Speaker 1: Time for law and disordered. I demand a lawyer with
Speaker 1: attorney Jeff Kaufman on one oh one one W JR R.
Speaker 2: All right, Jeff Kaufman is here. He is a personal
Speaker 2: injury attorney for Kaufman and Lynn where he's one of
Speaker 2: the partners. If you or someone you know has been injured,
Speaker 2: however it may be, and you think you might need
Speaker 2: a lawyer to get involved, that's a good question asked.
Speaker 2: The first question asked, DoD does my situation even warrant
Speaker 2: legal representation?
Speaker 1: Jeff? I mean that's the way it works. A lot
Speaker 1: of times you think about you know, people see all
Speaker 1: the billboards and everything, and they're going wonder what the
Speaker 1: deal is. And it's real simple. If you got hurt
Speaker 1: it was no faulty your own, you know, then you
Speaker 1: got to see a lawyer. Don't trust the insurance companies,
Speaker 1: don't do anything. Call a lawyer immediately. It doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be me, but you know somebody who will give
Speaker 1: you advice and you feel comfortable with.
Speaker 2: If you do, want to call Kaufman and Lint here
Speaker 2: locally four oh seven, seven oh six thirty five thirty five,
Speaker 2: or you can email Jeff directly, right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, at when you need Jeff at when Union this
Speaker 1: dot com.
Speaker 2: All right, So I do have some questions that have
Speaker 2: come in here from listeners. I want to get to those.
Speaker 2: I want to bring one real quick that we just
Speaker 2: had in idiotology. Though three year old kid is with
Speaker 2: mom at a Walmart supercenter in Bedford, Indiana. Somebody, another
Speaker 2: shopper in there has their emotional support monkey with them. Wow,
Speaker 2: a sixteen year old Java macom monkey. Of course, the
Speaker 2: three year old sees a monkey. Monkeys is strong, and
Speaker 2: three year olds are curious and attractive. Nuisance monkey scratches
Speaker 2: up the three year old. Now, the kid's going to
Speaker 2: be fine. Mom's not going crazy or anything. The person
Speaker 2: who has the emotional support monkey produces paperwork. I've got
Speaker 2: an emotional support It was paperwork for an emotional support
Speaker 2: dog that they were trying to They're faking it. They're
Speaker 2: faking it. So what would have been and the potential
Speaker 2: liability there if this mom decided you know, hey.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's absolutely there. She's responsible. The hard thing in
Speaker 1: these situations the monkey owner is yes, the monkey owner
Speaker 1: is absolutely responsible. Even if it was a support dog
Speaker 1: and it did it. The fact is this is that
Speaker 1: when it comes down to it, they're responsible for their animals.
Speaker 1: I mean, these are the animals are the same, and
Speaker 1: I know people are gonna have a problem with this.
Speaker 1: Animals are considered property in most states, so you're responsible
Speaker 1: for your property and what it does and what it
Speaker 1: doesn't do. I mean, that's just the way it works.
Speaker 1: It's like there's no difference between a gun and an animal.
Speaker 1: That happens all the time, so the store has no
Speaker 1: liability in a situation like this. No, Well, here's the problems.
Speaker 1: A lot of places, based on federal law, aren't allowed
Speaker 1: to ask for you know, to show paperwork and things
Speaker 1: like that. It depends on the state, depends on what
Speaker 1: you're dealing with. Emotional support animals are difficult. I mean
Speaker 1: I've seen emotional support sheep, I've seen these others issues.
Speaker 1: I've never seen a monkey. It's kind to the point
Speaker 1: where some of these are you know, people are telling me,
Speaker 1: they go, Jeff, you're a little rough here. Okay. First off,
Speaker 1: this the support animals the people who need them. For example,
Speaker 1: like my son is on the autoism spectrum, if he
Speaker 1: needed one, I mean, they it costs ten twenty thousand
Speaker 1: dollars to maybe even fifty to you know, train these
Speaker 1: animals to make sure they're okay. Just don't slap, you know,
Speaker 1: a jacket on it and say, okay, this is my
Speaker 1: emotional support animal. You know, you've got to be responsible.
Speaker 1: There are people out there that really need It's like
Speaker 1: steal in parking space, handicap parking spots.
Speaker 2: Speaking of cars and whatnot, this is a good question.
Speaker 2: Listener wants to know. Hey, I'm currently looking to buy
Speaker 2: a new vehicle, and I've been, you know, going and
Speaker 2: checking out some different dealerships and whatnot and trying.
Speaker 1: So that's our own piece of hell, isn't it trying?
Speaker 2: Yeah, well you eat.
Speaker 1: Everybody goes through this, but every five years. Yeah, test drives.
Speaker 1: If I take a vehicle out from a dealership on
Speaker 1: a test drive, you know, someone from the dealership generally goes, yeah,
Speaker 1: just show your license. You go, you take the test drive,
Speaker 1: see if you like the car.
Speaker 2: What happens if you are involved in an accident, whether
Speaker 2: it's your fault or someone else's fault in that brand
Speaker 2: new vehicle that.
Speaker 1: You're test driving, How does that play out? It depends
Speaker 1: on what kind of insurance policy do you have. It's
Speaker 1: your insurance, you know it might cover it. The place
Speaker 1: most the car place most likely has their own insurance
Speaker 1: on top of that, so you know it's going to
Speaker 1: be trying to figure out which insurance policy covers it.
Speaker 2: So if you're in their car, the dealership's car, Let's
Speaker 2: say you're just out, you know, minding your own business,
Speaker 2: taking the test drive, and somebody smashes into you, and
Speaker 2: it's not your fault there is, it'll be all on
Speaker 2: them that you have no life.
Speaker 1: Yeah, here, we've talked about this before. In the state
Speaker 1: of Florida, forty percent of all drivers don't have insurance,
Speaker 1: which is scary. It is. So that's why I keep
Speaker 1: telling you and your people think I'm selling insurance, make
Speaker 1: sure you don't opt out of your uninsured motorist. And
Speaker 1: you have to do that when you're whether online or
Speaker 1: you're talking to your person, and you're only allowed to
Speaker 1: get as much uninsured motorists as you actually if you
Speaker 1: hit somebody, let's say you have fifty thousand, you know
Speaker 1: you can get fifty thousand of uninsured motorists. On top
Speaker 1: of that, you can't get more uninsured motorists. And you
Speaker 1: have regular insurance.
Speaker 2: And generally that uninsured motorist does not. It's not going
Speaker 2: to add tremendously to your assure does Oh no, you
Speaker 2: mean to your premium? No, no, not to the premium.
Speaker 2: But I can tell you the difference. I mean, I've
Speaker 2: seen people that nothing and thank God they had this thing.
Speaker 2: And it feels bad every once in a while when
Speaker 2: I try to tell people and they're going, well, I
Speaker 2: opted out because I couldn't afford the three hundred dollars.
Speaker 1: And that's about what it is. Do not opt out.
Speaker 1: It's an extra lay or protection for you. So that's
Speaker 1: the only protection you have a lot of time, So
Speaker 1: be careful.
Speaker 2: For people on the road right now. Think about this.
Speaker 2: If you're going to work right now, or school or wherever.
Speaker 1: Could you mention that Georgia is better than we are
Speaker 1: with this. Georgia beats us. And I'm not saying there's
Speaker 1: anything wrong with Georgia. I'm just going you Normally people
Speaker 1: think george is a little you know, backass, but they
Speaker 1: are so much better than we are est requiring.
Speaker 2: People funneling into this state from all over the place,
Speaker 2: so you have no idea what you're dealing with.
Speaker 1: It's painful all right.
Speaker 2: This question actually came up years ago when we were
Speaker 2: facing this problem here and we now have it again
Speaker 2: in a good portion of Central Florida. Debris piles everywhere, Yeah, everywhere, everywhere.
Speaker 2: There's bags and bags of it now, debris piles and
Speaker 2: bags and just you know, post the two hurricanes.
Speaker 1: And when that hurricane came by, you how much that
Speaker 1: debris just took everything out, right, So.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a while, obviously before all this stuff
Speaker 2: is picked up.
Speaker 1: We're pretty good, I mean, our cison's pretty good.
Speaker 2: I know it's pretty good, and there's a lot of
Speaker 2: crews out there doing it. I'm not coming down.
Speaker 1: I want to thank all those people who are taking
Speaker 1: all this crap and making it safe for all of us.
Speaker 1: So thank you guys who are working the trucks and everything.
Speaker 1: A huge deal.
Speaker 2: So what happens if we this was the specific question.
Speaker 2: We get to Halloween coming up next week, and you
Speaker 2: know there's a neighborhood where kids are out doing their thing,
Speaker 2: and you know, a debris pile comes into play, whether
Speaker 2: it's a kid, yeah, ducking out from behind one and
Speaker 2: somebody accidentally or is injured. Because it's dark, they don't
Speaker 2: see it. How does because these things are piled up
Speaker 2: at the foot of people's property called hidden dangers. And
Speaker 2: if it's hidden and it can't be seen, you know,
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to put some yellow stuff around it.
Speaker 2: You're gonna have to do something so people can see it.
Speaker 2: It's like having a hole in your in your yard.
Speaker 2: It's the same thing applies.
Speaker 1: You know. I've seen this happen where somebody has a
Speaker 1: huge hole in the yard and you can't see it
Speaker 1: at night, and somebody walks across it, you know, and
Speaker 1: you're gonna say, well, they were trespassing. Trespassers, you have
Speaker 1: to protect them against hidden dangers. Yeah, so be careful.
Speaker 1: Obvious dangerous, no hidden dangerous.
Speaker 2: Yes, right, all right, what else we get? Oh question
Speaker 2: from a listener says, I've heard you say that it's very,
Speaker 2: very difficult to sue the government.
Speaker 1: I'd say it's difficult.
Speaker 2: I said, there's limitations to their specific question is what
Speaker 2: happens if you are injured on government properties? Say, and
Speaker 2: they give the examples, like a state or national park.
Speaker 1: In the state of Florida, we have what we call
Speaker 1: state sovereignty, and it limits your damages to two hundred
Speaker 1: and three hundred thousand dollars two hundred thousand for an individual,
Speaker 1: three hundred total for a whole event. So let's say
Speaker 1: three of you are in a car and you know,
Speaker 1: you get hit by a police car or something. Each
Speaker 1: person is limited to a maximum of two hundred and
Speaker 1: the incident to three hundred. So there's only three hundred
Speaker 1: thousand for the whole car. So those that's if an
Speaker 1: emergency vehicle, that's any government vehicle that could be a
Speaker 1: dog catcher.
Speaker 2: Well, what happens if you're just what if you trip
Speaker 2: or something over a hazard? And like they gave the example,
Speaker 2: like let's use Washington, d C. So much of that
Speaker 2: is national problem. That's a different situation. DC has different laws.
Speaker 2: We're talking about Florida.
Speaker 1: You'll be careful because every state has different rules and
Speaker 1: some don't provide it. In some states it's unlimited. So
Speaker 1: that's why when you say, oh, that city had to
Speaker 1: pay seven million dollars or fifty million dollars, that wouldn't
Speaker 1: happen Orlando. Orlando's limited to two hundred and three hundred.
Speaker 1: Every city, every state, in every state group in Florida
Speaker 1: is limited to that. About got you.
Speaker 2: One final question, and it's not about it, it's advice
Speaker 2: in general from you. They're looking for your opinion. Jeff
Speaker 2: my Son is in high school. He's expressed interest in
Speaker 2: becoming a lawyer. He's pretty bright. I don't think you'd
Speaker 2: have a problem doing that. I just i'd love to
Speaker 2: get your thoughts on the landscape these days of someone
Speaker 2: looking to go into that field.
Speaker 1: In general, our field is like any other one. You
Speaker 1: have to have aggressive people. You got to have people
Speaker 1: who care. I mean, the problem we have now is
Speaker 1: half my office, i'd say right now, eighty five percent
Speaker 1: of my office or women. And it's because women tend
Speaker 1: to be more aggressive in today's world than they were
Speaker 1: maybe twenty thirty years ago. So what's going to happen?
Speaker 1: Is this your son? You know, how can I put it?
Speaker 1: He's got to learn how to fight for himself. You know,
Speaker 1: I would tell him, go on the speech in deb eighteen,
Speaker 1: get good at this, Take theater classes, anything that allows
Speaker 1: you to come out of your shell. But whatever you're
Speaker 1: going to have to do, you're gonna have to fight
Speaker 1: for it. The legal landscape is tough. I mean, we
Speaker 1: do need lawyers, though, so that's a good thing. Is
Speaker 1: there a.
Speaker 2: Specific area of law that you think might be have
Speaker 2: hold more opportunity for someone who's just looking to go
Speaker 2: into it versus you know, ultimate big scheme.
Speaker 1: I think you got to love what you love. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's any job. If you go into something and you
Speaker 1: hate doing it, you're going to be terrible at it. Now,
Speaker 1: what I tell people new lawyers and everything else like that,
Speaker 1: when they first come in, I say, get into the
Speaker 1: criminal defense realm. Get work at the public Defender's office,
Speaker 1: the state attorney's office. These are opportunities. You'll have to
Speaker 1: be in court and to fight, and you can't teach.
Speaker 1: You need that experience. Like when I fly courts all
Speaker 1: over the world. Could you image walk into a court
Speaker 1: with a judge you don't know, you're on foreign territory
Speaker 1: and you have to you don't know what the room
Speaker 1: looks like, you don't know the bailiffs. You have to
Speaker 1: be prepared to fight at all times. And that's the
Speaker 1: benefit I love about what I do is that I
Speaker 1: get an opportunity to fight for people in different arenas,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of fun for me.
Speaker 2: I have a question on that note here of the
Speaker 2: millions of people that are lawyers, that's what they do
Speaker 2: for what percentage of that do you think never step
Speaker 2: foot in a courtroom for I mean, you could be
Speaker 2: a lawyer and never actually step foot in a court room.
Speaker 1: Well, if you're a divorce attorney, you got to go
Speaker 1: to court. If you're a criminal attorney, you got to
Speaker 1: go to court. God, there's certain areas that you might
Speaker 1: not have to be like trademark and things like that.
Speaker 1: I know lawyers who sometimes never go to court ever.
Speaker 1: But you know, if you're in the you're in certain
Speaker 1: areas you're going to go a lot. I would say,
Speaker 1: there's some civil areas, like some proper stuff that you
Speaker 1: don't have to like if you do, for example, title
Speaker 1: work like home closings, she'll never go into a court room.
Speaker 1: Which the boring stuff, they're really boring stuff, okay, But
Speaker 1: the boy stuff pays. So I mean, I mean, if
Speaker 1: he if he's got if he's good, look if your
Speaker 1: boy's good, look in he's got a little flair, you know,
Speaker 1: he might do well in property.
Speaker 3: You know, you never know. I mean criminal defense, criminal defense.
Speaker 3: I would not went over that journey. I did it
Speaker 3: for five years and that was enough for me. It's
Speaker 3: just a lot of darkness about it.
Speaker 2: All right, Yeah, anything going on you want the listeners
Speaker 2: to know about you job?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I had a good time. I was in I
Speaker 1: want to thank the Melbourne Independent Film Festival for inviting
Speaker 1: me there. This weekend I got to support a lot
Speaker 1: of special kids. Sorry,