According to a recent article published by the Huffington Post, the Florida Legislature is now considering a new piece of legislation, entitled the “Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act,” named for a bicyclist that was killed on the Rickenbacker Causeway in 2012, that would increase the minimum jail sentences for leaving…
I’d like to thank trial lawyer Wayne Cohen or providing this guest blog. Wayne is the founding partner of the personal injury law firm of Cohen & Cohen, PC in Washington, D.C. I hope you find the blog informative and interesting! Top 3 Car Insurance Tips for 2014 – Get…
A commuter train traveling from the Bronx to Manhattan derailed after traveling over 80 miles per hour while approaching a curvature on the tracks. This fatal train accident resulted in 4 wrongful deaths and at least 67 reported injuries. At only 10 miles away from its NYC destination, the engineer…
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) issued a press release discussing an analysis of the Administration’s 2012 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (“FARS”) showing that the number of deaths occurring from U.S. highway accidents increased from 2011 to 2012. According to the numbers, highway traffic fatalities increased…
Recently, in support of its designation of November 10-17 as National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, the AAA Foundation For Traffic Safety (“AAA”) released the results of a survey of drivers across the country regarding their perspective on on drowsy driving, as part of National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week (Nov 10-16).…
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…
According to a recent story published by the Herald Tribune last month, two people were seriously injured on October 9, 2013, in a motorcycle crash that required authorities to shut down the southbound lanes of U.S. Interstate 75 near mile marker 193 in Venice, Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol concluded…
Last month, 24-year-old Jacob Landis, of Annapolis, Maryland, was severely injured after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in a bicycle accident in Florida in the final leg of a cross-country cycling trip to raise money for deaf individuals. Our personal injury lawyers in Miami, Florida are all too familiar with…
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…
Late last month, ABC Action News reported that two children and their father had been rescued from a vehicle overturned in a St. Petersburg, Florida canal following a motor vehicle accident. According to St. Petersburg police, the car in which the children were passengers ended up in the canal as…