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LexisNexis Practice Guide: Florida Personal Injury

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Publisher :LexisNexis
Format: 1 volume , BOOK
ISBN: 9780820569482
2006
  $160.00
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    Experience the new standard in practice guides. The LexisNexis Practice Guide: Florida Personal Injury gives the nuts and bolts information you need to put together a winning personal injury case, or build a strong personal injury defense. This resource is loaded with judicial commentary and practice tips from some of the state's top PI litigators, as well as step-by-step checklists and readily adaptable sample forms (eg. sample complaints, answers, affirmative defenses, notices, etc.) You even get an entire chapter devoted to damages to help plaintiffs' attorneys ensure you recover top dollar for your clients, and help defense counsel identify all potential damages and devise strategies to limit your clients' exposure.

    This Practice Guide is integrated with the LexisNexis Total Research System to provide easy access to relevant online resources, including public records, LexisNexis Practice Guide series for Florida, Matthew Bender analytical materials, Florida and national news sources, and more.

    Chapter 1 Initial Handling
    Chapter 2 Motor Vehicle Negligence
    Chapter 3 Premises Liability
    Chapter 4 Products Liability
    Chapter 5 Medical Malpractice
    Chapter 6 Nursing Home, Assisted Living, and Adult Family Care Actions
    Chapter 7 Intentional Torts
    Chapter 8 Governmental Liability
    Chapter 9 General Liability
    Chapter 10 Wrongful Death
    Chapter 11 Damages

     

    Gonzalez, Ervin A.


    Ervin A. Gonzalez - Partner, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables , FL Mr. Gonzalez is board certified as a specialist in civil trial law (personal injury and wrongful death cases) and business litigation law by The Florida Bar and The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has 20 verdicts in excess of one million dollars and has settled numerous multi-million dollar cases throughout his career. He is rated ¿AV¿ by Martindale-Hubbell, as well as named in the ¿Best Lawyers in America ¿, a who¿s who of the legal profession¿s top practitioners as evaluated and selected by their professional peers. He was also selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine and in the nation by Leading American Attorneys. Further, he has been rated as one of the Leading Hispanic Lawyers In America.

    Mr. Gonzalez graduated from of the University of Miami School of Law ¿ Juris Doctorate, 1985, cum laude, and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law for the trial skills litigation program.

    Lambert, Lyndall M.


    Lyndall M. Lambert is a partner at Holland & Knight LLP, in the firm's Miami, Florida office. Ms. Lambert has 25 years of litigation experience in the defense of aviation and product liability cases. She has represented major commercial airlines in multi-district litigation arising out of various domestic and foreign airline crashes, including the crash of Delta Flight 191 in Dallas, Texas; the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland; the accident involving American Airlines Flight 965 near Cali, Colombia, and the accident involving American Airlines Flight 1420 in Little Rock, Arkansas. In product liability cases, she has represented manufacturers and sellers of many diverse products, including tires, construction equipment, lifting equipment, medical products, elevators and aircraft components. Her litigation experience also includes medical malpractice defense, toxic tort litigation, wrongful death damages and personal injury claims, appellate practice and alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Lambert is a member of The Florida Bar, and she is admitted to practice law before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; and the Florida Supreme Court. She is also the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Dade County Defense Bar Association. Ms. Lambert earned her B.A. in biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1980.

    Fine, Jack J.


    Jack J. Fine is a partner with Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano, P.A., in Gainesville, FL. Mr. Fine is an experienced personal injury plaintiffs' attorney who graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with honors in 1976. Mr. Fine is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He also has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Florida Levin College of Law since 1984, where he teaches trial practice. Mr. Fine's notable cases include Graham v. Vann, 394 So. 2d 176 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981), and Turner v. PCR, Inc., 754 So. 2d 683 (Fla. 2000).

    Kissane, Daniel J.


    Daniel J. Kissane is a partner with Seipp, Flick & Kissane, a civil litigation firm emphasizing product liability defense, commercial litigation, maritime litigation, as well as estate and probate litigation, with offices in Miami, Jacksonville and Lake Mary, Florida. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Miami (B.A.) and received his J.D. in 1988 from St. Thomas University (magna cum laude ). His area of substantial experience is product liability defense litigation, with an emphasis on automobiles, tires, construction equipment, motorcycles, forklifts, ATV's, hand tools and personal watercraft. Mr. Kissane is a member of the Automobile Products Subcommittee of the Products Liability Committee of the American Bar Association, and a Prime Member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He is a frequent contributor to the Trends Report and other publications prepared by the Automobile Products Subcommittee of the ABA. Mr. Kissane has represented, among others: Honda Motor Co.; Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Sales, USA; Isuzu Motor Co.; Mitsubishi Motor Co.; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Snap-On Tools; The Procter & Gamble Co.; Deere & Company; Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.; Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. and various other product manufacturers. Mr. Kissane is a member of The Florida Bar (1988), the United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

    Burton, Glenn M.


    Glenn M. Burton is the Managing Shareholder in the Tampa law firm of Burton, Schulte, Weekley, McLaughlin and Beytin, P.A. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbel and board-certified in civil trial by The Florida Bar. He presently serves on the Executive Board of the Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar. Practice areas include professional liability with an emphasis on representation of defendant health care providers and hospitals. General litigation practice includes defense of general casualty, personal injury, and product liability claims. He is a frequent author and lecturer in seminars, law schools and grand round presentations. He teaches annually at the Advanced Trial Advocacy Course of The Florida Bar. [Editor's Note: Mr. Burton provided consultation and commentary for Chapter, 5, Medical Malpractice, and Chapter 6, Nursing Home, Assisted Living, and Adult Family Care Actions].

     

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