Posts tagged accident

• Bicyclist Killed On A1A In Fort Lauderdale

  Chrissie Cole | September 01, 2009 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was struck and killed by a car on A1A in Fort Lauderdale, according to a police department news release. Daniel Colotte, 59, was riding his bicycle north at the 1100 block of A1A when he...

• Teen Faces Nine Charges in Fatal Wreck

  Eddie Farah | August 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Friday night's exhibition football game was a sad one for some parents of students at Ed White High School in Jacksonville. Four teenagers, who were part of a group who cut school on the last day,...

• Order is Filed on Emergency Hearing in Disney Monorail Crash

  Ed Normand | August 22, 2009 12:16 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  An emergency court hearing was held on July 14, 2009 in the crash that killed Disney monorail operator Austin Wuennenberg. Although no lawsuit has been filed by the Wuennenberg family, court...

• Another Worker Dies At Disney

  Ed Normand | August 21, 2009 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  With the third employee death at Disney World in the past seven weeks, serious questions are being raised about the safety regulations in place at the Theme Parks in Florida. Attorney Ed Normand of...

• Unreported Theme Park Injuries

  Ed Normand | August 21, 2009 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  We have been blogging a lot about the lack of reporting at the Federal, State and Local level of the injuries that happen at the big theme parks. It turns out that the local fair or a Greyhound bus...

• JaxPort Employee Injured On The Job 110 Feet Up

  Eddie Farah | August 19, 2009 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An industrial accident at the Jacksonville Port Authority led to a dramatic but successful rescue for one injured employee. The unidentified man was working on a 110 foot crane Monday night...

• Cash For Clunkers - Good Riddance Rollovers

  Eddie Farah | August 13, 2009 10:44 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  First Coast car dealers in Jacksonville seem to be moving ahead with the “Cash for Clunkers” program despite the questions about depleted funds. The government has approved more money to...

• A New Way To Objectively Measure Pain

  Ed Normand | August 12, 2009 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A difficult issue in the presentation of a personal injury claim is whether the victim is truly in pain and if so how much? This is especially true in cases with non surgical injuries or...

• Construction Worker Painting Lines Hit, Killed By SUV

  Eddie Farah | August 12, 2009 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  People who work on our roads often wear brightly colored neon vests and helmets. That is what 37-year-old Cary Fraser was wearing, but it didn't help him to be more visible to a driver of an SUV...

• UM Coverage, …. “Stack” it up and save!

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 10, 2009 10:26 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida has some of the worst laws in the country when it comes to protecting the innocent person injured in a crash. As an accident attorney, it is heartbreaking for me to see legitimately injured...