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Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Celebrity cases, courtroom strategy, and the science behind the evidence, in plain English.

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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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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

Shot or Assaulted on Someone Else’s Property in Florida? The Owner May Share the Blame

After a shooting at an apartment complex, a nightclub, or a parking garage, the coverage focuses on the person who pulled the trigger, and rightly so. But the criminal is often never caught, or has nothing to pay, and that is not where the story ends for the victim....

The Black Box in Your Car Knows What Happened. Here Is How a Crash Gets Reconstructed.

The other driver's story often changes between the roadside and the insurance claim, and by the time an adjuster is on the phone, a clear rear end or a plain failure to yield has somehow become your fault....

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