A product is considered defective, it is not fit for the purpose for which it was intended. For example, a knife, if it cuts your finger off, is doing what a knife is supposed to do. However, a pair of safety scissors that cuts your finger off is defective. Items...
Non-economic damages are the damages that people suffer that are harder to quantify. Not things like a particular medical bill but softer things like pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of consortium with a spouse. Things that are very difficult to put a specific...
Economic damages are things that generally have a price tag attached to them. Things like past and future medical bills, past and future lost wages, loss of use of the vehicle, property damage, things that you purchased incidentally like a bag of ice or an Advil....
PIP coverage or Florida no-fault coverage generally applies to your own insurance. It’s not the person who hits you, it would be your own insurance paying out the PIP. However, there’s numerous exceptions with PIP. For example, people on motorcycles, PIP...
What’s commonly referred to as UM or are uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage is a type of insurance you can purchase to protect yourself from other people injuring you. In the state of Florida, it’s voluntary. There’s no requirement to...
