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Florida Car Accident Legal Advice When an individual is involved in a vehicular accident in Florida, steps can be taken to assist the person’s legal case. It is critical to have a written police report of the accident, for example. Law enforcement traffic investigators should write a report and determine who is to blame for […]

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Florida Nursing Home Abuse According to Florida law, an individual is responsible for any personal injuries or damages he causes to another individual in the state. Cases involving personal injuries in Florida involve any of a number of different scenarios ranging from dog bites to slip and fall incidents to car accidents. When an individual […]

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Florida Truck Accidents When a big rig truck is responsible for an accident on a Florida highway, total devastation happens more often than we wish it did. Because these trucks are large, carry heavy loads and mechanically brake on a moment’s notice, they are often menaces on the highways. Truck drivers who don’t pay attention, […]

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A lawsuit involving a drunken driver who hit a car carrying a four-year-old boy and his father resulted in a $50 million award for the plaintiffs. The man charged with drunken driving was sentenced to five years in a Florida jail. His car reportedly hit the car of the father and son, and the son’s […]

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A Florida family with a special needs child settled a lawsuit out of court for $1.1 million for injuries he sustained in a car crash. The 13-year-old child was a passenger in a pick up when the vehicle hit a large truck on the highway. The larger commercial truck was making an illegal U-turn at […]

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A Florida couple involved in an automobile accident is seeking more than $200,000 in damages from the emergency responders whom they claim took the pregnant wife to a hospital that couldn’t provide sufficient care. The woman was involved in a head-on car accident while she was nine months pregnant. Emergency responders took the woman with […]

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A 22-year-old woman was traveling about 40 miles per hour on a Florida highway, when the car she was driving hit another car that ran a red light while turning onto the same highway. While both cars were totaled, and the teenager who ran the red light was found to be at fault, each driver’s […]

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In 2004, a young boy in preschool was riding in the family car that was being driven by his father in Polk County, Florida, when a drunk driver hit the car. The father suffered some injuries, but the little boy’s skull crashed apart. The boy survived, but the areas of his brain that control judgment […]

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According to Florida local news reports, a school bus overturned on Interstate 10 on May 28, 2008. The vehicle accident occurred in Santa Rosa County. In total, there were 21 people on the bus, 17 students and 4 adults. One student and one adult suffered serious injuries, and had to be airlifted. The remaining occupants […]

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Florida motorists who do not move out of the path of an emergency vehicle could be responsible for an accident or slow the response time of the emergency vehicle, which may result in fatalities. The response time of an emergency vehicle is crucial. In less than five minutes, a fire could spread throughout a home, […]

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Florida State lawmakers proposed legislation that will require teenagers to pass a mandatory driver’s ed class before they will be eligible to get their driver’s license. Statistics continually demonstrate the dangerous conditions that face teenagers behind the wheel. Drivers who range in ages 16-18 have the highest vehicle accident rate, as well as the highest […]

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The city of Orlando took steps in March 2007 to install red light cameras at specific intersections. The decision was finalized when Orlando city commissioners made the decision regarding the red light camera distributor. Red light cameras are intended to decrease the number of auto accidents at intersections. When a car runs a red light, […]

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As automobile manufacturers begin to implement safety devices that are meant to save lives during auto accidents, Florida rescue workers are finding that the increased reinforcements are also hindering the extraction of injured occupants. New Technology New technology has lead auto manufacturers to implement reinforced alloys, multiple air-bags and impact-absorbing crumple zones into vehicles to […]

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