A TSA Officer who was shot at close range by a 23 year old man at LAX airport on Friday, died after his assailant, Paul Ciancia, shot him for the 2nd time with an assault rifle. Finally, the shooter was apprehended by airport police, shot and captured.He remains hospitalized, in…
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Florida Family Files Wrongful Death
Recently, a Boynton Beach, Florida, couple filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy in connection with the shooting of their eighteen-year-old autistic son in 2012. The lawsuit is seeking damages in excess of $15,000. The lawsuit stems from an October 4, 2012, incident wherein the teen’s…
Florida Appeals Court Reduces Ten Million Dollar Award In Wrongful Death Of UCF Football Player
Last month, the Insurance Journal published an article discussing a recent decision by Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals reducing the damages awarded in the case of a University of Central Florida football player who died following conditioning drills in 2008. The Court’s decision reduced the damages awarded to the…
Florida Court Holds That Co-Owners Of A Vehicle Are Liable For Each Other’s Negligence
Earlier this year, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals addressed the question as to liability of a co-owner of a vehicle for injuries caused by the negligent driving of the car’s other owner. In Ortiz v. Regalado, Andy Ortiz (“Andy”) was driving a car which he co-owned with his father…
No Texting While Driving Passes in Florida Senate
Texting while driving is a rampant problem across the US, which often times leads to catastrophic car accidents. The state of Florida is one of the only remaining states who had not yet passed a law banning texting while driving, until now. The senate has approved and passed Bill 52…
Fatal Florida Car Accidents & Wrongful Death Lawsuits
Recently CentralNY published a story on a tragic fatal Florida car accident that took the life of a college student. Details on the auto accident remain sparse, as authorities are still investigating to determine exactly what happened. What is known is that a 22-year old was on his way back…
Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting
News is still coming in today about about Sandy Hook shooting massacre. With eerie similarities to the Columbine and shootings at Virgina Tech it is unthinkable how and why heinous crimes at schools are becoming more and more widespread. The latest calculations are that nearly 100 rounds of ammunition were…
Prescription Overdosing in Florida Hospitals
Hospitals Overdosing Patients on Drug Already Infamous For Causing Liver Failure Findings published in the November 12 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine reveal that hospitals may be overdosing a significant number of their patients who are being treated with the drug acetaminophen. More specifically, researchers found, in two carefully…
School Bus Shooting in Homestead: One Girl Killed
Tragedy struck a Dade County family, when a 13 year old girl was shot in the neck by another student on a school bus last week. According to reports by the Miami Herald and CNN, an unidentified, teenage boy was charged with manslaughter, after allegedly accidentally firing a concealed weapon…
Car Accident Killing One and Critically Injuring 4 Others while Waiting for a Bus
According to the Miami Herald, a woman lost her life after a man recklessly drove his car into a Miami Gardens bus bench yesterday around 4 pm. 4 other people were seriously injured while waiting for the bus at Northwest 199th Street and Second Avenue. The driver who was speeding…