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Hit-And-Run Crash Rate Increases Again

2017-04-06T09:57:50-07:00April 6th, 2017|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

In 2016, there were over 99,000 hit-and-run crashes in Florida, and half of the 19,000 injured victims were pedestrians. There were 94,000 such accidents in 2015 and 85,000 in 2014. Many of these cases are closed quickly because the driver is apprehended at or near the scene. Other cases drag on for months or even [...]

Drugged Driving Negligence Cases In Florida

2017-03-14T10:29:52-07:00February 16th, 2017|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

Because there is no BAC breath test for drug use, and because police officers rarely bother to obtain search warrants for blood draws, almost all drugged driving prosecutions are based on circumstantial evidence. For similar reasons, these cases are more difficult to win in civil court as well, largely because the negligence per se (negligence [...]

Fatigued Driving In Florida

2017-03-14T10:30:42-07:00January 27th, 2017|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

In Orlando alone, 60 percent of drivers admit they have operated a vehicle in the last twelve months even though they knew they were too fatigued to drive safely, and because this figure is self-reported, it is probably vastly understated. Nationwide, fatigue driving causes about one million vehicle collisions a year, and many of them [...]

What You Need To Know About Hit-And-Run Cases

2017-03-14T10:30:56-07:00January 13th, 2017|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

The actual number is hard to determine, but many people believe that Florida has one of the highest number of unlicensed drivers in the country. Moreover, according to the Insurance Information Institute, the Sunshine State has one of the highest percentages of uninsured drivers in the country. In other words, there are a lot of [...]

Alcohol-Related Car Crashes In Orlando

2017-03-14T10:31:04-07:00January 5th, 2017|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

It seems like light-years ago now, but back in the 1970s and 1980s, DUI laws were rather weak and sporadically enforced, and in fact, it wasn’t uncommon for police officers to release intoxicated motorists if they promised to drive straight home. Although we now live in a world of strict laws, ignition interlock devices, and [...]

Distracted Driving Bookends In 2016

2016-12-09T13:08:42-08:00December 9th, 2016|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

Two separate incidents from this year illustrate how much lawmakers and law enforcement officials grapple with distracted driving issues. In January, a Cobb County, Georgia officer cited a man for distracted driving because he was eating a cheeseburger while driving, and Georgia has a very broad distracted driving law that prohibits “any actions which shall [...]

Asleep At The Wheel

2016-10-20T10:11:38-07:00October 21st, 2016|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Personal Injury|

A teenager is dead after a woman dozed off while driving, ran off the road and collided with a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. According to the Florida Highway Patrol and witnesses at the scene, 16-year-old Sanjay Nandram, of Apopka, was standing next to his vehicle after a non-injury accident forced it onto the east [...]

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