On the morning of April 11, seven-year-old Zhanaye Williams and her brother climbed aboard the automatic gate located at the entrance to their Tampa, Florida apartment complex, hoping to pass the time as they awaited their school bus. Suddenly, the gate began to topple, and unable to escape, Zhanaye suffered…
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New Studies of Child Abuse Reveal Serious Personal Injuries Increasing in Children Under the Age of One
A national study by Yale University doctors, John Leventhal and Julie Gaither of New Haven, Connecticut contradicts the previous reports and findings by Child Protective Services regarding the number of child abuse cases in the US. This new report demonstrates why the previous reports by Child Protective Services were inaccurate…
Abuses at Florida Nursing Homes Continue
The spotlight was once again on Florida’s nursing homes last month when WFTV 9 exposed the battering of a Southern Oaks Health Care Facility Alzheimer’s patient by one of the St. Cloud facility’s nurses. The nurse was arrested on felony abuse charges when police acted on an eyewitness account of…
July 4th Weekend Car Crashes Shock the City of Miami: DUI Manslaughter Charges to Follow
Last weekend, 7 people died in two fatal car accidents in the city of Miami, including a 13 year old girl, a 14 year old boy, a 50 year old woman, and a 22 year old man. In one accident, the driver of a minivan lost control of his vehicle…
Four Dead Following Pedestrian Accident Near New Marlins Baseball Park
Last weekend, three family members visiting from Georgia were killed and another was critically injured when the driver of a minivan allegedly lost control and ran them down on a sidewalk in Little Havana. The family was reportedly walking to their vehicle following a baseball game at the new Marlins…
Club Lexx Night Club Shooting : One Man Killed by Security Guard
This week a man was shot and killed and another man was seriously injured outside the nude dancing Miami night club, called “Club Lexx”, located on NW 27th Ave. in Miami, Florida. A witness stated that an altercation took place between the security guard and the two men who were…
3rd DCA Reverses Trial Court and Orders New Trial In Tobacco Smokers Claim; Gerson and Schwartz, PA wins appeal for late smoker
The Third District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court in Frazier v. Philip Morris USA Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The appellate court issued a 25 page opinion reversing and remanding the case for a new trial and stating that the late Phyllis Frazier should have been granted…
Cruise Ship Accident’s Continue to Emerge: This time Royal Caribbean’s Azamara Quest Catches Fire
Why does it keep happening? Bookings have dropped after successive cruise accidents continue to occur. This time, it is Royal Caribbean and its’ Azamara Quest which was carrying 590 passengers and 411 crew members when one of the ship’s engine room’s caught fire. Despite the fact, that this incident was…
South Florida Polo Magnate Convicted of Vehicular Homicide and DUI-Manslaughter
Last Friday, a Palm Beach County jury convicted 48-year-old John Goodman of motor vehicular homicide and DUI-manslaughter in connection with a February 11, 2010 car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. The jury, which consisted of five men and two women, deliberated for approximately five and one-half hours and during…
Another Cruise Ship Crash: Will It Ever End?
Will it Ever End?? When is it going to stop? Yet another cruise ship crash has occurred over the last 24 hours near Halong Bay, Vietnam. This time it was the, “Silversea Shadow”, which collided with a container ship under foggy conditions. What is the reason for these life threatening…