Motorcycle riders are gearing up for this Saturday night’s Cape Coral Bike Night. Southwest Florida’s largest bike night draws riders from all over, including Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs, Lehigh Acres, Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte. Primary sponsor Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, has been a…
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Florida teen driver resources aimed at reducing car accidents in Southwest Florida
As the evidence continues to mount about the dangers teenagers face behind the wheel, Florida car accident attorneys an personal injury and wrongful death lawyers urge parents to talk with their children and make them aware of a growing list of local resources. Statistics consistently show that motor vehicle crashes…
Florida vehicle defect attorneys warn Toyota owners of recall
Toyota Motor Corp recalled 1.35 million vehicles this week to fix defects in the seatbelt or exhaust systems. Florida defective product and vehicle defect attorneys urge Toyota owners to check to see if their car is part of the vehicle recall. About 830,000 of the cars include the Yaris, manufactured…
Fort Myers man sentenced to 15 years in prison for tragic drunk driving crash
A 34-year-old Fort Myers man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and had his driver’s license permanently revoked as a result of a horrific drunk driving crash that killed two children and left their mother and brother critically injured. The wrongful death and personal injury attorneys at Associates and…
Florida accident attorneys warn of possible spike in uninsured motorists
Nearly 1 in every 4 drivers on Florida roads is driving without insurance, a number likely to increase with a souring economy. The trend is prompting Florida injury lawyers to encourage motorists to make sure their uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage is adequate in the event of a serious accident. The attorneys…
Southwest Florida parents warned of dangerous, defective baby cribs
More than half a million Stork Craft Baby Cribs pose an entrapment and suffocation risk, the federal government warned this month. Florida injury lawyers and the child injury and defective product attorneys at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, urge parents to check their cribs to ensure infant…
Causes of car accidents, serious injury targeted by Florida lawmakers
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…
Florida motorists, parents should check child seats to prevent injury
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…
Will higher fines reduce Florida car accidents, reckless driving?
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…
Dump truck runs red light, hits school bus in Fort Myers truck accident
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…