The Pensacola News Journal recently launched a mobile version of its paper.  Joe Zarzaur was honored to be the first sponsor of the new online paper specifically designed for iPhone and Android phone users.  Please visit pnj.com on your phone to see Joe's new ad. 

Joe Zarzaur has created a new Facebook page  focused on community safety issues.  Learn more about Joe and his practice and participate in our online discussion groups.

 Florida law has strong protections for persons injured by negligent rental car drivers.  Following an accident, Florida’s so-called "dangerous instrumentality doctrine" imposes strict liability on car rental companies and owners of motor vehicles who voluntarily entrusts the vehicle to another driver whose negligent operation of the vehicle causes an injury.  Fla. Stat.

New York City agreed Tuesday to pay more than $7 million to settle the wrongful-death civil suit filed by the fiancée and friends of Sean Bell, the unarmed man who was killed by police on his wedding day in 2006.  The police shot Bell 50 times.  The agreement, which marks the end of a four-year legal battle, will provide Nicole Paultre Bell, the mother of Bell’s two children, with $3.25 million; Bell’s friends who were wounded in the 50-shot onslaught — Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield — will receive $3 million and $900,000, respectively.

One of the smallest sections of the new Federal Wall Street Reform Act may pack the most punch.  The bill allows the Federal Government to terminate government contracts with any firm which fails to insure the "fair inclusion" of women and minorities, forcing virtually every kind of company from Wall Street, to mom and pop stores, to law firms to account for the composition of its work force. 

Perdue Farms is pulling more than 91,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets from Walmart stores. The company reportedly found small pieces of blue plastic in the nuggets. The recall involves the one-pound, 13-ounce bag of "Great Value Fully Cooked" chicken nuggets with a "best if used by" date of June 9, 2011. All of the packages were shipped to Walmart. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling the health risk presented by the foreign materials, "low."

Children's jewelry sold at the Limited Too and  Justice stores between November 2008 and February 2010 is being recalled because it may contain high levels of an extremely toxic metal, cadmium.About 137,000 of the metal necklaces, bracelets and earrings were sold for between $7 and $16 at Justice and Limited Too stores and online.

Joe Zarzaur was one of six lawyers appointed last week by Governor Charlie Christ to serve as members of the First Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee.  The Florida Judicial Nominating Commissions are responsible for providing the governor of Florida with a list of possible appointments to the various state courts including, the Florida Supreme Court, the five Florida District Courts of Appeal, and the twenty Florida Circuit Courts.  These commissions are required under Article V of the Florida Constitution.  Mr. Zazaur's term is for a period of four years. 

Sampco is recalling approximately 61,000 pounds of cooked canned beef and frozen beef products which may contain the animal drug Invermectin, an antiparisite drug used for deworming livestock.  The following products are subject to the recall:

On Thursday, more than 2 million cribs from seven companies were recalled amid concerns that babies could suffocate, become trapped or even fall from the crib.  Most of the cribs were "drop-sides" which have a side rail which moves up and down so that parents can lift children out of them more easily.  The movable side may create a dangerous gap where babies' heads can become trapped, leading to soffocation or strangulation.