Blog Posts in July, 2010
Posted on Jul 21, 2010 By Scott Distasio
According to the Ledger.com, on July 20, 2010 a Polk County, Florida jury at the court house in Bartow rendered a verdict of 114 Million dollars in a nursing home abuse case. The nursing home neglect ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2010 By Scott Distasio
Every case must be brought within a certain amount of time or it is forever barred. The time limit is called the statute of limitations. As a Tampa nursing home abuse lawyer , I know that if you file ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2010 By Scott Distasio
In Tampa and every other city in Florida, law enforcement officers routinely give the at fault party in a car accident a ticket. Most people think the officers decision that the other person was at ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2010 By Scott Distasio
A statute of limitations is a length of time after which a lawsuit cannot be brought. The law creates statute of limitations to be fair to the wrongdoer. The idea is that after a certain amount of ...
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Posted on Jul 5, 2010 By Scott Distasio
When a personal injury claim is made, the job of the person evaluating the claim is to determine if the claim has merit and if so, decide how much to pay. Usually, this decision is made by an ...
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Posted on Jul 4, 2010 By Scott Distasio
Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace have become extremely popular. Many people post things to their accounts without thinking about how others that are not part of ...
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