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Aviation accidents such as the recent tragedy involving a mid-air collision in Washington, D.C., are often due to human error and can leave surviving family members with uncertainty, loss, and heartache. While nothing can replace a lost loved one, survivors do have legal options—actions they can take toward justice and finding the means they need and deserve to move forward with their lives.

Federal, state, and international maritime laws each have their own regulations regarding boating accidents. As a result, building a claim to receive compensation can be a complicated process. At Morgan & Morgan, our boating accident attorneys have decades of experience handling these complex claims. We have helped clients who were in injured in boating accidents throughout the United States recover compensation for their losses.

A spinal cord injury (SCI) can have devastating consequences, affecting not only the injured individual but also their loved ones. If you or someone you love has suffered a spinal cord injury, you don't have to face the challenges alone. Morgan & Morgan's team of experienced personal injury attorneys is here to provide compassionate support and fight for the justice and compensation you deserve.

At Morgan & Morgan, our admiralty and maritime lawyers understand that offshore workers often face dangerous work conditions and the constant threat of injury. Injuries sustained offshore or aboard a vessel can be severe and place tremendous emotional and financial burdens on the injured party and their family.

Nurses often witness patients going through their worst experiences. During these difficult times, nurses are susceptible to some very rough treatment as the injured party and their concerned family members may raise their voices or say some uncharacteristically harsh things. As a nurse, ensuring patients get the care and comfort they need often requires verbal abuse as well as physical labor, stress, and fatigue.

When you look out at your lawn or garden from your home or office, it’s easy to see the benefit of having a groundskeeper keep up its natural beauty. The work of a groundskeeper is obvious and necessary to keep our communities beautiful. While many of us don’t consider the commitment and hard work that goes into the duties of a groundskeeper, their work is necessary to keep our community beautiful.

What do groundskeepers do?

Firefighters are heroes. They risk their lives every day to save our lives and those of our families. At Morgan & Morgan, we thank you for your service and for your dedication to our community and our families. Our firefighter lawyers are experienced, highly qualified, and proud to represent the men and women who do so much for our communities.

Police officers sacrifice their safety and their lives every day to keep our streets a little safer  A typical day on the job entails riding in patrol cars for long hours, breaking up robberies, confronting criminals in dangerous and uncertain situations, along with many other dangerous tasks. The risk policeman or woman of injury on the job is extreme and officers often face life-threatening situations.

When choosing the nursing home for your loved one, you likely did your homework, ensuring that the facility would offer them the utmost care. Unfortunately, despite those efforts, there are cases when the unthinkable can happen.

Employment and labor laws prohibit discriminatory or unfair treatment of an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or parental status.

Working on the railroad is a tough, taxing job that can often result in serious injuries. These can include sudden traumatic injuries, cumulative wear-and-tear injuries, or health damage caused by exposure to unsafe chemicals or solvents. 

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 mandates that covered employers offer as many as 12 weeks of unpaid leave without jeopardizing the job status of eligible employees for various family and individual medical situations.

Morgan & Morgan’s employment attorneys file the most employment litigation cases in the country, including those involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage theft, employee misclassification, defamation, retaliation, denial of leave, and executive pay disputes.

When you work in a restaurant, tips are usually the majority of your income. Server base direct wages tend to be lower (tipped minimum wage is federally mandated at $2.13 hourly, but is higher in some states depending on that state’s laws) because the wage takes tips into account. In restaurants, tip sharing or pooling can ensure that staff members are fairly compensated for their participation in the customer’s overall experience.

At Morgan & Morgan, our wage and hour lawyers pursue cases regarding a wide range of employment and wage-related issues for workers nationwide. In the last five years, our firm has handled more than 6,000 wage and hour lawsuits and recovered tens of millions of dollars for our clients.

Unfortunately, it isn’t uncommon for an employee to get fired after revealing a serious health condition, such as cancer or other life-altering illnesses or conditions.

Accountants and accounting firms are held to strict professional standards. When they provide client services such as tax preparation, auditing, business consulting, and asset management, accountants must follow these standards at all times. In cases where an accountant fails to abide by rules of the profession, and their clients consequently suffers financial loses, accountants may be subject to a malpractice lawsuit for their errors and negligence.

You put a special kind of trust in the doctors, nurses, surgeons, and other medical professionals responsible for your well-being. Unfortunately, that trust isn’t always rewarded. In some instances, the actions (or lack thereof) of a healthcare professional may rise to the level of malpractice.

If your child has suffered a birth injury, you deserve answers, accountability, and justice.

As the second-leading cause of death, cancer causes considerable suffering for millions of patients and their loved ones. We rely on skilled physicians and specialists to diagnose and treat this devastating condition, but what if negligence prompts misdiagnosis? The results could prove devastating.