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The Florida Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages

The Florida Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

The Florida Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case challenging the state’s cap on damages for medical malpractice. Enacted by the state legislature in 2003, the law caps non-economic…

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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Distracted Driving Awareness Month is here! We’ve all been there. You’re driving and the phone rings or you receive an alert about a new text message. It is so easy,…

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Speeding Still a Leading Cause of Fatal Car Accidents

Speeding Still a Leading Cause of Fatal Car Accidents 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Fatal accidents have been decreasing on a per-mile driven basis for many years. Fewer fatal car accidents occur today than at any point in the last 50 years. While that…

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How Trustworthy Is Your Doctor?

How Trustworthy Is Your Doctor? 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Most patients believe their doctors to be trustworthy. Roughly 79 percent of Americans trust their doctors, according to a 2010 telephone survey, while only 8 percent indicated that they did…

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Patient Safety and Medical Malpractice

Patient Safety and Medical Malpractice 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

When she lost her son to a form of medical malpractice known as ‘failure to rescue’ Helen Haskell realized how unprepared most patients and family members are to protect their…

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Panter’s Pointers: Spring Swimming Safety Tips

Panter’s Pointers: Spring Swimming Safety Tips 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Spring is here! Stay safe with these swimming safety tips. While the water appears warm and inviting, it is host to unseen dangers. Every day, around ten people unintentionally drown.…

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Sleeping Pills and the Risk of Fatality

Sleeping Pills and the Risk of Fatality 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

A recent study is pointing to sleeping pills, particularly over-the-counter medications that are marketed across Miami and the U.S., as not only a defective product but as a cause of…

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Fatal Car Accidents Claim 10 Lives in Miami-Dade Area

Fatal Car Accidents Claim 10 Lives in Miami-Dade Area 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Officers in the Florida Highway Patrol were kept busy this weekend as a series of incidents cost the lives of 10 people, including a Broward woman who was 7 months…

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Motorcyclist Killed in Fatal Accident

Motorcyclist Killed in Fatal Accident 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Bike Week suffered its fifth fatality in Volusia County and Flagler County this morning. A motorcyclist from Port Orange was killed in a tragic car accident when a Lincoln Town…

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Cruise Industry Convention Covers Re-Emphasis on Safety

Cruise Industry Convention Covers Re-Emphasis on Safety 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

The Cruise Shipping Miami conference took place this week. It was the first convention held since the cruise ship disasterinvolving the Costa Concordia claimed the lives of 32 people and…

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Defective Toys From China Pose Lead-Based Danger to Kids

Defective Toys From China Pose Lead-Based Danger to Kids 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized 17 boxes of toys that were headed from China to Detroit. The defective toys showed unsafe levels of lead when chemically analyzed by…

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Eric Brody Bill Helps One Man Pay His Medical Bills

Eric Brody Bill Helps One Man Pay His Medical Bills 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

A Broward sheriff’s deputy was late for work. That was how the lengthy personal injury ordeal of Eric Brody began in 1998. The speeding squad car smashed into the side…

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Cruise Passenger Missing When Ship Docks in Florida

Cruise Passenger Missing When Ship Docks in Florida 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

A Canadian woman is believed to have re-boarded the Celebration Cruise Line ship in the Bahamas, but disappeared sometime before it arrived in Palm Beach. The Federal Bureau of Investigation…

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Panter’s Pointers: Injuries on the rise for distracted pedestrians

Panter’s Pointers: Injuries on the rise for distracted pedestrians 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

In this edition of Panter’s Pointers, we look at the growing personal injury issue of distracted pedestrians. One of society’s current hot button topics is the danger of distracted driving,…

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Victim of Birth Defects Sues Zoloft Makers

Victim of Birth Defects Sues Zoloft Makers 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

The antidepressant drug, Zoloft, made Pfizer a lot of money as the most prescribed drug of its kind. Unfortunately, the defective drug may also have led to serious birth defects…

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Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Comes Under Scrutiny

Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Comes Under Scrutiny 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

Doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies have banded together again to defend Florida’s cap on non-economic damages. For victims of medical malpractice, the cap seems arbitrary, unfair and, potentially, unconstitutional. The…

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Tassimo Coffee Makers Recalled

Tassimo Coffee Makers Recalled 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

A popular brand of single-cup coffee brewers has been recalled based on the possibility of causing burns. In addition to the defective coffee makers, Tassimo has also recalled packages of…

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Head Injuries and Personal Injury Accidents

Head Injuries and Personal Injury Accidents 150 150 Panter, Panter & Sampedro

As current and former professional athletes turn up the heat on their former employers for brain injuries suffered during their playing careers, ordinary people struggle through head injuries, oftentimes without…

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