As Florida legislators work to stiffen the penalties for drivers who text, it’s important to note during April, which is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, that much work remains to be done. Our Cape Coral car accident lawyers have seen cases where a split second of inattention has resulted in lifelong…
The Florida Supreme Court recently took on the issue of third-party liability as it pertained to the serious injuries suffered by a bar patron in South Florida. The victim was beaten mercilessly with a tomahawk by another bar patron, with whom he’d been drinking. The attacker went on to face…
It was with great sorrow that the staff at the local NBC affiliate announced that one of their own had been killed in a Fort Myers bicycle accident. Popular and respected, NBC2 Meteorologist Jim Reif had been in the Fort Myers television market for more than 30 years, and had…
Florida lawmakers are trying to limit options for victims of nursing home abuse by narrowing the parties they can pursue in a civil lawsuit. They say it’s become necessary because some nursing home abuse lawyers have successfully gone after not just the nursing home owners and management companies, but also…
Controversial traffic-light cameras have been in use in Florida for four years now, raking in nearly $120 million in revenue for the state in 2013 alone. However, our Cape Coral injury lawyers know that questions regarding whether they are effective have lawmakers scaling back some of their efforts. Nine states…
A father from New Port Richey has been traveling throughout Southwest Florida, high school to high school, with this simple message: Texting and driving kills. He knows better than most. His 17-year-old daughter, Allie, was killed in a head-on collision with a driver who was texting. Killed also in that…
A program launched by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, designed to heighten accountability for carriers that repeatedly violate safety protocol, is drawing fire from two other top regulators for inaccuracy and general inefficiency. The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program was launched in July of last year, and scores carrier safety.…
In northern Florida recently, one spring breaker was killed and another faces felony charges of DUI manslaughter. Detectives say an intoxicated 18-year-old from Tennessee driving a Ford Taurus struck a scoot car head-on, ejecting the 22-year-old driver of that vehicle, also from Tennessee, and killing him. Our Fort Myers Beach…
Police in Florida maintain numerous critical functions, among those: Crime reduction and traffic safety. In some cases, the two overlap. But should one take priority? In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is making headlines for his assertion that, indeed, improving traffic safety should be where the most police…
Lee County is one of the most dangerous places in the country for bicyclists. Florida’s rate for bicycle accident fatalities is more than double the national average, and Lee has one of the highest rates in the state, with more than 11 cyclists killed and 230 injured since 2011, according…