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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Attorney Jonathan Freidin recently obtained a $450,000 settlement in a third-party insurance bad faith case against a major auto insurance company. This settlement paid by the insurance company was in excess of the $10,000 insurance policy carried by the negligent driver. While the insurance company resisted the claim, arguing that the case was a “trap” by the plaintiff’s lawyer in the underlying ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Cerebral palsy is a group of movement disorders that occurs as the result of brain damage before, during, or shortly after birth, and it can have far-reaching consequences for children and their families. As birth injury attorneys who fight on behalf of victims across Florida, our Miami trial lawyers at Freidin Brown, P.A. have experience handling cases involving birth injuries like cerebral ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Florida has written laws that define the rights of victims who suffer injuries and damages as a result of medical malpractice, as well as procedural rules regarding how these cases are handled. While victims have the right to seek justice and financial compensation after being harmed by substandard medical care, the process of filing an effective medical malpractice lawsuit and securing a positive ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
A woman was killed by a self-driving car being tested by Uber in Tempe, AZ at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 18. This is believed to be the first pedestrian death connected to automated vehicles. Uber suspended their vehicle testing in Tempe, as well as in Toronto, San Francisco, CA, and Pittsburgh, PA in response to the crash. The ridesharing company is not the only company testing these ...
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Gregory S. d'Incelli
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, our firm has received inquiries into the obligations and duties of schools and educators to safeguard children, and whether schools even have a duty to students. The answer is yes: Florida law imposes a duty on schools to take reasonable steps to protect the safety of students and a negligent ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Officials report that at least one person was killed after a pedestrian bridge collapsed on Florida International University on March 15. "There are eight vehicles that are trapped underneath as far as we know and we are going to try and get to them as quickly as we can,” said Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday. The bridge cost approximately $14.2 million to build, and was constructed ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
As reported in the Miami Herald , the sale of the Miami Marlins by former owner Jeffrey Loria in September of 2017 potentially triggered a windfall for Miami-Dade. A clause in the 2009 profit-sharing deal between the ballclub and Miami-Dade supposedly required the team to provide 5 percent of sale proceeds to the city. But an accounting statement released following the sale of the club for $1.2 ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Members of the team at Freidin Brown, P.A. visited St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, to donate toys to underprivileged kids. “Thank you to St. John’s Baptist Church for letting Santa’s helpers at Freidin Brown share our holiday cheer with you again this year!“ said attorney Dave Werner. Giving back to those in need is a core part of what our team at ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
We are proud to announce that our attorneys have secured a $730,000 settlement with the Public Health Trust (PHT) and Miami-Dade County in a case where the jail’s medical staff failed to provide Pascual Diaz-Plasencia with necessary treatment, resulting in his kidney failure and eventual loss of that kidney. “Mr. Diaz-Plasencia suffered for weeks while in jail, and then his life was permanently ...
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Gregory S. d'Incelli
A spinal cord injury can have dramatic, life-altering consequences for you and your loved ones. This is because the spine protects the spinal cord, which is made up of the nerves running along the back and neck that control the flow of information, including critical motor and sensory information, between the brain and the nerves of your body. Spinal cord injury can be damage suffered to the ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
Freidin Brown, P.A. recently hosted local high school students from Miami Central High School and North Miami Senior High to enjoy a private screening of the recently released movie Marshall . The movie, based in the 1940s, tells the story of a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, as he faced great challenges while working for the NAACP. We coordinated ...
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David E. Werner
In recent years, drivers of some of the most popular cars on the road have been inundated with recall and repair notices from manufacturers regarding defective and dangerous airbags. In fact, most major auto manufacturers had models subject to recall notices to repair or replace airbags to prevent harm to consumers. Now, there may be a new rash of recalls for another seemingly-harmless component ...
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Freidin Brown, P.A.
The relationship between patient and physician is an important one, no matter how long you plan on seeing your physician. You’ll want to make sure you pick a physician with whom you feel comfortable having open conversations with, as well as someone with the credentials in the areas that meet your health necessities. Finding the right doctor should involve just as much research as you would when ...
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David Werner
If insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or a similar provider paid medical bills and expenses related to your personal injury or medical malpractice claim, you may have to reimburse the payer, to some degree, for these costs if you are able successfully to recover on your claim. The right to recover these costs from your recovery is called the right to subrogation. Those with the right to subrogate may ...
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Jonathan Freidin
In light of the tragic news about an 8-year-old girl who passed away after falling several floors on the Carnival Cruise Lines ship, Glory, it is almost certain that a lawsuit will eventually be filed. While we don’t know all the details of the accident, one news report indicates that the fall could have been 25 to 50 feet. This would raise the question of whether the Glory had adequate railings ...
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