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In courtrooms around the state, it has long been the practice that juveniles were to be shackled by the wrists and ankles with belly chains, chained to furniture or chained to each other when they were brought to appear before a judge. In this 6-1 opinion, The Florida Court stated,  that this process was…

I received a call the other day from a friend who told me that I should write a blog post about the recent Tiger Woods auto accident issue. I was trying to think of what to write and figured that the issue may be a little overexposed, when it came to me. Tiger’s recent…

The United States House of Representatives yesterday (10/7/09) took action that will hopefully lead to the end of discriminatory treatment of soldiers injured by medical malpractice. Since the Feres decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1950, soldiers have not been able to bring actions for medical malpractice against the government; this is true irrespective of…

Last week Broward County Court Judge Lee Jay Seidman concluded a four-day hearing by ruling that the accuracy of many breath tests using the Intoxilyzer 8000 has been “fatally compromised.” The Intoxilyzer 8000 is the most recent version of a device that is designed to detect the percentage of alcohol in the breath of…

The Garvin Injury Law is proud to announce that Fort Myers attorney Jeff Garvin was sworn in as President of the Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates at its Annual Convention in Longboat Key, Florida on July 25th. ABOTA is an invitation only national organization of trial   attorneys dedicated to preserving the independence…

We are often asked: “Can you get pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt” or “how much is a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt”- Until recently, our Florida seat belt laws stated that drivers in Florida could only be cited for not wearing seat belts if they were pulled over for something else,…

Back in June of 2007 attorney Jeff Garvin of Fort Myers and Wilton Strickland of Fort Lauderdale successfully argued that medical malpractice was committed when a Broward County otolaryngologist (ENT) failed to diagnose tongue cancer. A Broward County Jury awarded the Garvin Injury Law client $6.4 Million Dollars after hearing two weeks of testimony….

According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting took place some time after 4 a.m. this past Friday when 44 year-old Sterlin F. Misener Jr confronted 19 year-old Patrick Hutchison after seeing the teen exit a camper that was parked in Misener’s Naples Driveway. Misener told authorities that he awoke to the sound…

Starting this morning (3/16/09), Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and state troopers will be conducting a ticket blitz in western Broward County. Squads will be on Interstates 75 and 595 and on the Sawgrass Expressway from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, the officers will patrol those highways from 2…

In any criminal case a defendant is entitled to an attorney even if they cannot afford one; the same defendant is also entitled to an attorney who is free from a potential conflict of interest. This normally does not create a problem unless there are multiple co-defendants, who cannot afford a private attorney. Clearly…