The stories of Southwest Florida’s bicycling dangers became personal for many people recently, as The News-Press detailed a dozen of them in a recent series entitled, “Paths of Peril.” In the last five years, there have been 1,400 bike accidents in Lee and Collier counties, with Lee County ranking third…
Recently, The News-Press launched a series on bicycle safety in Southwest Florida, analyzing five years’ worth of crashes and examining what needs to be done differently. Reporter Janine Zeitlin even penned an opinion piece detailing why she no longer rides her bicycle on public roads in Southwest Florida, despite enjoying…
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…
Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled an employee who was sexually assaulted in an employer-provided dormitory is not required to bring her premises liability and negligence lawsuit before an arbitrator, as her employer had argued. The arbitration agreement had been signed as part of her employment contract with the…
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.…
A woman allegedly slipped, fell and was seriously injured while shopping at the Sawgrass Mills Mall in South Florida. To recover damages for her injuries, she filed a lawsuit against mall services and ownership. During the discovery phase of litigation, plaintiff sought certain documents from defendants pertaining to similar prior…
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…
Waivers of liability can be powerful defenses in certain personal injury cases, particularly in Florida in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court decision in Sanislo v. Give Kids the World. That case essentially stated waivers don’t have to be written in very specific language in order to be enforced,…