The Modern Midways’ Ring of Fire ride at the Lehigh Spring Festival proved anything but amusing. After a recent accident, investigators were called to Veterans Park to see what went wrong. Five were injured, including a 12-year-old girl who suffered a cut above her cheek and eye. Witnesses report that…
Cape Coral’s Bike Night 2012- 2013 just concluded with one final attempt to get drivers to pay a little more attention to motorcyclists out there on our Southwest Florida roadways. This has been an epic season for the event as Cape Coral’s Bike Nights have seen record attendance, according to…
The number of roadway fatalities in Lee County is thankfully slowing down (in recent weeks), but we’re still seeing more fatalities recorded so far this year than last year. According to The News-Press, there were 10 people killed on Lee County roadways in the month of March. Already in April,…
Two companion bills have been rapidly advancing in the Florida state legislature that would make it tougher for nursing home abuse victims to get adequate compensation for their suffering. Our Fort Myers nursing home abuse lawyers know that while the Senate measure has been stripped of some of the most…
Construction workers are in a lot of danger. Fall accidents are among the most common risks, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA). As a matter of fact, fall accidents are the number one cause of death in the construction industry. There were close to 300 fatal fall…
Florida lawmakers are still trying to ban text messaging behind the wheel, and according to a recent University of Florida survey — Florida drivers are all for it. According to The Alligator, about 95 percent of Floridians participating in the study say that they’re in support of a ban on…
According to a newly-released study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), American drivers are still using electronic devices behind the wheel — and it’s compromising the safety of everyone out there. Even with the new information officials have released — news about the risks involving accidents, injuries and…
As we recently reported on our South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog, April is “National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.” Unfortunately, many drivers think that the solution to the distracted driving problem is to turn to hands-free devices. According to recent studies, that method is no safer. That’s why officials have release…
A lot of us will be jumping into a swimming pool over the next few months, but not many of us will be thinking about our risks for drowning. It’s important to point out that nine people are killed every day in the U.S. in drowning accidents. These numbers are…
A local government in Ireland recent took a vote to allow people in one isolated area to legally drink and drive. According to International Business Times, lawmakers argued that the older, rural residents were less likely to cause accidents in the sparsely populated area. They added that having a few…