by Jim O'Leary | Articles, Auto Accidents, Law
Many personal injury cases involve injury to the neck and back caused by trauma, whether from a car accident, a fall, or other force that can permanently damage the spine’s supporting discs. In diagnosing disc injury, it is sometimes not clear to patients, attorneys,...
by Jim O'Leary | Articles, Constitution, Education
Since putting a post on Facebook earlier this week in reference to my shock over learning about the Florida law that made it illegal for homosexuals to adopt children I had spoken with a couple of people that had basically inquired why do I care so much about that or...
by Jim O'Leary | Articles, Law, Trial
On December 21, 2010, the First District Court of Appeals in Florida ruled against Nationwide Insurance in it’s attempt to circumvent the rule of evidence that prohibits defendants from introducing any evidence of health insurance benefits paid on behalf of the...
by Jim O'Leary | Articles, Education
This past week at my Rotary Club meeting we heard from the Superintendent of Lee County Schools about all of the programs that attempt to deal with the enormous challenges facing our public K-12 education system here in southwest Florida. One thing that struck me, and...
by Jim O'Leary | Articles, Law
The Florida Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that liability releases signed by parents on behalf of their children will not be enforced. The rationale used by the Court to invalidate such releases is that a parent does not have the authority to bind his or her child...
