Miscellaneous

• Emotional Distress - Florida's Impact Rule

  Bob Carroll | March 12, 2006 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  There are times when someone's negligent act can cause significant emotional distress to another even though the distressed person has not, himself, been physically injured. The tragedy of watching your young child being injured by a car carelessly backed onto a sidewalk comes to mind. Should our system of justice permit a claim for compensation in these situations? From the Benjo Blog we have...

• You Can ASK GARY...Or, You Could ASK KOBY, ASK JERY Or Even ASK DAVE

  Bob Carroll | January 18, 2006 6:24 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Three years of television commercials throughout Tampa Bay telling us to call ASK GART when we are injured have spawned some copycats. Suddenly, there are commercials reminding us that we should ASK-KOBY or ASK-JERY or even ASK-DAVE. So, who's a person to ASK?GARY thinks all this ASKing is confusing to injured people so he has gone to court to block KOBY and JERY. The Tampa Tribune carries...

• New Change to HIPAA Protects Patient’s Genetic Information

  C. Todd Alley | October 13, 2009 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  On October 1st, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new interim rules protecting patient’s genetic information from being used against them. The new rules come as...

• Waiver Or Estoppel May Make Insurance Company Pay Your Claim

  Bob Carroll | March 15, 2006 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It may be hard to believe but there are times when an insurance company can be required to provide coverage (to pay benefits) in situations where it never intended to do so. The legal theories that create the obligations have always been confusing and even confused with one another. A blogger has taken the time to post a long article that goes a long way to clarify the situation.Marc Mayerson...

• NY Child Victim Act May Come Up For Vote Today

  Joe Saunders | June 16, 2009 10:01 AM | 14 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The much antipated Child Victim Act may finally reach a vote in the NY State Legislature today. The bill has been aggressively opposed by the NY State Catholic Conference and Brooklyn Bishop...

• Dismissing A Case For Failure To Comply With Court-Ordered Discovery

  Bob Carroll | March 30, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  When may a trial judge dismiss a lawsuit for a failure to provide court-ordered discovery to the opposing side? This question is important because the discovery process is a major portion of most litigated cases. And, it is sometimes difficult to provide complete and timely responses to requests for documents and information. A Florida Appellate Court has just held that it was error to...

• Boot Camp Becomes Death Camp

  Bob Carroll | February 09, 2006 6:11 AM | 9 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Boot camps for juvenile offenders are intended to provide a strict regime that leads to a better life. The Miami Herald reports on a camp session that got tragically out of hand. Guards seen beating teen in videoA 14-year-old boy was ''brutally'' beaten by guards and ''flung around like a rag doll'' at a boot camp for juvenile delinquents in Panama City hours before he died at a Panhandle...

• Youth Pastor Sent to Prison for Sex Abuse

  Joe Saunders | August 18, 2009 8:54 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Scott Dewayne Wright, 35, was a youth pastor at Calvary Chapel Worship Center in NewPort Richey. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual activity with a minor child and received a 49 months in prison....

• 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,...

• 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,...