws are more strictly enforced, according to Reuters. There have been recent famous instances of this, including the ongoing charges against Michael Jackson’s lawyer for medical negligence (and possibly involuntary manslaughter) and the eventual acquittal of Anna Nicole Smith’s doctor against charges that he violated the controlled substances law. Many lawsuits invoke the language in the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, which stipulates that a m
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Subway and Burger King are the first of a group of food companies being sued by a group of sixteen farmworkers looking for back pay, according to the Washington Post. These workers claim they are owed back pay dating back to 2008, when the fast food companies signed a deal with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to raise the pay of tomato pickers in Florida. Under this deal, the food companies would pay the growers o
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