Category Archives: Personal Injury
Cooling Down the Number of Summertime Hot Car Deaths
Summer is here and temperatures are rising. Unfortunately, that also means that the risk of one of the most heartbreaking preventable tragedies is also rising – hot car deaths and the young children who are most often affected. NBC-2 News has reported that a baby was found dead inside a hot car in Clewiston… Read More »
What Passengers Should Know About Being Injured in a Car Accident
A grim article published by the Orlando Sentinel indicates that a passenger died in a recent accident on I-95 in Volusia after the driver lost control of the vehicle. For reasons that remain unclear to authorities, the 31-year-old driver of the Lexus the victim was riding in traveled to the center median during the… Read More »
A Look at an Example of the Tragic Results of Day Care Negligence
During the stay at home directives associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have spent more time with our young children than we have since shortly after they were born. Outside of the current situation, and as the world slowly reopens, the reality for many parents is that they have to rely on… Read More »
Legal Options for Injured Pedestrians
As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, a pedestrian died in a recent accident when she was struck by an Orange City Police Department SUV that was responding to an emergency call. Authorities have stated that the unidentified 51-year-old woman was fatally struck while crossing a road at approximately 12:45 a.m. on a recent Monday…. Read More »
Understanding Whiplash Injuries
Sometimes injuries are obvious immediately following an accident. In many other contexts, symptoms may not initially manifest or may be masked by the adrenaline of the accident. Accidents that are assumed to be minor are often a culprit for this scenario as it can be difficult to recognize injury symptoms when the accident itself… Read More »
Motorcycle Safety Tips
From our beautiful weather to the endless stretches of scenic highway, there are numerous reasons why both residents and visitors don’t hesitate to hop on a motorcycle here in the Sunshine State. Here on the tail of the introduction of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Get Up to… Read More »
What to Do if You Witness an Accident
While the thousands of annual accidents that occur in Florida mean that numerous accidents happen every day leading to victims becoming injured at the fault of another driver, the truth of the accident circumstances can be difficult to figure out for the people involved, especially when they suffered injuries. For this reason, witnesses to… Read More »
Safety Tips for Driving at Night
Many people don’t look forward to driving at night. After all, the idea of being on one of Florida’s highways in the dark is not necessarily a pleasant concept. All of the scenery that normally makes our state so beautiful is cloaked by darkness and the reality is that driving at night can be… Read More »
The Dangers of Running Red Lights
The Bradenton Herald has published an article stating that a 20-year-old Bradenton man has died following the crash of his motorcycle after the young man was spotted running a red light. State troopers have asserted that he collided with a car while turning his motorcycle into the parking lot of a 7-Eleven gas station…. Read More »
The Tragic Implications of Vehicle Ejection Accidents
The South Florida Sun Sentinel recently reported that three young people from Broward County were killed in a violent Miami-Dade crash on a recent Sunday morning. Authorities have stated that the driver of a black Volkswagen was heading north on the Palmetto expressway and lost control of the vehicle, causing it to leave the… Read More »
