Cool October weather brings welcome relief from the heat and humidity of a long summer. The National Weather Service indicates that by mid-October average daily temperatures in Southwest Florida will be nearly 10 degrees cooler, even as the insufferable humidity of September disappears. Fall also begins the long cycling season…
Safety improvements to Lehigh Acres roads and a recent settlement against the City of Cape Coral highlight the risks of dangerous road conditions in Southwest Florida. NBC News reports Lehigh Acres is eliminating several dangerous traffic turns after a series of traffic collisions. There have been nearly 20 reported collisions…
A four-vehicle crash closed Southbound Interstate 75 in North Fort Myers this week, after a semi, a camper trailer and several vehicles were involved in a collision. FOX4 News reported the incident closed the highway at mile marker 147, which is near the Tucker’s Grade and Bayshore exits. The Florida…
A car rammed into Fins Seafood & Dive Bar in Cape Coral over the weekend, stunning inside guests and killing the driver. Guests were startled but unhurt after the vehicle smashed into an outside wall along the restaurant’s seating area. Authorities believe the 50-year-old driver may have suffered a medical…
New research suggests parents should leave their children in rear-facing car seats until they have outgrown them. While it’s unclear when Florida will update its own recommendations, parents and caregivers should start using the new guidelines as soon as possible. USA Today reports the new car-seat guidelines for rear-facing seats…
Two construction workers were killed last week in a Florida scaffolding accident after their scaffold collapsed at a JW Marriott Hotel in Orange County. Four workers were on the scaffolding when it collapsed at the site on Chelonia Parkway near Disney in Bonnet Creek. Two workers fell while another held…
From all of us at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, we wish you a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend with friends and family. However, we remind you that will mean putting particular emphasis on safe driving as Labor Day weekend is typically the second most-dangerous…
Any focus on back-to-school safety would be incomplete without addressing the biggest risk on the road: Teen drivers. We’ve recently address school bus accidents and bicyclist and pedestrian safety as students return to class throughout Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties. But it is our teen drivers who face the highest…
As we reported recently on our Florida Injury Lawyer Blog, school bus accidents are a common risk as the school year begins each year. Our experienced pedestrian accident lawyers in Cape Coral and Fort Myers also continue to see an increase in the number of serious and fatal injuries to…
A serious bus accident in Lehigh Acres is a reminder of the road risks as a new school year begins in Southwest Florida. NBC 2 reported a bus collided with a passenger vehicle, shoving it partway beneath another school bus. Pictures show the impact of the collision. The accident occurred…