Monthly Archives: March 2020
Parents Threaten Lawsuit After Social Media Prank Causes Injury
A new social media prank is causing some problems for school children, parents, and now also their teachers. A young woman described the incident as follows. She was asked by two kids at school to jump as high as she could to see if she could jump higher than another student. When she jumped,… Read More »
Flying Deer Accident Claims the Life of Florida Woman
The life of a Graceville, Florida woman was tragically lost after an airborne deer that had been struck by a truck went through her windshield. Eighty-one-year-old Edna Morgan Griffin was a passenger in the vehicle of Katherine Millis Comerford when the accident occurred. Comerford sustained serious injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital… Read More »
Understanding the Ranitidine Lawsuits
Recently, 15 Zantac lawsuits have been transferred into Florida courts. Zantac is an antacid and antihistamine that is sold both over the counter and by prescription. Plaintiffs are alleging that batches of Zantac (known as ranitidine) were contaminated with a carcinogen that directly led to various types of cancer. Testing conducted in September of… Read More »
Driver Charged After Hit-And-Run Fatality with Cyclist
The driver of a white pickup truck has been charged after leaving the scene of an accident where he struck a cyclist. Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Aaron Weinert was killed after being struck by a two-door white pickup truck at the intersection of U.S. 301 and Sligh Avenue in Tampa at 4:40 a.m. on his way… Read More »
“Big Kid” Booster Seats Tied to Several Injuries
Evenflo, the manufacturer of “Big Kid” booster seats, is being accused of placing profits over child safety after a video surfaced that showed that children could be injured by side-impact accidents. Evenflo continued to market the booster seats as “side-impact tested” which implies that they passed the side-impact test. They did not. Technically, however,… Read More »
How Florida’s Auto Insurance Laws Ruined One Woman’s Life
Each state is allowed to set the law concerning the insurance requirements for each of their drivers. But some state’s laws are more expansive than others. Florida is one of only two states in the country that does not require drivers to carry liability coverage in the event of personal injury. Instead, Florida has… Read More »
Tesla’s Driverless Features an Auto Accident Liability
Who’s responsible when your vehicle’s autopilot causes an accident? According to some attorneys, that would be you. Tesla owners who are summoning their vehicles from parking lots could be liable for any damage the artificial intelligence the vehicle does to other cars. This makes a certain degree of legal sense when you think about… Read More »
E-Scooter Accidents on the Rise
Fort Lauderdale doctor, Jason Mansour told the Sun-Sentinel that he treats numerous patients on Friday and Saturday nights who have sustained serious head injuries including cranial bleeding and fractured skulls. Of course, that should be no surprise. Friday and Saturday are prime time for hitting the town for a night with friends. Yet Florida… Read More »