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Red light camera installations - a result of 2010 legislation granted cities and counties authority to set up red light cameras at intersections to catch drivers who fail to stop - are under fire once again. A recently published report by the Tampa Police Department revealed that auto accidents at intersections with red light cameras [...]
A recently released report issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FOIR) has found that the high number of fraud cases involving personal-injury protection (PIP) has decreased. Claims under PIP coverage have decreased overall, while claims in other areas such as uninsured motorist and bodily injury have gone up. Regionally, the largest drop in [...]
Two burglary suspects were killed in a car accident according to a recent report on local Orlando news station WFTV’s website. The Sanford police received a phone call from a concerned neighbor regarding a burglary on the residential Scott Avenue. Multiple suspects raced away from the home in a stolen SUV and were subsequently followed [...]
A fatal motorcycle accident in Tampa has left two dead, according to a recent News Channel 8 report. The deadly crash happened in the early morning hours on a late November day. At approximately three in the morning, two men were riding on the same motorcycle when they hit a pole and lost control. Sadly, [...]
Accidents can occur anywhere. This proved especially true for a Miramar, Florida man who hit his head at the bottom of the pool and stopped breathing, according to a WSVN 7 News report. Thankfully, a security guard who worked at the community complex administered CPR. When first responders arrived at the scene the man was [...]
Earlier this year, a woman lost a six-figure personal injury lawsuit as a result of a slip and fall at an Osprey, Florida Walmart. According to the Courtroom View Network (CVN), in 2013 Liliana Ballesteros claimed she slipped and fell at Walmart Store #5264 on a wet spot on the floor due to a roof [...]
The death of a loved one is often the most difficult experience of a person’s life. Any death can induce lifelong pain and grief. But when a loved one dies suddenly and unexpectedly, the loss can be much more acute, as an abrupt end to that relationship leaves no chance to say goodbye. Moreover, in [...]
A Florida appeals court recently ruled that caps imposed on pain and suffering damages (also known as “noneconomic” damages) are unconstitutional in medical malpractice cases, according to an Orlando Sentinel news report. Initially, the jury awarded plaintiff Susan Kalitan $4 million in noneconomic damages for injuries to her esophagus during a 2008 carpal tunnel surgery. [...]
Florida junior college athlete Expavious Tyrell Taylor was shot and killed two weeks after his 20th birthday while attending an annual ZombiCon event in Ft. Myers this past October. According to a Wink News report, five others were injured in addition to the young man’s tragic death when shots were fired. ZombiCon, which boasted an [...]
Law enforcement officials have in their possession video footage of a Florida man crashing his car through a gate onto a drawbridge that had just opened. What was the cause of this daredevil move? Distracted driving. The 29-year-old driver of the SUV was purportedly fidgeting with his GPS when the event occurred, according to a [...]
