The LG Law Blog

If you were robbed, beaten, or shot at a gas station, store, or parking lot with a known crime problem, the owner may be responsible. The civil claim does not depend on anyone being arrested.

A four-year mandatory minimum makes the stakes high, but the charge is not the conviction. Causation, the blood and breath evidence, and the lawfulness of the stop are where these cases move.

Broken gates, dead cameras, dark parking lots. When an apartment owner can be held responsible for an attack, and how Florida's 2023 safe-harbor law (F.S. 768.0706) changes the fight without ending it.

A first-degree felony with a four-year mandatory minimum under the Aaron Cohen Act. What the duty to stop requires, why fleeing is the worst possible move, and where the knowledge defense lives.

If you or someone you love was shot, stabbed, or beaten by a stranger at a Florida bar or nightclub, you may have a civil claim against the venue, even if the attacker is never caught.

Two charges can come out of the same fatal crash. One turns on impairment, the other on reckless driving with no proof of drinking required. How they differ, and why the defenses differ too.

If your loved one was hurt or killed by violence at a business or apartment complex, you may have a civil case against the property owner, even if no one was ever arrested. A closed police file is not the end of your options.

DUI manslaughter is a second-degree felony with a four-year mandatory minimum, and Trenton's Law raised the stakes in 2025. What the law does, the charges that travel alongside it, and where these cases are won or lost.

An arrest is not a conviction. Your right to remain silent, your right to counsel, searches, bond, and the first 48 hours that often shape the entire outcome of a Florida criminal case.

Florida cut the deadline from four years to two in 2023. The filing deadlines for car accidents, wrongful death, and medical malpractice, and what happens if you wait too long.

A reduction to reckless driving is one of the most valuable outcomes in a Florida DUI case. Here is when it happens, why it matters so much, and the factors that make it possible.