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There are many tourist attractions in Florida, which means that the roads are dotted with tour buses. Travel agencies sponsor many of these groups as part of a multi-destination package, while in other cases, churches and other organizations either hire charter buses or transport people in a church or other vehicle. Unfortunately for many people, [...]
Spring arrives in just a few more months. When it does, in addition to the normal cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs, many Florida roads will be dotted with U-Haul trucks and other do-it-yourself moving trucks of various sizes. Even the smaller trucks are difficult enough to drive on wide and straight freeways. They are almost [...]
Over the last several decades, police have developed aggressive new tactics and began using advanced technological tools to combat drunk driving. At the same time, legislators have passed strict new laws which are designed to do the same thing. Florida’s controversial refusal-to-submit law is one of the more recent examples. Yet despite all these efforts, [...]
In 2016, there were more dog bite claims in Florida than any other state except California. Nationwide, these victims obtained a collective $612 million from homeowners’ insurance companies alone, an amount that has increased 70 percent since 2003. That increase has much to do with the skill of victims’ attorneys, escalating medical costs, and the [...]
These incidents are responsible for about a third of the fatal motorcycle crashes in Florida, so understanding them is critical to understanding motorcycle crashes as a whole. Like most other motorcycle crashes, left-turn collisions often occur because the tortfeasors (negligent drivers) do not take an extra moment to look out for all other people and [...]
The Sunshine State has the second-highest number of uninsured motorists in the country, as an estimated one in four Florida drivers have no insurance. Furthermore, Florida has one of the lowest insurance minimum requirements in the country. So, there is a good chance that a tortfeasor (negligent driver) may not have enough insurance coverage to [...]
In both a direct and indirect sense, time is the leading cause of delivery room injuries to newborn infants. If the baby does not drop down the birth canal as normal, due to shoulder dystocia (the baby is in the wrong position, or is simply too large, to pass safely through the birth canal) or [...]
The total amount of dog bite claims has increased precipitously in recent years, and now stands at over $32,000 per claim. The phrase “dog bite” is actually somewhat inaccurate, since many times, the knockdown alone is sufficient to cause serious injuries. Moreover, in most cases, the collateral consequences of these incidents are very serious. Younger [...]
Over 80 percent of servicemembers who sustain a combat-related Traumatic Brain Injury might be able to hold either a civilian or military job after they receive extensive physical therapy, according to a recent UK study. In fact, some are even able to return to full-time active duty. The study, which examined employment records of brain [...]
Now that House lawmakers have rejected a last-ditch effort to delay the Electronic Logging Device rule, can a similar provision for passenger vehicles be far behind? Since lawmakers voted down the ELD Extension Act of 2017 by a 246-173 count, the ELD rule will go into effect as scheduled in December 2017, absent an extremely [...]
