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Oct
Jet Ski Tragedy Reflects Frequency of Florida Boating Accidents
Florida boating accidents are a huge problem. The Sunshine State has the highest number of registered boats of any state in the country. It also has one of the highest rates of boating accidents of any state in the country, both in terms of the number of accidents that occur on F...
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Oct
Tampa Collision Highlights Truck Dangers on Florida’s Highways
Anyone who has ever driven on a highway in the Sunshine State knows that Florida has a problem with large trucks on its highways. More than in many other states, the highways in Florida are clogged with large trucks that endanger drivers on our highways and cause accidents all ov...
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Oct
Explosion Injures More Than 20 People and Levels Businesses
In a South Florida story that made national news, more than 20 people were injured in a natural gas explosion as a result of a suspected gas leak that leveled the majority of a mall in Plantation in Broward County. The explosion took place over the Fourth of July weekend and dest...
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Oct
Florida Drunk Driving Accident: Wild Ride Ends in Death and Disaster
In a tragic scene that could serve as a commercial for the dangers of drinking and driving, particularly among young adults who may have just recently reached the legal drinking age, a car plunged off an overpass on the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami-Dade County recently and...
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Oct
U.S. Open Mishap Shines Spotlight on Florida Golf Cart Accidents
One of golf’s four major championships took place last weekend and, in addition to a fantastic fight to the finish between a relatively unknown in the golf world, Gary Woodland, and golf’s most recent wunderkind Brooks Koepka, it was marked by a mishap with a golf cart that injur...
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Oct
Driver’s Social Media Posts Lead His Arrest
In a sign of how the public’s obsession with social media can backfire on those involved in motor vehicle accidents, and the increasing importance of social media in litigation, a driver in Orlando who hit and killed another driver, who was standing near his disabled vehicle on a...
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Oct
Florida Road Rage Accident on a Rainy Night Results in One Death and Two Fatalities
A recent accident on a rainy night in Broward County highlighted the need to drive safely during the frequent rainstorms in this part of the Sunshine State. It also highlighted how dangerous road rage can be, particularly in rainy or other inclement weather. The accident was trag...
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Oct
Bicyclists Injured when Lift Gate Flies Off Tractor Trailer
Four cyclists in Port Richey on Florida’s Gulf Coast were out enjoying a group ride on a recent Monday evening when they were involved in a horrific accident in which all four were injured as a result of a truck driver’s negligence. The accident occurred when a 18-wheel tractor t...
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Oct
Florida’s Uninsured Driver Problem
Florida routinely ranks as the state with the most uninsured drivers in the country according to virtually any survey conducted by either a government agency or private research organization. If you have been involved in a Florida motor vehicle accident and the other motorist is...
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Oct
Florida Legislature Advances Insurance Industry-Supported Attempts to Cap Personal Injury Lawsuit Awards
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 injurie...
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Oct
Florida Golf Cart Accident Kills One and Seriously Injures Another
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...
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Oct
Tallahassee Slip-and-Fall Claimant Awarded $1.1 Million by Jury
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 Democ...
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