Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Different Ways of Showing a Property owner is Liable for Your Accident
Whenever someone falls on or is injured while on someone else’s property, the legal analysis asks whether or not the property owner acted the way that a diligent and reasonable person would have acted. That is, whether an ordinary property owner, exercising due care, would have made the premises safe. That’s generally how almost… Read More »
Can You File Bankruptcy While You Have a Personal Injury Case Pending?
If you are in an accident, you may also be under serious financial strain. So much strain, you may be considering bankruptcy. But bankruptcy can seriously affect your injury case or claim. Why are You Filing? The first question is to ask yourself why you are filing for bankruptcy. If you are filing bankruptcy… Read More »
How Much Security Does a Property Owner Need to Provide?
When we are crime victims, especially of violent crimes or crimes that cause us injury, we can, and should, point the finger at the criminal, as the wrongdoer who caused us injury. But when we are crime victims on someone else’s (or a business’) property, the criminal may not be the only entity liable… Read More »
Defenses to Dog Bite and Dog Injury Cases
If a dog injures or attacks you, the owner of that dog is strictly liable for the injuries caused by the dog. That generally means that you, as the victim, don’t need to prove that the owner did anything wrong, or that the owner failed to do something—if the dog injures you, so long… Read More »
Policy Limits and How They Affect Your Injury Case
When you see an attorney about your injury case, one thing that the attorney will look for and inform you about, is the other side’s insurance policy, and their policy limits. But what is this, or more specifically, why and how does it impact a personal injury case, and what may happen in your… Read More »
Accident Brings Up More Issues Surrounding Autonomous Vehicles
As self-driving or autonomous vehicles start to become more common, many will be asking the same question: what are the legal issues that happen when a self-driving car causes an accident? Robotaxi Drags Pedestrian Take for example, a recent case of a robotaxi—essentially, a fully self driving car—in California. A pedestrian was hit by… Read More »
Is Driving While Hungover the Same as Driving Drunk?
We thankfully live in a day and age when most people are well aware of the dangers of driving under the influence. So, when we do drink, we know to try to find a way home, other than driving ourselves. But we rarely give any thought to the 8-12 hours, after we are drunk—commonly… Read More »
Hospital Errors Are Actually on the Rise
It’s 2025, an age where technology and medicine seem to be on the cutting edge. That’s why it may surprise you to learn that with so many advancements and innovations, many recent studies show that hospital mishaps, and medical malpractice, are not decreasing—they’re actually very much on the rise. Study Looks at Medical Errors… Read More »
Contaminated Food: Who is Liable?
Have you ever eaten a food product, or perhaps gone to a restaurant, only to feel very, perhaps violently ill, shortly afterwards? You may have been a victim of food poisoning. How Does Food Poisoning Happen? There are a number of ways that you can end up eating contaminated food. This often happens when… Read More »
Joint Liability and Comparative Fault in Florida
In accident cases, we tend to think it’s cut and dry: determine who is at fault for the accident or who is negligent, and then determine how much the negligent party pays. But the real world often doesn’t work like that. In the real world, in any kind of accident, there are often both… Read More »
