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On average, approximately 12.5 percent of drivers on U.S. roads are uninsured. If you are in Florida, however, the number almost doubles to 23 percent, according to the Insurance Research Council. That translates to a total of 3.2 million uninsured drivers on Florida roads. UM, uninsured motorist insurance, and UIM coverage, or underinsured motorist insurance, [...]
According to a white paper published by the National Safety Council, car accidents are the among the top causes of death and account for more than 700,000 fatalities of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians between 1994 and 2012. In fact, distracted driving has joined the ranks of alcohol and speeding as a leading factor in both [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lately one cannot read the newspaper without hearing about a young person whose life was ended early at the hand of cyber-bullying or a hazing ritual gone wrong. Recently the family of a Florida A&M University drum major who was killed in Orlando during a hazing ritual found out that they will receive $1.1 million [...]
