Dolman Law Group Podcast

Massive events like the Superbowl bring a lot of buzz and attention to any city hosting it. It will be no different in Tampa, but sadly, there's evidence that these events also attract illegal vices like sex trafficking. In the last Superbowl held in Miami, 40 individuals were arrested for sex trafficking, and they recovered four girls under 18.As the Superbowl comes to Tampa, it's our duty as citizens to say something if we see something. But what do you need to look for, and what are the signs of sex trafficking? Sex traffickers operate on the fringes of legal businesses like the hospitality industry. What you can look out for are cash motel reservations in cash without an ID. Learn more in this David vs. Goliath podcast episode with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Stan Gipe. Together, they discuss the problem of sex trafficking during events like the super bowl, how to potentially identify a hotel or motel enabling sex trafficking, how to help a victim, and more. In this episode: [0

In the world of boxing, styles make fights. As the world looks forward to the fight between Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia, three-time world champion Winky Wright shared his thoughts about it and more. Winky thinks it's Spence's fight to lose because he is strong and a good puncher, but Mikey is good with using angles and speed and will try to beat Spence to the punch and box around him. But one good punch from Spence, and it could be all over. Still, it promises to be a good fight.Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman featuring Winky Wright. They discuss upcoming welterweight boxing fights to look out for, what to expect from each fighter and just how good is Lomachenko? In this episode: [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Winky Wright[01:55] Styles make fights: what Winky thinks about Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia's matchup[02:22] Sometimes, it only takes one good shot[03:19] Winky's thoughts on Keith Thurman's upcoming fight[0

No car accident is too small to cause pain and suffering. Sometimes even a fender bender can cause pain, depending on the level of impact, which is why the absence of visible injuries is no excuse for not getting checked after an accident. You need to certify that you don't have to worry about any common injuries associated with car accidents. What are some of these pain-causing injuries?There are sprains, strains of the neck, the back, and many shoulder injuries. You could also have spine pain which can travel to your hands, legs, and even your toes. When you start to feel numbness and tingling in your hands or feet, there could be an injury to the nerves. No thanks to muscular spasms or injuries from trauma during the car accident. The injuries can be worse. You can also experience bladder incontinence or inability to hold your bowels after a car accident. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Ian Rainey. They discuss nec

Were you injured in a collision? Do you want to file a personal injury case to get the highest compensation possible? It all starts with what you do right after the accident. If you're not severely injured, you should exchange information with the other party involved in the accident, call the police to take a report and go straight to seek medical care. For medical care, you have two options: the emergency room or an urgent care clinic. Which should you choose? It depends on the severity of your injuries. You should seek urgent care when there's no threat to life or loss of body parts. You'll get the same treatment as an ER but faster. Sometimes even better for a lot less than the massive bill you'll accumulate at an ER before your case starts. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Fred Williams. They discuss what to do after an accident, how choosing the wrong place for medical attention can devalue your case, why yo

You can sustain different injuries in a car accident. One of the most common is whiplash. It's jarring and stretching the muscles and ligaments. Though a soft tissue injury, whiplash could be as painful and more symptomatic than a disc injury. Healing from whiplash is another kettle of fish. Insurance lawyers often try to downplay the long-term effect and suffering to minimize the value of the case. However, a lot can go wrong if you had a pre-existing injury before sustaining a whiplash from an accident. Chiropractors help to examine and determine the extent of this neck injury. From their diagnoses, they can provide the percentage of whole person Impairment, which is an impairment rating that explains how severely injured the individual is. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Fred Williams. They discuss the common accident injuries focusing on neck pain, whiplash, lower back injuries, upper body injuries, TMJs, hea

Drivers on ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft have different levels of insurance coverage depending on the zone they are in per time. On Uber, for example, Zone one is when a driver is online but not yet paired with a rider, and zone two is when the driver accepts a trip and goes to pick up and drop off a rider. When in zone one, the driver has insurance for up to a certain amount of property damage. Suppose a driver gets in an accident while in zone two. There's insurance coverage for property damage and bodily injury. But access to the collision damage policy in zone one is contingent on the driver having at least a personal auto policy coverage. The reason is that ridesharing apps classify drivers as independent contractors and not employees.  Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Brent Sibley, Esq. They discuss ridesharing agreements, your rights as a driver using the apps, how to protect yourself against your in

Have you ever heard of personal injury solicitation or ambulance chasing? Personal injury solicitation happens when a random person shows up at an accident scene to offer legal services. These people arrive unannounced and uninvited to solicit. They are called runners or investigators, or victim advocates. Runners could be working alone or under the guise of a law firm. Often, they sell the case to the law firms they work with for anywhere from 500 to $1,000. Here's the first problem: it is illegal for a law firm or anyone else to come up to somebody after a crash and sell them personal injury attorney services. It's a criminal activity and becomes a criminal conspiracy if multiple people are involved. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Brent Sibley, Esq. They discuss the menace of personal injury solicitation, how it works, what to do if approached to avoid falling victim, and why you should never agree to work wi

You've probably seen many personal injury advertisements on TV, radio, and billboards promising massive settlements. You wonder if any of it is accurate and if those firms are better than your regular mom-and-pop or smaller boutique personal injury firm. The truth is many of those firms are personal injury settlement mills.Personal injury settlement mills are law practices equipped to handle thousands of minor injury cases for small settlements like $1,500 to $5,000. These law firms have few attorneys and many staff, and they do a lot of aggressive advertising campaigns. Their goal is to settle as many cases as possible, giving little personal attention to the case, so they do the client a great disservice. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Brent Sibley, Esq. They discuss personal injury settlement mills and why they are no good for your injury case, why personal injury trial lawyers are better, and how to choose them. In t

What is unpaid overtime? First off, overtime is what you earn per hour when you exceed a certain amount per week. Ideally, any hour after 40 hours a week is billable for overtime which is your hourly rate and half. So if you're making $15 an hour, you're entitled to $22.50 per hour for every hour you work over your weekly threshold.  However, overtime is not a one-size-fits-all policy, so not everyone is eligible. It depends on how much you make in a given week or year, your type of job, and your hierarchy and duties. So who is eligible for overtime? What do you do if you believe you're a victim of unpaid overtime? How does an unpaid overtime lawsuit play out? What can you gain from it? Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq. In this episode: [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq, and the topic of the day: unpaid overtime [01:22] What is unpaid overtime? [02:32]

Where do you go for treatment after a car accident? People typically go to the Emergency Room (ER) or an urgent care clinic. Depending on the injury you sustain, you may also need to see a chiropractor. Why see a chiropractor? Because you're likely to come down with spine-related injuries after a car accident. For instance, herniated or bulging disk injuries are common. They can cause severe pain but can also be asymptomatic, so people move around with herniations and bulging disks without knowing. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Fred Williams. They discuss how and where to get treatment after a car accident, why you need to see a chiropractor before agreeing to do surgery, legal options to pay for treatment after a car accident, and more.  In this episode: [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Dr. Fred Williams[01:00] Dr. Fred Williams introduces himself and what he does   [02:08] The

If your employees work more than 40 hours a week, they should be entitled to overtime pay. Overtime is an hour and a half rate every hour per week after 40 hours. For instance, if an employee earns $15 an hour, they should be making $22.50 per hour for an hour after 40 hours per week.But not every employee is eligible for overtime. If you're not sure which employees are and aren't eligible, make sure everyone earns at least $455 per week. Alternatively, you could classify some of your employees as 1099 or independent contractors, but you have to avoid misclassification. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq. They discuss overtime, avoiding unpaid wages lawsuits, dealing with discriminatory behavior, misclassification of employees, using severance agreements, and more. In this episode: [00:48] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq., and the topic of the day [01:07] What are the overtime

Going into a sexual relationship with a co-worker is risky, especially if you don't clearly understand where consent stops and sexual harassment begins. What is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is inappropriate workplace conduct involving the perpetrator and the victim's sex. However, the perpetrator must take some hostile action for the victim to have a probability. The onus is on the victim to show how they have been denied tangible benefits of their job because they rebuffed the perpetrator.Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq. They discuss workplace sexual harassment, what it is, what it is not, how to build a case, handling it in a small company without HR, and more.   In this episode: [00:49] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Trescot Gear, Esq., and the topic of the day: sexual harassment[01:15] What is sexual harassment?   [02:08] When does a consensual relationship be

Were you involved in a car accident? Are the insurance companies for both parties not offering enough money to pay off the medical bills, let alone attorneys fees, or compensate for your loss? Will your case be going to trial, or what will happen?Your case will have to go through the different stages of the litigation process. The first step of the litigation process is discovery. Discovery gives—both parties involved in the accident—the opportunity to ask the other sets of written questions called interrogatories. It is the information-gathering phase of the litigation process. The next step of the process is deposition. Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Julia Dolman, Esq. They discuss all you need to know about the litigation process, from discoveries to mediation, and if your case is going to trial: what you can expect from trial preparation, the trial process, and everything that goes into getting a verdict. In this episode: 

A will can save your family so much grief and headaches that not doing one would be a grave mistake. If you die without a will, the Florida statutes will dictate where your property goes, and it will not follow your intention. Your estate will go to a succession of family members and possibly to the one person you don't want to keep any of your property.     Listen to this David vs. Goliath podcast episode with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman featuring estate planning lawyer Gian-Franco Melendez, Esq. They talk about the importance of having a will and when to draft one, your net worth before getting a will, the other documents you need to have, how your will plays out after you pass away, and more. In this episode: [00:48] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Gian-Franco Melendez, and the topic of the day: the importance of having a will[01:35] When is the proper time to get a will? [02:03] What happens if you die without a will? [03:30] Do I need more than just a last wil

Are you wondering why your friend got a $45,000 personal injury settlement, but you're getting only a 25K to 30K offer or even less?The facts and the insurance companies involved in the case differ - that's why. Some insurance companies are liberal, and others set out to deny, delay, and defend every insurance claim that comes their way.Listen to this David vs. Goliath podcast episode with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman featuring Geoffery Pfeiffer, Esq. They talk about how to derive the value of a personal injury claim, what you can expect, increasing the value of a claim, and more.In this episode: [00:55] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Geoffery Pfeiffer, and the topic of the day: deriving the value of a personal injury claim[01:15] Why does my injury settlement offer differ from my friend’s? [02:54] What are the main factors when determining the value of a case? How do they play out? [08:10] Building your case: why getting medical treatment and showing up consistently for it is cr

Lawyer referral services are everywhere. They ask you to call them if you’re injured in an auto accident and they'll get you set up with a doctor and lawyer to take care of your case. They even try to sell you the idea that they have an exclusive club of the best lawyers—but nothing could be farther from the truth.   Whose interest are these lawyer referral services serving, and is anything special about the lawyers and doctors in their program? Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Of Counsel, Alex Knapp. They break down the purpose, activities, and antics of lawyer referral services like 411-PAIN and why their advertisements don't tell the whole story.In this episode: [00:52] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Alex Knapp, and the topic of the day: lawyer referral services [01:12] What are lawyer referral services? [03:53] How some lawyer referral services mislead people through their ads[04:59] Why the Atto

Let's say you've just been in an auto accident. Confused, shaken, and still in shock, you find your way out of the car. Your car is visibly damaged, but you may or may not feel sore. What do you do next?Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Of Counsel, Alex Knapp. They discuss everything about what to do when involved in a car accident, including getting treatment, choosing a lawyer, what not to do after a car accident, the impact of social media on a personal injury case, and much more.In this episode:[00:49] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Alex Knapp [01:18] Topic of the day: what to do (and not do) after a car accident [01:32] What to do after a car accident  [07:42] Mistakes to avoid after a car accident   [11:14] Getting medical treatment after an accident   [15:07] Why you should seek medical treatment quickly after an accident and avoid gaps in treatment [18:28] When to call