While motorcycles are fun and fuel-efficient, they are, statistically speaking, much more dangerous than cars. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that motorcycle crashes are about 30 times more likely to be fatal than a car crash. Even more alarming is the fact that motorcycle injuries and deaths are going up, not down. Motorcycle-related […]
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In a personal injury claim, the injury victim or plaintiff typically seeks compensation for various types of damages caused by the defendant’s negligence (e.g., medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of income while injured). One of the most important categories of damages in these cases is lost future earnings (sometimes called lost future earning capacity). […]
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Commercial leases are lengthy, complicated documents and the sections about rent can be particularly confusing for a prospective tenant. To avoid unpleasant surprises and unexpected expenses during your lease term, you need an experienced real estate lawyer who fully understands these intricate contract provisions and knows how to negotiate them with landlords and management companies. […]
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Eminent domain, sometimes referred to as condemnation, is the government power to take private property. This power requires the government to prove that the taking is for a public purpose (e.g. building a road) and to pay fair compensation to the landowner. In many instances tenants are also entitled to compensation in addition to the […]
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A Florida appellate court recently attempted to answer that question. In Mathers v. Wakulla County, Case No. 1D16-0582 (Fla. 1st DCA, May 2, 2017), the appellate court heard a dispute regarding whether a quarter-mile strip of a dead-end gravel road was a private or public road. A dispute arose between two neighbors involving use of […]
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Current St. Johns County ordinances require, under most circumstances, that homeowners obtain architectural review and approval from their community association before a building permit is issued by the County. This good law has benefitted both homeowners and the community associations. Homeowners who are unfamiliar with the covenants, or perhaps the unwary victim of an unscrupulous […]
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