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Rory Safir

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.

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Florida’s $2,000 Crash Report Rule Starts October 1. Here’s What It Means If You’re Hurt

Starting October 1, 2026, Florida drivers must report a crash to police only for an injury, a death, or apparent damage of at least $2,000. What SB 488 changed, what it didn’t, the 10-day self report you may still owe, and why an injury crash was never a $2,000 question....
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Ask Safir: Should I See a Doctor After a Car Accident If I Feel Fine?

Florida gives you 14 days after a crash to get initial medical care or forfeit the no-fault benefits you already paid for. The second deadline hiding behind it decides whether your coverage is 10,000 dollars or 2,500....
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The Same Fall, Four Different Injuries: New Pages on Hips, Knees, Shoulders, and Wrists

The same fall breaks a hip at seventy, a wrist at thirty five, and a kneecap at fifty, and the insurance company has a playbook for every one of them....
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Attacked on Someone Else’s Property? There Is a Second Case, and Nobody Tells Victims About It

When you are attacked on commercial property, everyone points you toward one legal process: the criminal case against the person who hurt you....
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Armed Volunteers Can Now Guard Florida Churches. Here Is What the New Law Does Not Change.

Since July 1, 2026, a volunteer with a concealed weapon license can provide armed security at a Florida church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship without holding the state security licenses that used to be mandatory....
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Hit by an Unlicensed Driver in Florida? A New Law Just Changed the Picture

One of the roughly ninety new Florida laws that took effect on July 1, 2026, is aimed squarely at a problem many injured drivers already know too well....
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When a Florida Theme Park Ride Hurts You: Lessons From the Epic Universe Coaster Cases

Universal's Epic Universe opened in Orlando in 2025, and one of its headline attractions, the high-speed Stardust Racers coaster, has become the center of serious injury claims....
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What the Chris Brown Dog-Bite Case Shows About Florida's Strict Liability Law

A housekeeper named Maria Avila says she was mauled by Chris Brown's dog, named Hades, while she was removing trash from his home, and that she was left covered in blood....
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The Evidence That Wins a Florida Truck Accident Case Disappears Fast

A crash with a fully loaded tractor trailer is not just a bigger version of a car accident, and treating it like one is how injured people leave the real case on the table....
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The Store Started Building Its Case Before You Got Off the Floor

If you fell in a store or a restaurant, I can probably guess what you did next. You looked around, hoped nobody saw, told the concerned employee you were fine, and got out of there as fast as your body allowed. Embarrassment first, pain later....
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