A recent broadcast of the South Florida Business Report featured Paul D. Baltrun, B.S., Director of LaBovick & LaBovick, P.A.'s Mortgage Modification Division. The Business Report's Executive Producer David Weir conducted the interview with Mr. Baltrun. In the interview, Mr. Weir and Mr. Baltrun discuss the housing crisis in South Florida, the benefits of mortgage modification in a troubled housing market, and the importance of providing help to distressed South Florida homeowners.

"There is a tremendous need for homeowners to lower their monthly payments and reposition their mortgages because of the mortgage and financial crisis," Mr. Baltrun explained. The South Florida Business Report airs weekends in South Florida on CBS 12 News.

Click on the following link to learn more about Mr. Baltrun's South Florida Business Report interview.

Brian F. LaBovick, Esq.

Since the start of 2010, Toyota has undergone a number of charges, investigations, and a rash of consumer backlash. Everything from jammed floor mats to sticky accelerator pedals to allegations of electronics as the root of all evil have left the Toyota brand tarnished and frayed. With unintended acceleration linked to some 34 or more deaths, however, the carmaker's woes are far more serious than the cost of any recall.

Should Toyota face criminal penalties for allegedly knowing about the sticky accelerator issue and not fully disclosing this information to the U.S. government? Follow the link to read Attorney Brian LaBovick’s blog post answering this key question.

Click on the following link to read more about Toyota's troubles on the LaBovick Law Blog.

Cell phone usage has increasingly become a contributing factor of accidents, resulting in an increase in personal injury litigation involving cell phones. When an employee is driving and using a cell phone at the time of an accident, and the call is business related or the cell phone was provided by the company, the employer could be liable along with the driver for any personal injuries caused.

Studies show that driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37 percent. Driver distractions accounted for 5,870 deaths and an estimated 515,000 personal injuries that involved police crash reports in 2008, according to the NHTSA.

Click on the following link to read more about personal injury and cell phone use on the LaBovick Law Blog.

In LaBovick & LaBovick, P.A.'s continuing commitment to the community, the firm wasproud to sponsor the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County's 2010 Love of Literacy Luncheon held Friday, March 26 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. The Luncheon also marked the start of the Read Together Palm Beach County One Book, One Community 2010 campaign, where the public will read the selected book The Thief by Markus Zusak. Actor and literacy advocate Tony Plana served as the host of the Love of Literacy Luncheon.

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On Tuesday, March 16 LaBovick & LaBovick, P.A. sponsored the Palm Beach County Bar Association and the South Palm Beach County Bar Association's joint luncheon at the Boca Raton Marriott. Representing the firm at the event were Carl J. Wald, Esq., Scott R. Haft, Esq., and Tara L. Kopp, Esq. The joint luncheon included speeches from Florida Bar President Jesse H. Diner and Florida Bar Foundation President Adele I. Stone.

Carl J. Wald, Esq.

In the firm's commitment to promoting brain injury safety and awareness, Personal Injury Division Director Carl J. Wald, Esq. attended Brain Injury Awareness Day in Washington, D.C. on March 17. Hosted by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force and the Brain Injury Association of America, the event took place on Capitol Hill.

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. According to the Brain Injury Association of America, approximately 1.4 million people sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) every year in the United States. Through a series of blog articles and podcasts, Attorney Wald and the firm hope to inform and educate the public in order to reduce the amount of brain injuries that occur yearly.

Click on the following link to hear the Brain Injury Awareness Day Podcast from Carl J. Wald, Esq.

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