James L. O'Leary Law Blog

Conservative republicans and tea party activists attack trial lawyers as somehow causing damage to our economic strength and political stability.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  This post points out just one of the fundamental roles trial lawyers play in not only fighting for our clients, but fighting to reimburse the taxpayers of the United States for the enormous amounts of money we pay each year for medical expenses for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.... Read More

When you get injured by a government employee, vehicle or even a person or company working under contract for the government, different laws can apply that may limit your rights and cap your damages at a certain amount of money.  The current trend in Florida is to outsource more and more government functions making it more likely that these types of cases will increase in frequency.  Governments and private corporations performing activities and services should be required to act safel... Read More

When witnesses and jurors raise their right hand to take an oath, whether it be to tell the truth or to serve as a fair and impartial juror who will "truly try the case" and render a "true verdict" according to law and evidence, the sacredness of the oath is what insures the integrity of our constitutional rights to equal justice under law.  The integrity of our judicial system and our system of government depends on witnesses being truthful and jurors being truly fair a... Read More

Understanding how medical expenses are reimbursed and appropriately compensated for in personal injury litigation is somewhat complicated.  However, this blog post highlights some of the fundamental principles, latest caselaw, and Florida statutory law on how to deal with medical expenses (and lost income) in Florida personal injury lawsuits.... Read More

This post provides information about Floridians' Constitutional Right to obtain records about adverse medical incidents that cause injury or death.... Read More

Most all personal injury cases involve at least one allegation of negligence.  This article summarizes some of the key legal principles of Florida negligence law.... Read More