MIAMI, FL—On July 18, 2011, a Deltona toddler became the eighth child under the age of 4 to drown in a Volusia County swimming pool since the beginning of this year. According to information provided by the Daytona Beach News Journal, the recent drowning death has spurred county authorities and…
MIAMI, FL—The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently faulted the U.S. Coast Guard for a 2009 boating accident that claimed the life of a child during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights. According to information provided by CNN, the California boat collision not only resulted in one fatality, but…
An 18-month-old boy was found dead at a Homestead day care on Tuesday. The boy was found dead at Jomiba Learning Center, 1005 N. Krome Ave., according to Miami-Dade Police. The investigation into how the boy believed to be named Dominicue Andrews died. His body was recovered from the center’s…
MIAMI, FL—July 13, 2011 – While authorities from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deemed a toddler’s recent drowning to be accidental, the fatal swimming pool accident yet again sheds light on the dangers many children, and even inexperienced swimmers, face. According to information provided by the Tampa Tribune, a 19-month-old New…
MIAMI, FL—With 668 boat accidents reported during the year 2010 alone, Florida leads the nation in boating accidents and resultant fatalities, according to statistical data provided by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Such accidents resulted in 79 boating deaths and left 389…
MIAMI, FL—Royal Caribbean Cruises was recently found negligent in the lawsuit filed following an onboard toxic gas leak that killed three ship crew members and injured 19 others, according to reports by NBC Los Angeles. “Royal Caribbean’s actions demonstrated a gross indifference to the life and health of not only…
MIAMI, FL—Boynton Beach Police officials are investigating the near drowning of a 1 ½-year-old boy, which occurred in a residential swimming pool on the morning of June 21, 2011. According to information provided by the Palm Beach Post, police told reporters that the toddler was transferred from Bethesda Memorial Hospital…
Miami, FL – June 21, 2011 – As revealed by a groundbreaking investigative report published by The Miami Herald in May, Florida’s assisted living facilities (ALFs) have seen scores — and perhaps hundreds — of deaths under questionable circumstances. The newspaper obtained the confidential records of 70 people who died…
MIAMI, FL— June 20, 2011 – A North Florida woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a massage therapist at a Miami spa, who was already being investigated for the alleged sexual assault of two other women, filed a lawsuit against the resort on June 16, 2011. According to…
MIAMI, FL— June 17 2011 – As temperatures continue to rise here in South Florida, adults and children alike will be making their way to swimming pools and beaches as a means of escaping the looming summer heat. While the simple acts of jumping into the ocean or a swimming…