Two weeks ago, 13-year-old Caely Camacho was killed by a drunk driver, Sandor Guillen, in Southwest Miami Dade, Florida. Guillen was driving a 2010 Range Rover on a buses only road at 100 miles per hour, when he slammed into the Chrysler Town and Country Minivan that Caely’s father was…
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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…
Polk County Hospital Sued After Nurse Severs Infant’s Finger
A Florida mother has sued Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center and a nurse employed by the hospital for negligence after the nurse allegedly severed part of her 3-month-old daughter’s finger. The baby’s mother, Veronica Olguin, has alleged hospital nurse Emily Anna Stutz negligently failed to follow proper safety procedures…
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…
Hit & Run Accidents in Miami Dade: Why are they so common?
Another life has been taken by a hit and run driver in South Florida. Unfortunately, this time it was an innocent 5-year-old child who was riding her tricycle outside her home at a trailer park in Fort Lauderdale. The wrongful death of this child and many others in South Florida…
National Scrutiny Intensifies Surrounding the Shooting of Trayvon Martin: Why wasn’t George Zimmerman Arrested? Washington Weighs In
President Barack Obama has released a statement regarding what happened to young, African American, Trayvon Martin. Martin who was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida, by the notorious volunteer neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, was unarmed and had not committed any crime whatsoever. This is “a national tragedy”, said Representative Maxine…
Negligent Security Attorneys Warn Against Sexual Assaults at Miami Beach Hotel
Two cases of sexual assault occurred at the landmark Fountainebleau Hotel and Resort on Miami Beach last week.( The Miami Herald )In each instance, a woman was allegedly attacked and the assailants were both arrested by the Miami Beach Police. Why is it that their level of security does not…
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…
What rights do Crime Victims of any Race truly have?
The Sanford Police department is under intense scrutiny, after an investigation that is being referred to as one of the most media driven murder cases of this year floods the news. Trayvon Martin, an African American 17 year old boy was shot and killed by a Hispanic man, George Zimmerman,…
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…