Archive for 'Wrongful Death' Category
Apr 17, 2019

Kenneth J. Ronan and Anthony D. Brown of Lavalle, Brown & Ronan, P.A. in Boca Raton, Florida recently obtained an $8 million verdict for a client who was attacked at a pool hall in a South Florida flea market. Lawyers Ronan and Brown argued that negligence of the former flea market owners led their client, […]

Nov 21, 2018

We’ve previously discussed the tragedy that occurred with the Florida International University bridge collapse that dominated news headlines in the spring of this year: Emergency crews recovered the bodies of six victims that were killed after the bridge broke into pieces and came crashing down on the cars stopped underneath it, leaving a number of […]

Oct 31, 2018

Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law has been the subject of much debate lately, especially after the publicized fatal encounter in July between two men in the parking lot of the “Circle A” convenient store in Clearwater. While the sheriff has decided not to arrest and charge the shooter—indicating that he operated within Florida’s Stand Your […]

Oct 17, 2018

September’s headlines here in Florida were dominated by news of one celebrity (Tyler Perry) filing a wrongful death lawsuit that accuses former Collier County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Calkins of being potentially responsible for the lives of two men who disappeared 15 years ago. According to reports, Calkins arrested the two men separately in 2003 and […]

Oct 3, 2018

One of the saddest things that can happen to a family is the loss of a child. When that loss is due to someone’s intentional act—especially a law enforcement officer, who represents the government and its duty to protect us—it can feel like a severe injustice. One such story made headlines of late in part […]

Sep 12, 2018

Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law has been the subject of much debate lately, especially after the publicized fatal encounter in July between two men in the parking lot of the “Circle A” convenient store in Clearwater. While the sheriff has decided not to arrest and charge the shooter—indicating that he operated within Florida’s Stand Your […]

Apr 25, 2018

The tragedy that occurred with the Florida International University bridge collapse has been all over the news, especially as emergency crews recovered the last two of the total six victims killed on Sunday, March 18th, one of which included a married father of three. The bridge broke into pieces and came crashing down on the […]

Apr 11, 2018

The tragic Florida shooting has dominated headlines in our sunshine state of late. With 17 killed and others injured in the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland on February 14th, many are now looking at whether anyone knew—ahead of time—that the shooter (Nikolas Cruz) posed a danger to the public, and whether the […]