It’s been an inauspicious start to 2015 as the number of traffic fatalities in Lee County has surpassed last year. Just in the first month, officials reported 15 people were killed in traffic accidents across the county. Of those, four occurred in a 36-hour period, according to the Florida Highway…
The Florida Supreme Court recently reviewed Florida v. Dorsett, a case that involves a serious and growing problem in the state: Hit-and-run accidents. These are cases in which one of the drivers illegally flees the scene of a serious or fatal crash without stopping to render aid or report the…
As Florida lawmakers begin the push for tougher texting-while-driving laws, an interesting piece of information was revealed in a recent study published by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. We already knew Americans far too frequently engage in the dangerous activity of texting behind the wheel. However, we tend to…
The latest annual Traffic Safety Culture Index study, released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, reveals that while 1 in 5 U.S. drivers has been involved in a serious crash – with 1 in 10 seriously injured – many still continue to engage in risky behavior behind the wheel.…
Sorting through auto insurance coverage in the event of a crash can be a complex process under any circumstance, but it can be especially challenging in cases involving “phantom vehicles.” These are cases where one vehicle crashes, but another unidentified vehicle is alleged to have been the cause. Phantom vehicle…
The recent death of veteran newsman and “60 minutes” correspondent Bob Simon has raised a number of questions about how safe back seat passengers are in the event of a crash. Simon was killed while riding in a livery cab in Manhattan. Although he was not wearing a seat belt,…
An elderly woman was rendered quadriplegic following a car accident last year in Northern Florida. Now, the 76-year-old has filed lawsuit against the vehicle manufacturer, as well as the maker of an allegedly defective airbag in her Honda Civic. In the 60-page lawsuit Mincey v. Honda and Takata, she details…
News of a terrifying crash on Fort Myers Beach recently made national headlines after the emergence of a surveillance video that captured the scene. The 67-year-old driver, from Michigan, reportedly fainted behind the wheel before slamming into a pickup truck and flipping her own vehicle into the eating area of…
While traffic homicide investigators continue to piece together evidence from the wreckage following a recent fatal crash on Del Prado Boulevard in Cape Coral, they say one thing seems certain: Speed was a primary factor. It seems both vehicles – a Toyota Corolla car and a GMC Envoy sport utility…
In the event of a motor vehicle accident, there are two different kinds of damages a plaintiff may be able to collect: compensatory and punitive. Compensatory damages include economic (property damage, medical bills, lost wages and other financial losses) and non-economic (pain and suffering, loss of consortium and mental anguish).…