Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Traveling this summer outside of the US? Be careful what you sign when you check in.

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 21, 2009 9:41 PM | 8 CommentsMiami, FL

  If you’ve ever been to an athletic event, you know that when two teams compete, often one is “home” and one is “away”. You prefer for your team to be home, not just...

• Child Waivers- Why Am I Being Asked to Sign Away The Protections That Safeguard My Child?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | December 29, 2009 3:58 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL

  Every parent expects that their children will cry, cost money, demand their time and attention, and change their life forever (in the best of ways). But, they never tell you about all of the...

• Does Florida's Sovereign Immunity Shield a School from Liability- even if it is negligent?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | March 30, 2010 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Sovereign Immunity in Florida (Section 728.28, Florida Statutes) caps damages of governmental negligence to a maximum recovery of $100,000. This means if your child is in football and the coach does...

• Pool Season is Here, Now is the Time to Prevent Pool Accidents

  Staff Writer | June 02, 2007 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off the summer pool season and it is important to keep yourself and loved ones safe. Drowning is the leading cause of death for young children in Florida and many other states. Thousands of children have died or suffered serious brain damage because of defective drains in pools. The Haggard Law Firm has developed a national and international niche...

• Four Negligent Security Lawsuits Filed Against Blue Lakes Villas

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The families of four victims filed negligent security lawsuits against the owners of the Blue Lakes Villas apartment complex yesterday. 15-year-old Rashad Bosfield was assaulted on January 15, 2007 and died after being shot in a corridor between apartments at the Blue Lakes Villas Complex. Rashad dreamed of becoming a firefighter and enjoyed helping people.Less than one month later 30-year-old...

• Landlords Take Initiative to Prevent Crime

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Small towns and villages to taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of its citizens by requiring landlords to attend a mandatory crime seminar. The Crime Free Housing Program is designed to help residents, owners and managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.Under the program, all landlords, not only of multi-family rental units but...

• Family Awarded $2 Million in Unsolved Negligent Security Case

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of former University of Miami football player, Bryan Pata, will receive a $2 million settlement from the apartment complex in which the shooting death occurred. Pata had returned to his Kendall apartment on November 7, parked in his designated space and began walking toward his door when he was shot and killed. ''It was totally dark,'' said Haggard, of Haggard Law Firm in Coral...

• Miami Negligent Security Lawsuit Filed Against Houston's Restaurant

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last Tuesday, the family of Bradley Timpf filed a negligent security lawsuit against the owners of Houston's restaurant in North Miami Beach. Dr. Bradley Timpf was found shot in the parking lot of Houston's Restaurant at 17455 Biscayne Blvd. at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. The shooting has not been solved.The lawsuit alleges that, on the night of the shooting, the restaurant had inadequate lighting...

• Issue of Negligent Security in Virginia Tech Tragedy

  Staff Writer | April 19, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  I don't think there is a media outlet that hasn't covered the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech early this week. The outpouring of support touched us all for those students and professors that were brutally shot and killed. What I found particularly interesting was the investigation that has been launched by the governor of Virginia (at the request of Virginia Tech) to look into...

• Landlords on guard as lawsuit hits trial

  Staff Writer | January 29, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of a woman who was killed at Bridgeport Apartments wants to hold the property owner liable.RALEIGH - The North Raleigh apartment Stephanie Bennett lived in seemed safe to Carmon Bennett, her father.That was five years ago, before his 23-year-old daughter was murdered when her killer either crawled through a bedroom window or walked through her front door, then raped and strangled...