Bagen Law Blog

Renting jet skis is a great way to ensure you have an afternoon of fun on the water. However, there are some potential problems here that can have a dramatic effect on you.

Spending a day on the beach and enjoying Florida’s beautiful waters is always an enjoyable experience. Renting Jet Skis has become a popular pastime on the state’s beaches, as well. They’re fast, compact, require no license to operate and are widely available throughout the state. However, before you decide to rent from any company, there are some things that you’ll need to know.

1. Always research a company’s reputation first. This can be difficult to do, particularly if you’re visiting the state. However, you can inquire with the hotel or resort staff about any company in the area and find out if they’re recommended or not.

Having the right auto insurance coverage is essential. Uninsured motorist coverage is vital to ensuring that you are protected in a collision with an uninsured or underinsured driver.

Auto insurance is mandatory in Florida (as in most of the US). However, the state only requires a minimum amount of coverage. The state does not mandate that you carry uninsured motorist coverage. However, it’s very important that you have this type of protection included on your insurance policy. Why is this? What is this type of protection?

What Happens If You’re Injured?

Every day, thousands of people in Florida are injured in automobile accidents. In most cases, the insurance companies pick up the tab here. However, what happens if you’re injured in an auto accident and the person who hit you doesn’t have insurance? What happens if their insurance coverage is not sufficient? In most instances, you’re on the hook for your medical bills, and you won’t see anything for pain and suffering through a personal injury case, regardless of how skilled your lawyer might be.

Distracted driving is a very serious problem in today’s world, both for area residents and commercial drivers. The increasing incidence of accidents and fatalities related to distracted driving should be enough to frighten anyone.

Distracted driving is often thought of as something that only young drivers are prone to, but that’s incorrect. While teens are more likely to be distracted while behind the wheel, a significant number of adults are also guilty of this. Even commercial drivers can be distracted behind the wheel. What should you know about this frightening trend?

Distracted driving is essentially anything that causes you to turn your eyes and attention away from the road. Any number of things can be the culprit here, and it’s vital that you know what they are so you can avoid them.

A lot has been made of the increasing incidence of distracted driving on America’s roads. However, despite a significant number of awareness programs designed to highlight just how dangerous these actions are, the number of distracted driving related accidents across the country (and in Florida) continues to rise. What is distracted driving and how do you avoid it?

Distracted driving is not something confined to teens or truck drivers. Anyone can be distracted while behind the wheel, and this trend is leading to more and more deaths on the nation’s roadways.

It would be nice to imagine that everyone who gets behind the wheel is paying attention to what they’re doing. After all, every time you get in a vehicle, you’re taking your life and the lives of other people in your hands. However, a quick glance at the statistics will show you that this is sadly not the case. The number of distracted driving related accidents continues to grow, despite awareness programs. What should you know about distracted driving?

Distracted driving is a very serious problem in today’s world, both for area residents and commercial drivers. The increasing incidence of accidents and fatalities related to distracted driving should be enough to frighten anyone.

Distracted driving is often thought of as something that only young drivers are prone to, but that’s incorrect. While teens are more likely to be distracted while behind the wheel, a significant number of adults are also guilty of this. Even commercial drivers can be distracted behind the wheel. What should you know about this frightening trend?

Truck drivers are vital individuals within the economy. However, they can also pose very real threats to anyone on the road if they are driving distracted or tired.

You encounter them every day on the road – big trucks are everywhere. They transport foodstuffs, construction materials, carpeting, raw materials, heavy equipment and more. There are few things as essential to the economy as tractor-trailers. However, the drivers of these trucks can at times pose very serious risks to others, particularly in the case of distracted driving.

This is a difficult day and age to find oneself out of work for any reason, up to and including injury or disability. However, thankfully there are disability benefits to help take the edge off in regards to the fallout.

According to Florida’s official state website, there are currently more than 690,000 Florida residents receiving one form of disability benefit or another. That adds up to more than 7.7 billion dollars that are currently being paid out to help people just like you with the basic costs of living. These include food, housing, utilities, and other necessaries.

In Florida, your application for disability pay will be handled by the Florida Division of Disability Determinations. In order to qualify, you must meet a number of predetermined criteria before you can begin taking advantage of your benefits.

When we entrust our loved ones to a nursing home, we naturally hope that we’re leaving them in good hands in every sense of the word. We hope that they’ll be properly cared for medically speaking. We also definitely expect them to be treated with tender loving care and respect. We want the money we pay into the nursing home’s care program to be handled adequately as well.

However, sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Sometimes it’s even necessary to file a claim against the nursing home you’ve entrusted with the care of your loved one for any number of reasons including but not limited to abuse or misuse of funds. Let’s take a closer look at what you’ll need in order to file your claim and get compensation today.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is currently fighting to stop the spread of a rare but serious form of fungal meningitis. The outbreak began in Atlanta and has spread across a number of different states, eventually reaching the borders of the Gainesville Florida area.

So far, reports show that this outbreak of meningitis has affected an approximate total of 200 people across 14 different states. So far 15 deaths have been reported. Health officials and scientists are working diligently to see to it that the spread of the disease is halted as soon as possible and that the sick are treated and nursed back to health.