After hurricane strikes in Florida, homeowners and business owners often face overwhelming property damage, flooding, and financial uncertainty. Filing hurricane insurance claims quickly and correctly is critical to recovering your losses and rebuilding your home or business as soon as possible. At McGRATH GIBSON LAW, we have extensive experience in dealing with and negotiating
Rental car reimbursement coverage helps pay for rental car costs you incur when your car's damages are covered by your comprehensive and collision car insurance coverage. For example, you may need to rent a car if your own car is being repaired for damages caused: In a car accident where you were at-fault.
When it comes to child custody matters, time sharing laws in Florida are designed to protect the best interests of the child while ensuring that both parents have the opportunity to maintain meaningful relationships with their children. Unlike many other states that still use terms like "custody" and "visitation," Florida law uses the term
According to Florida law, hauling vehicles must secure their load. Yet at one point or another, most of us have been driving behind a dump truck or semi truck with a sign on it that says “Stay Back” or “Not Responsible for Broken Windshields". Most people tend to instinctively believe the signs they
On September 9th, 2016, Mazda recalled 2.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide due to rear hatch failures which would cause the vehicle's deck lid or trunk to unexpectedly slam closed. In a statement released by Mazda, a representative indicated that the corrosion protection applied to the hatch lift supports at the factory did not
The term "non-joinder" refers to the omission of a necessary party to an action, which in this case is the insurance company. The non-joinder laws in Florida mean that a Florida jury in any trial will never know whether the defendant in a lawsuit has an insurance policy that will cover a verdict against
On October 1st, 2015, the 790-foot Jacksonville based freighter called the El Faro, sank near the Bahamas on the way to Puerto Rico. All 33 crew members were killed in the worst United States commercial maritime disaster in decades. This tragedy left everyone with questions and that’s why it was the National Transportation Safety
What is an Emergency Medical Condition? EMC is the term for a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could result in serious jeopardy to the individual’s health, and/or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part, and/or
What is the 14 Day Rule? The Florida Personal Injury Protection (PIP) law states, after a motor vehicle accident, individuals will have only 14 days to seek medical treatment. If two weeks goes by after the accident and treatment is not sought out, you will be denied coverage. Florida Statutes 627.736(1) (a) outlines the
In a landmark decision on June 9, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court Lost Wages Ruling ruled in Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg that the existing limitation on temporary total disability benefits under Florida Statute §440.15(2)(a) was unconstitutional. This Supreme Court lost wages ruling significantly impacts how long-term injured workers are compensated and marks
