In an attempt to reverse the hard-fought gains that have been won by ordinary Floridians through prior Florida Supreme Court rulings over the past thirty years, the 2019 Florida Legislature is attempting to impose hurdles in the way Floridians can be fully compensated for injuries they suffered through no fault of their own in the…
An 83-year-old man was recently killed, and his wife critically injured in a wrong way golf cart accident in a Lee County gated community. This incident shines a spotlight on the increasing number of golf cart accidents across the Sunshine State, many of which end up resulting in serious injuries or even death. Whether being…
March was Florida Bicycle Safety Month and a number of safety initiatives went on across the state of Florida at the state, county and local level. Bicycling in Florida is and always has been an extremely hazardous pursuit, even more so than in many other parts (or really any other part) of the country. Florida…
A fatal crash in Deerfield Beach was recently caught by a nearby restaurant’s surveillance cameras. The crash resulted in the death of one teenager and serious injuries to multiple other teenagers who were passengers in the car of the driver the police determined to be at fault in the accident. This surveillance footage likely will…
A Tallahassee woman recently prevailed upon a premises liability claim after suffering serious injuries due to a 2016 slip-and–fall incident in a local hospital and was awarded $1.1 million by a Leon County jury after a trial against the hospital. According to a Tallahassee Democrat report regarding the case, the woman was at Capital Regional…
Screaming that he needed a cigarette, a double amputee and U.S. Army veteran in West Palm Beach recently shot and wounded a doctor at the West Palm Beach Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center just before the veteran was scheduled to undergo a mental health evaluation. The veteran, who was 59 and originally from Michigan, arrived…
According to a report from Miami’s WSVN news, a recent police chase in Miami ended with one pedestrian dead, three police officers injured and substantial property damage. The chase concluded in a fiery crash when a stolen car with the four criminal suspects collided with an off-duty police vehicle and then flipped over onto its…
In the first serious accident in South Florida involving the electric scooters that have taken South Florida streets as well as the nation by storm, a Fort Lauderdale woman is in a coma after a crash involving an electric scooter that she was riding on the streets of Fort Lauderdale. A report from the South…
Miami and South Florida are known throughout the world for both their party scene and great boating. People come from all over the world to celebrate spring break, bachelor or bachelorette parties or other events in South Florida, and many choose to go out on the water and party during those occasions. This has only…
Florida’s 2019 legislative session officially starts on March 3rd, and legislative committees are already meeting to discuss what the 2019 Legislature’s priorities will be. One of the items expected to be high on the agenda, for the third year in a row, is automobile liability insurance reform. According to a report from the Daytona Beach…
