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Cory D. Lapin, Esq. Florida Personal Injury Lawyer
$1B+ recovered for injury victims and families. Crashes • Medical Malpractice • Wrongful Death
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10/10/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death.

Your mother dies because of clear medical malpractice.

She is widowed. You and your siblings are all over 25.

And in Florida, you may not be able to recover a dollar for the pain and suffering of losing her.

It sounds impossible, but it is the law.

Florida treats medical malpractice wrongful death cases differently from many other wrongful death cases.

If a parent dies from medical malpractice, adult children generally cannot recover for their pain and suffering from losing that parent.

And the rule works the other way too.

If an unmarried child dies from medical malpractice at 24, the parents can recover for their mental pain and suffering.

At 25, they cannot.

Same negligence. Same death. One birthday can completely change the case.

In 2025, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that would have eliminated this exception.

Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed it.

So the law remains in place today.

The malpractice can be egregious. The death can be preventable. But in Florida, who survives the person who died, and how old they are, can determine whether the family has a meaningful wrongful death claim at all.

Another episode of LAWGIC IN 60: Florida personal injury law explained in plain English.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

09/18/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: Transitory Foreign Substances.

You can be knocked unconscious, paralyzed, or even killed in a fall, and the business still may not be legally responsible.

In Florida, when someone slips on a temporary substance like water, grease, food, or another spill inside a business, proving the substance was there is only part of the case.

You also generally have to prove NOTICE.

That can mean:

Actual notice: the business actually knew the dangerous condition existed.

Constructive notice: the condition existed long enough that the business should have discovered it, or it happened so regularly that it was foreseeable.

And sometimes the floor itself leaves the evidence.

Dirty or scuffed liquid.
Footprints.
Shopping-cart tracks.
Changes in consistency.
Drying around the edges.

Those details can become critical when determining how long a dangerous condition was there before someone got hurt.

In Florida slip-and-fall cases, the question is not just what caused the fall.

It’s also: What did the business know, and when should it have known it?

Another episode of LAWGIC IN 60: Florida personal injury law explained in plain English.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

Our hearts are with the victims, families, and everyone affected by today’s horrific cargo plane crash at Miami Internat...
09/06/2026

Our hearts are with the victims, families, and everyone affected by today’s horrific cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport.

According to reports, an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway, struck vehicles, and burst into flames. At least five people were killed, several others were seriously injured, and emergency crews responded to a devastating scene.

The reported facts sound eerily similar to the UPS cargo plane crash case we are handling in Louisville, Kentucky.

If you know anyone who was injured or killed in this crash, or their family, contact me immediately. In cases like this, early investigation matters.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

09/03/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine.

You weren’t driving. You weren’t even in the car.

You could still be legally responsible for the crash.

Florida’s dangerous instrumentality doctrine can make a vehicle owner responsible when someone they permitted to drive negligently causes a crash.

But who owns the vehicle can make a major difference.

An individual owner may have statutory limits on ownership-based liability. But a company that owns a vehicle and gives permission to someone to drive it may face very different exposure, with those statutory limits generally not applying. Rental and leasing companies have yet another set of rules.

In a serious injury case, identifying the driver is only the beginning.

You also need to know who owns the vehicle, who controls it, and what law applies to that owner.

That can dramatically change the value of a case.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

$9 million settlement.Our client was injured in a scooter crash and suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and a broken ...
08/27/2026

$9 million settlement.

Our client was injured in a scooter crash and suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and a broken leg.

The defense fought hard to minimize the case, especially the head injury. Early on, they said their offer was more than fair and warned it would only go down if the case continued.

We kept building the case.

In the end, they paid three times what they offered at the beginning.

Preparation matters. Pressure matters. Knowing the medicine matters.

We know traumatic brain injury medicine, and we know how to prove the true value of these cases.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

08/05/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: Comparative Fault

Most people think if someone else caused the crash, they’ll recover compensation.

That’s not always true.

Florida follows a modified comparative fault system. That means if a jury finds you partially responsible for your own injuries, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault. But if you’re found more than 50% at fault, you recover nothing.

That one percentage point can mean the difference between recovering millions of dollars… or walking away with zero.

It’s one of the reasons insurance companies spend so much time trying to shift blame onto the injured person. The more serious the injury, the greater the incentive to argue that you were just over that 50% threshold.

In this episode of LAWGIC IN 60, I explain how comparative fault works in Florida and why understanding it can completely change the way you view a personal injury case.

INJURED? DON’T WORRY,




07/31/2026

LAWGIC IN 60 is now on YouTube.

Personal injury law explained clearly, quickly, and without the legal nonsense people pretend makes them sound smarter.

Each video breaks down a real personal injury topic in about 60 seconds, including negligence, medical malpractice, insurance issues, crash cases, premises liability, and more.

Like, subscribe, and follow along.

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07/22/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: Medical Malpractice.

Most people think that if something goes wrong during medical treatment, it’s automatically medical malpractice.

It’s not.

A bad outcome alone isn’t enough. The question is whether the health care provider acted the way a reasonably careful provider would have acted under the same or similar circumstances, and whether that failure caused the injury.

Florida also has some of the strictest medical malpractice laws in the country. Before a lawsuit can even be filed, another qualified medical professional must review the records and determine there’s a reasonable basis to bring the case. Then there’s a mandatory presuit investigation period before the case can move forward.

In this episode of LAWGIC IN 60, I explain what medical malpractice actually is, who qualifies as a health care provider, why not every injury in a hospital is a malpractice case, and why these cases are different from almost every other type of lawsuit.

Injured? Don’t worry,




They said we were overvaluing the case.We weren’t.This motorcycle crash caused a mild traumatic brain injury and a knee ...
07/16/2026

They said we were overvaluing the case.

We weren’t.

This motorcycle crash caused a mild traumatic brain injury and a knee injury, and from the beginning we believed the case deserved to be taken seriously.

The defense disagreed.

Then the case developed. The pressure built. And eventually, they paid what we had been asking for all along.

The result: a $6 million settlement, recovering all available insurance.

Results like this come from preparation, persistence, and knowing what a case is worth.

Injured? Don’t Worry,

07/12/2026

LAWGIC IN 60: CAUSATION

If someone causes a crash, are they responsible for every injury that happens afterward?

Not necessarily.

One of the most misunderstood concepts in personal injury law is causation. It’s not enough to prove that someone was negligent. You also have to prove that their negligence actually caused the injury you’re claiming.

That may sound simple, but real life isn’t always that straightforward. What if you’ve been in a prior crash? What if you already had an injury? What if a crash causes a brain injury that later leads to another accident?

In this episode of LAWGIC IN 60, I break down what causation really means using real-world examples that make this legal concept easy to understand.

Because in the law, causing an accident and causing an injury aren’t always the same thing.

Injured? Don’t worry,










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