15
Sep
What Role Does Your Prior Driving Record Play In A Motor Vehicle Accident in Which You Are the Victim?
You are approaching a traffic light that has already turned red, so you gradually slow your vehicle down. As you do so, you grab your phone, which went off while you were approaching the light, to see who texted you and what they said. As soon as you pick up the phone, you immedi...
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15
Sep
Pedestrian Deaths on Limited Access Roads Like Freeways in Florida
An issue that has gotten much publicity lately as a result of the death of NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins on April 9th on I-595 in Broward County is the issue of pedestrian deaths along limited access roads like freeways and highways in the Sunshine State, particularly in South F...
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15
Sep
2022 Traffic Statistics Reflect a Grim Picture for Pedestrians in Florida
Even this early in the year, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is already predicting a sharp rise in the number of accidents in Florida in 2022 as compared to 2021. There were over 400,000 accidents in Florida in 2021, with more than 3,700 fatalities that year according to FHP dat...
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15
Sep
Royal Palm Beach Bus Stop Where Four Area High School Students Were Killed or Injured Is Moved
A bus stop in Royal Palm Beach where two Royal Palm Beach high school students recently died from their injuries suffered when a motorist lost control of his vehicle and hit a crowd of students waiting for the bus, from which two other students remain hospitalized for their injur...
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15
Sep
NFL Player, a pedestrian, Killed by Dump Truck on South Florida Highway
NFL player Dwayne Haskins, a pedestrian, was recently tragically killed on a South Florida highway under circumstances that remain unclear. Haskins, who was only 24 years old and was in South Florida to train in the off-season with other members of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers...
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15
Sep
How Florida Law treats someone’s negligence causing child injury
It is perhaps every parent’s worst nightmare. You are involved in a motor vehicle accident caused by someone else’s negligence and your ten-year-old child, who was in the car with you at the time, is injured as a result of the accident. Your child suffers an injury and this child...
View MoreCategory: Minor Child Injury
15
Sep
Missouri Teen Dies in Orlando Amusement Park Accident
In a tragic incident that serves as a reminder of just how dangerous that amusement park rides can be if the proper safety measures have not been implemented, are not being strictly followed, or were never designed in the first place for a ride, a teenager visiting Orlando with h...
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15
Sep
Personal Injury Accidents and Understanding the Jury
One of the most common questions our experienced personal injury attorneys at Schwed, Adams & McGinley often receive when speaking with a new or potential client is how important it is for your personal injury case that you be considered completely without fault in the motor...
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15
Sep
Who is Responsible If You Are Injured in a Slip and Fall in a parking lot?
You are walking from your car towards a grocery store in Broward County located in a large shopping center when you slip in a gigantic hole in the parking lot. Your foot gets caught, twisting it to the side, and you hear something snap. You immediately fall to the ground in angui...
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15
Sep
How does a “Blame the Victim” Defense appeal to a Jury?
If you are injured in an accident, no matter whether it is a motor vehicle accident, a pedestrian accident, a slip and fall, or any other personal injury scenario in Florida, one of the things you can inevitably count on is that the other side will blame you for the occurrence of...
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15
Sep
Are Electric Scooters Legal in Florida?
Ask many Floridians and they will not know the answer to whether electric scooters are even legal or not in the Sunshine State. When these vehicles first came out in the years before anyone had even heard of Covid-19, electric scooters from Lime, Bird and a number of the other co...
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15
Sep
Road Rages Cause Damage, Injuries, and Deaths in Florida
Road rages, or just plain anger behind the wheel, can take hold of virtually anyone at the strangest of times and in the strangest of circumstances and lead people to commit serious acts they might otherwise not be capable of. A recent episode in a South Florida apartment complex...
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