15
Sep
Florida Accident Report Privilege
Florida, like most states, requires that when a motor vehicle crash occurs, police must be called, and a crash report must be prepared by the investigating officer. However, despite this legal duty to create an accident report, almost every state, including Florida, has some sort...
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15
Sep
Good Samaritan Motorcyclists Killed in Drunk Driving Accident
A recent Saturday night in Miami was marred by tragedy when a group of motorcyclists who had pulled over to the side of the road to assist a fellow motorcyclist who had crashed earlier, shortly after 1:00 a. m. early Sunday morning, were struck and killed. According to a report fr...
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Sep
Fort Lauderdale Fatality Reinforces Seat Belt Safety
In a tragedy that emphasizes the importance of wearing a seat belt while driving in Florida, a local South Florida driver was tragically killed in Fort Lauderdale early on a recent morning when he lost control of his vehicle on I-95 and struck a guardrail; his vehicle flipped sev...
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15
Sep
South Florida Motor Vehicle Accidents Increase as Tickets Decrease
A Sun-Sentinel report shows that the roads in South Florida are getting more dangerous for motorists; nevertheless police are issuing fewer tickets and citations than ever before. The newspaper’s analysis compared the numbers of motor vehicle collisions and traffic tickets and ci...
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15
Sep
Florida Hit-and-Run Boating Accidents
Hit-and-run accidents are a particular scourge on Florida's roadways, but they also occur on the water with more frequency than most people would suspect. This is particularly true in Florida, which had the most boating accidents and fatalities in 2017 of any state in the c...
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15
Sep
Worksite Accident Turns Fatal as Demolition Goes Wrong
In a horrible tragedy that serves as a reminder of the dangers that worksite accidents pose to bystanders as well as employees on the worksite, a worker whose leg was severed during the demolition of a building in Miami Beach died from his injuries in the hospital more than a wee...
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15
Sep
Florida Road Rage Causes Fatal Hit-and-Run
A 58-year-old Orlando man was recently killed in a Merritt Island, Florida, accident that featured two phenomena that Florida drivers unfortunately know all too well: road rage and a hit-and-run accident. Even though leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident in which someone ...
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Sep
Motorcycle Accidents Pose Unique Dangers
A Doral police officer riding on a motorcycle was recently involved in a collision with a tree after skidding off the road and sustaining head injuries which required him to be airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment. The officer was a ten-year veteran of the Doral P...
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Sep
Florida Distracted Driving Accident Kills Two Horses and Injures Riders
Recently, a crash in the Broward County community of Southwest Ranches provided yet another example of the dangers of distracted drivers for those on the road in Florida, both those in other vehicles as well as those who share the road with motor vehicles, be it pedestrians, cycl...
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15
Sep
Medical Expenses from a Florida Motor Vehicle Accident
Although Florida has one of the nation's highest rates of residents without health insurance at 9. 1 percent, according to the Florida Policy Institute, many accident victims still may have private health insurance that may initially cover some or all of the individual&rsquo...
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Sep
Receiving Medical Treatment after a Florida Motor Vehicle Accident with No Health Insurance
If you are in a motor vehicle accident in Florida and you have suffered injuries as a result of another driver’s negligence, the chances are high that you will need medical treatment for those injuries. However, if you do not have health insurance, you may find yourself unable to...
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15
Sep
New Details Emerge Regarding Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Accident in Tempe, Arizona
Disturbing new details have emerged regarding what exactly occurred in the last minutes prior to the late March crash in which a bicyclist was killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle as she crossed a road while wheeling her bicycle in Tempe, Arizona. The Tempe police recently rele...
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