Lawmakers will tackle tougher seat belt enforcement and distracted-driving regulations as part of a 2009 agenda aimed at reducing car accidents on Florida roads. Florida accident attorneys and the staff at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, handle hundreds of cases in which car accidents are caused by…
More than 30,000 child safety seats are being recalled this month, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which warns the seats may fail to properly secure young passengers in the event of an auto accident. Florida accident attorneys, defective product lawyers and child injury attorneys at Associates and…
Florida motorists will pay more for speeding, running red lights and other traffic infractions under a plan to raise money from motorists to help cover the looming state budget deficit. Accident attorneys and personal injury lawyers handle hundreds of car accident and motorcycle accident cases in Southwest Florida each year…
The News-Press of Fort Myers reported Tuesday that a dump truck ran a red light and crashed into a Lee County school bus, sending both drivers and two students to the hospital with unspecified injuries as a result of the Fort Myers dump truck accident. The Florida car wreck attorneys…
Fatal traffic crashes dropped by more than 30 percent in 2008. However, nearly 1 in every 5 fatal accidents involved a motorcycle, according to preliminary data from the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials point to a souring economy, fewer travelers and skyrocketing gas prices as reasons for the drop, according to…
The dangerous and deadly business of running red lights at Southwest Florida intersections is increasingly caught on camera – a costly, if not fatal error for the driver and evidence increasingly used in court by criminal and accident lawyers. Lee County is testing a camera at Colonial Boulevard and Summerlin…
Florida drivers could be banned from using cell phones or text messaging while driving if retired Fort Myers-area paramedic Jay Anderson succeeds in pushing a new law aimed at reducing serious and fatal traffic crashes on our roads. “Stay Alive … Just Drive!”, an organization Anderson founded, was named the…
The staff and attorneys for victims of drunk driving crashes at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, wish everyone a joyous New Year’s holiday and want to remind drivers of the message on dozens of the firm’s billboards throughout Southwest Florida: Enjoy the Holidays but Don’t Drink and…
Older motorists drive less but have a higher per-mile chance of a serious car accident or fatal crash as they age, according to a study released this month. But the report also found some good news for Southwest Florida, which has one of the oldest populations in the United States:…
Drunk Drivers in Southwest Florida and across the nation face heavy enforcement launched this week to prevent drunk driving accidents, serious injury and death on our roads this holiday season. Attorneys who represent drunk driving victims and everyone at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, urge motorists to…