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Hurricane Dorian Homeowners and Business Insurance Lawyer Florida, as well as much of the southeastern United States, is bracing for impact from yet another hurricane. As Hurricane Dorian approaches, the danger of catastrophic property damage and loss of life has prompted voluntary mass evacuations and shortages of everything from bottled water to building materials. Unfortunately, Dorian will undoubtedly cause extensive property damage and will thus lead to a large numbers of homeowner and business insurance claims being filed. This will…

Can a Non-citizen File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in a U.S. Court? In a recent post, we discussed the potential liability of businesses for injuries their customers and employees might receive in a “mass shooting” incident or during some other act of premeditated (“planned”) public violence. We have since been asked to discuss an issue that we did not raise in our original post: “Given that many victims of the recent mass shooting incident in El Paso were Mexican nationals,…

Who Is Liable in “Mass Shootings” and Other Acts of Public Violence? As the recent mass shooting incidents in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio, have tragically demonstrated, we live in a society where acts of “planned” or “premeditated” public violence have become a matter of great concern in regard to public safety. Although we will avoid the very real issues of concern to both the law enforcement and civil libertarian communities, at The Doan Law Firm we believe that…

Personal Safety in Public Places: Who is Responsible for Your Personal Security at a Store, Restaurant, or Other Public Location? Like virtually everyone else in the United States, you spend a fair amount of your time in public places like stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, offices, and so forth. You find yourself in garages, parking lots, and in different types of establishments at different times of the day and even of the night. When you enter and exit business establishments, when…

Catastrophic Kentucky Gas Pipeline Explosion Devastates Neighborhood A major gas pipeline explosion in the middle of the night on August 1, 2019, devastated a mobile home park in the Kentucky community of Moreland and resulted in a tower of fire that soared 300 feet into the air and could be seen throughout Lincoln County. In immediate aftermath of the shattering explosion, one person was confirmed dead and five other people were hospitalized with serious injuries. Seven other residents initially were…