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• Benefits Of A Doctor Who Takes His Time To Do It Right

  Bob Carroll | December 18, 2006 6:54 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Some medical malpractice occurs simply because the medical provider does not spend enough time doing the job at hand. It is identical to the plumber who does a poor job making his connections in the rush to get to the next job or on the way home. Or, to the home inspector who has twice as many homes to inspect as he should have in his work day. It is not a failure of training or experience. ...

• Focus On Spinal Cord Injury

  Bob Carroll | July 30, 2006 5:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Spinal cord injury (SCI) is most often caused by motor vehicle accidents. That is the primary reason our firm has an MD Neurosurgeon on its staff. Our clients with SCI require special handling and special knowledge. We also make use of extensive online medical libraries of specialized journals. One of these libraries is MDConsult.com which also provides very focused clinical topic tours on...

• Cardiac Death At Gym Without Defibrillator

  Bob Carroll | April 01, 2006 6:33 AM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As a result of some recent litigation our health clubs, gyms and other exercise facilities may be safer. Among the treadmills and weights there may be a defibrillator. Why a defibrillator? Because it can save a life. Because gyms now know it should be part of their safety equipment and service.Overlawyered feels gyms do not need defibrillators:Gym didn't have defibrillator...so a Florida...

• Medical Device Liability Bill: Undoing Injustice

  Don Greiwe | May 19, 2009 10:25 AM | 21 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Last week, the new Medical Device Liability Bill was up for debate within Congress’ House and Energy Subcommittee. This new legislation is intended to undo the U.S. Supreme Court’s...

• Motorcycle Driver Killed in Tampa Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 19, 2008 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A 54-year-old man driving his motorcycle in Tampa was killed when he was hit by a car. The motorcycle accident happened last night. The victim of North Edison Street was westbound on West...

• Florida No-Fault: Pros and Cons

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Legislature decides October 1st, 2007 if the personal injury protection (PIP) part of the Florida no-fault auto insurance law will "sunset" after being in use for 36 years. If PIP is not renewed, drivers will no longer be required to buy the minimum $10,000 coverage for PIP and will be able to bring law suits against other drivers in auto accidents. The proponents of getting rid of PIP,...

• What it Means to be an Ambulance Chaser

  Staff Writer | June 06, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The days of society branding personal injury lawyers as simply "ambulance chasers" is over.....at least it should be. The fact is that personal injury lawyers are helping more victims today than ever before. Tort reform has brought the profession into the national spotlight, allowing the country to see that so-called "ambulance chasers" are actually activists for victims' rights.Personal...

• Malpractice Victims Need To Be Heard By Florida's Board Of Medicine

  Bob Carroll | October 22, 2006 7:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Florida State Board of Medicine needs to involve more of the patient/victims of botched medical care in its hearings. That is the gist of the article in the Palm Beach Post.Medical errors, medical malpractice, surgical mistakes...these all have real consequences to real people. And, the real people often have important input into the facts of the medical care as well as an understandable...

• FedEx Ground Drivers Not Independent Contractors

  Bob Carroll | June 21, 2006 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  FedEx Ground does a great job handling packages but not such a great job handling some of its employees. This story from US Newswire is only the tip of the troubles FedEx has brought on itself by trying to be cute with its drivers and their relationship with the company. FedEx Ground Could Be Out Nearly $100 Million from Recent Employment-Related Legal Actions and Tax Assessments(R)ecent cases...

• Perenich Carroll - Tampa Bay Personal Injury Law Firm

  Bob Carroll | August 01, 2005 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Since 1955, the personal injury law firm Perenich, Carroll, Perenich, Avril, Caulfield & Noyes, P.A. has been a committed and aggressive voice of the injured in the extended Tampa Bay area and throughout the State of Florida. Among the thousands of firm clients have been the injured victims of motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, nursing home abuse or neglect, misfilled prescriptions,...