Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Three-Year-Old Dies In Lake City Pool As Swim Season Begins

  Eddie Farah | May 21, 2009 6:29 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  A three-year-old child drowned Sunday afternoon, May 17, in a swimming pool in the back yard of a home in Lake City. He was scooped from the pool and taken to a local hospital where was pronounced...

• Negligent Property Owners Sued For Death Of Young Man

  Eddie Farah | March 07, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  James and Cheryl Creech would do anything to see their 22-year-old son again. Antonio Creech was visiting his sister at the Eureka Gardens apartments two days before Christmas 2007 when he was shot...

• State Farm Plans Its Exit From Florida

  Eddie Farah | February 14, 2009 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  State Farm is one step closer to pulling its property insurance policies out of the state. Florida’s Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty indicated the insurance giant should go and...

• State Farm Putting Profits Before People In Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 31, 2009 11:34 PM | 8 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  State Farm property insurance wants to leave Florida for greener pastures. After major hurricanes in 2004 and 2005, State Farm Florida, a subsidiary of the insurance giant, says it will phase out...

• Florida Insurance Commissioner Tells State Farm "NO"!

  Eddie Farah | January 14, 2009 12:35 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  State Farm wanted to raise homeowner’s premiums to cover losses from hurricanes by more than 47 percent. Monday, the state insurance commissioner told the insurance giant...

• 13-Year-Old Killed At Apartment, Mother Settles Lawsuit

  Eddie Farah | October 17, 2008 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The mother of a 13-year-old Jacksonville girl, killed by a stray bullet fired within her apartment complex, has settled her lawsuit against the property owner. Tina Williams filed the lawsuit...

• Dram Shop Laws Don't Always Protect Minors

  Eddie Farah | August 29, 2008 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Dram Shop Act begins with the ancient word “dram” that refers to a unit of weight equal to 1/8 of an ounce. A dram shop became known as a place where liquor was sold. Generally, dram shop laws...

• Teen Drinking Party Resolved For Now

  Eddie Farah | July 19, 2008 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  This story could have had a very different ending. A few stories ago we reported on the young teenage girl who drank herself unconscious and could not be awakened. On Monday she was released from...