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Oct

Florida is Again the State with Both the Largest Numbers of Boating Accidents and Boating Fatalities, Highlighting the Dangers of Being on the Water in Florida

In 2017, Florida was again the state with the highest number of both total boating accidents and boating fatalities in the country according to statistics compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Florida has hundreds of lakes in addition to its t...

Oct

Insurance Industry 2017 Data Shows Florida Is One of the Leading States for Dog Bite Incidents

A recent nationwide study showed that the number of dog bite incidents across the U. S. increased 2. 2 percent in 2017 when compared with 2016, and that Florida was one of the leading states for such incidents. The study, which was conducted by insurance industry trade group the In...

Oct

Motorcyclist Injured in Sarasota in Road Rage Incident

A motorcyclist in Sarasota was recently injured after another motorist deliberately swerved directly into the motorcyclist in a fit of road rage after the two had engaged in an argument. Although this blatant example of road rage is not commonly exhibited by drivers in Florida, i...

Oct

Female Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident in Tampa, the Sixteenth Fatality in the Tampa Bay Area in One Week

A female pedestrian died in a hit-and-run accident outside Tampa last week, marking the sixteenth fatality in a motor vehicle accident in the greater Tampa area in a single week. According to a report from ABC Action News, this most recent fatality occurred when a woman was attem...

Oct

Distracted Driving Accidents in Florida: On the Rise and Unlikely to Change Any Time Soon

In honor of Distracted Driving Month in April, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) recently released statistics showing that 2017 was the worst year on record for accidents involving distracted drivers in Florida. Even though more than 50,000 accidents occurred in 2017 that were att...

Oct

Investigation Shows Former Professional Hockey Player At Fault in Fatal September 2017 Florida Boating Accident

A former professional hockey player and educator who was killed and his young daughter injured in a Florida boating accident in September 2017 was determined to be at fault in the accident after an extensive investigation whose findings were recently released by the Florida Fish...

Oct

Self-Driving Uber Car in Arizona Kills Pedestrian

A pedestrian wheeling a bicycle across the road was recently killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, calling into question the safety of the company’s self-driving vehicles and its use of public roads for test-driving those vehicles. This was believed to be the first p...

Oct

A Great Day for a Great Cause!

Schwed Law Firm featured in Golf Central Magazine on November 1st, 2017. What are they featured for? Doing what they do all the time – helping one of their own. When Jennifer Lary, a Paralegal, at Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley was diagnosed with Stage Four Breast Cancer, th...

Oct

Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley raises $75,000 for Paralegal

Paralegals are like family! When a 41-year old mom, Jennifer Lary, a Paralegal for Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley was recently diagnosed with cancer, the firm immediately jumped in to help. A Charity Golf Event was planned for August 27, 2017 and that raised approximately $3...

Oct

Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley Sponsor Concert at THE BLVD

Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley sponsor the Bloody Win Tour in at THE BLVD – Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. Featured in the photo from left to right are Jared Eastlack, Allen Gressett, Sherri Watson and Josalyn Sanders...

Oct

Law Office in Memphis Tennessee

Schwed Law (Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley, P. A. ) is proud to announce that we have expanded! Effective March 1, 2016, we are now servicing and have a physical office in Memphis, Tennessee. We look forward to representing accident victims in the Memphis area and welcome the...

Oct

Law Office in Chattanooga Tennessee

Schwed Law (Schwed, Adams, Sobel & McGinley, P. A. ) is proud to announce that we have expanded! Effective February 1, 2016, we are now servicing and have a physical office in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We look forward to representing accident victims in the Chattanooga area and w...

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