In my last post, I wrote about 7 things you should do after a car accident. In this post, I want to discuss the five things you should never do after a car crash. They are just as important as the things you should do and both should be read carefully since the could have […]
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You can’t plan for a car accident. They just happen. Depending upon the severity of the crash, it may be a life-changing event or an annoyance. In every instance, car accidents have financial, medical, and legal consequences. While you can’t plan for an accident, you surely should prepare for one. Preparation means you know what
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In Florida, if you are stopped and arrested for DUI, you will have to submit to a sobriety test, unless you are willing to forfeit your driver’s license for a year. A police officer may perform this test in one of three ways, a blood test, a urine test, or a breathalyzer. While the blood
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New Florida police officers are required to undergo 770 hours of training at a police academy while barbers who want to be licensed in the Sunshine State are required to take 1,200 hours of coursework, according to a local media outlet. Now, as the article points out, that is a minimum requirement and some Florida
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Pinellas County is one of the busiest counties in Florida in terms of car accidents. So far this year, there have been nearly 14,000 car accidents in the county and over 8,000 of those have resulted in injuries. A number of factors contribute to the high number of Pinellas County auto accidents including driver impairment,
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Divorce is one of the more painful experiences a family encounters. When children are involved, the situation becomes even more difficult. While each family situation is different, there are certain do’s and don’ts I’ve learned as a divorce lawyer. Over the years, I’ve found that many couples who are divorcing find it helpful to speak
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When my client Kathleen Denardi enrolled in the Law Enforcement Academy at St. Petersburg College Allstate Center, she was fulfilling a dream to serve the community as a law enforcement officer. She knew the training would be intense, both physically and intellectually. What she didn’t count on was the physical and emotional abuse she endured.
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False arrest is everyone’s nightmare scenario. Conviction for a false arrest is a sentence that never ends. Today’s edition of the Tampa Bay Times features a story about a possible false arrest and false imprisonment case. In June of 1988, Leo Schofield was indicted on a first degree murder charge of his wife. He was
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I filed a civil lawsuit in Pinellas County this week on behalf of my client Carleen Tetreault against the St. Petersburg Police Department for an incident that occurred at her home on June 8, 2015. On the day in question, Carleen had returned to her home in St. Petersburg after a cancer treatment. That afternoon,
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Bankruptcy is governed by federal law and all bankruptcy proceedings are heard in federal court. In our area, the bankruptcy court is located in Tampa. In most instances, bankruptcy for individuals will usually mean filing a chapter 7 or a chapter 13 bankruptcy. Essentially, there are some basic differences between the two and I can
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