It was a regular Tuesday at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. People pulling their luggage out of the trunk of loved one’s car, wishing farewells, and standing in line. For ten travelers the security checkpoint was far from routine. According to the Sun-Sentinel, at around 5:45 p.m. at the Air…
According to a recently released study entitled “Driving under the (Cellular) Influence” conducted by Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics and Political Science, the use of a cell phone while operating a vehicle does not correlate with a higher risk of causing a car accident. The study…
Early Saturday, August 3 2013, morning a car heading northbound on interstate 95 crashed over the side of the elevated highway according to NBC Miami. When fire rescue arrived at the scene they had to pull one woman from the wreckage that landed in nearby trees. The other woman tragically…
Late Monday night, the Blue Rhino propane gas-filling plant in Tavares, Florida, was rocked by a series of explosions that seriously injured several of the facility’s workers. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, there were no fatalities as a result of the blasts, however, eight of the estimated twenty…
Patrons at a Fort Lauderdale bar, Dirty Blondes, recorded a video of a brawl that took place between bouncers and customers. The next morning, the video was seen on Instagram, Facebook and other news and social media websites. The viral footage of the incident attracted an audience worldwide, including the…
As this blog has previously discussed on several occasions, Florida is one of twelve states that has adopted a “no fault” insurance scheme. Florida’s system requires motorists involved in auto accidents to submit claims for compensation to their own insurance company, regardless of which party is at fault for the…
On July 1, 2013, Senate Bill No. 1792, codified in Florida Compiled Statutes at Ch. 2013-108, went into effect, and, within hours, spurred several legal challenges by Florida trial attorneys. The law allows physicians and defense attorneys to interview a physician regarding his or her patient’s treatment during the fact-finding…
Last month, thirty-three people were injured when the deck of North Bay Village waterfront restaurant Shuckers Bar & Grill collapsed while patrons watched Game 4 of the NBA Finals. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Dave Downey, there were more than on hundred people on the deck when it came…
According to a recently released study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, contrary to what many individuals might believe, motorists are incapable of safely performing both the various tasks necessary to safely operate a vehicle while engaging in another activity such as talking on the phone or texting.…
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) adopted new regulations revising the hours-of-service (“HOS”) safety requirements for commercial truck drivers, which become effective July 1, 2013. HOS regulations limit the number of hours a truck driver may operative his or her vehicle during…