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 pedestrian death associated with self-driving vehicles. Prior to this accident,…
Four tourists from Spain recently were killed in an accident in the Florida Keys that also involved an industrial truck as well as a recreational vehicle (RV). According to a report from ABC news on the crash, the Florida Highway Patrol’s preliminary investigation showed that a sport utility vehicle carrying the tourists from Spain was…
98-year old driving a recreational vehicle (RV) and going the wrong way on a St. Lucie highway recently killed two teenagers riding in a pickup truck in Port St Lucie. According to the Daily Mail’s coverage of the accident, the elderly driver and his passenger were both from Michigan, while the teenagers were local high…
A chain reaction crash of military vehicles recently occurred near Sebring in Central Florida and proved deadly for one Florida Army National Guardsmen. The accident, which also injured four other National Guardsmen, occurred on January 19th. According to Military Times’s account of the crash, the incident occurred when three heavy-duty trucks, similar to tractor trailers…
A recent accident involving an unlicensed, uninsured motorist driving an unregistered vehicle in Charlotte County on Florida’s West Coast killed three motorists. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report regarding the accident, the unlicensed driver was driving his truck, with a trailer in tow, when he struck the side of a Chevy Colorado truck…
A Miami high school math school teacher was recently involved in a tragic collision with a City of Hialeah police cruiser that left the teacher dead and two Hialeah police officers injured. According to a report from the Miami Herald regarding the accident, the teacher was driving in Hialeah near the intersection of East Fifth…
With the arrival of the holidays in December, holidays parties, family celebrations, and vacations to the sunny climes of Florida all become commonplace. Tourism statistics from the state of Florida reflect that December is one of the busiest months for tourism in the Sunshine State. Many of these visitors come from out of state and…
A little known fact relating to motor vehicle accident claims and lawsuits is that most car accident claims are driven by the insurance limits of the negligent driver’s insurance policy. The negligent motorist’s policy limits, rather than the severity of an accident victim’s injuries, often can define the settlement and trial value of a case…
Walk around the downtown of any city or town in Florida or anywhere else in the United States, no matter how large or small, and you are likely to see pedestrians glued to their smartphones, texting, reading or sending emails, checking Facebook or using some other app. As much as smart phones may have improved…
Did you know that the teenagers ejected from the stolen vehicle in Broward County can still make a legal claim? A recent tragic accident involving a stolen car and four teenagers on the Florida Turnpike in Broward County resulted in three deaths in the early morning hours of a recent weekday morning. According to a…
