Posts tagged auto accident

• Bicyclist Critical After Hit By Five Time DUI Offender

  Eddie Farah | September 08, 2009 4:57 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This is a tragic story. A 77-year-old man, riding his bicycle 10 a.m. Saturday morning on Seminole Road in Atlantic Beach, was hit by the driver of an SUV. Charges have now been filed against the...

• 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,...

• 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...

• Relief From Unfair Hospital Billing Practices

  Ed Normand | July 24, 2009 1:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  There is a little known but highly unfair practice in charges for hospital care. That is that a private pay or uninsured patient is charged much more for the exact same services than is charged...

• Disney Bus Crash Highlights Legal Double Standard

  Ed Normand | July 23, 2009 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Of course we have all heard about the recent tragic death at Disney caused by two Walt Disney world monorail trains colliding. Recently, on July 16, there was a Disney bus crash where 12...

• Drugged Drivers are Running Rampant

  Ed Normand | July 17, 2009 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The good news is: the percentage of drunk drivers on the road is decreasing. The bad news is that drivers under the influence of drugs are more prevalent than ever. Many times drugs may impair...

• Florida Statutes of Limitations

  Ed Normand | July 15, 2009 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many times we are asked about how long someone has to make a recovery or to sue on a claim in Florida. The answer is found in the statute of limitations laws of Florida. They govern the time to sue...

• Jacksonville - Most Crashes In Florida In 2008

  Eddie Farah | July 08, 2009 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just how are we doing as a state in regard to highway fatalities? A new report issued from the Florida Highway Patrol compiled crash data from around the state for 2008. Unbelievably- Jacksonville...

• It's National Tire Safety Week Again - Who knew?

  Sandy Grinnell | June 11, 2009 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There used to be a tv ad man here in Orlando who used to say tires ain't pretty. But they are pretty important when it comes to preventing auto accidents. It's why for the past 7 years tire...

• Texting While Driving Still Legal in Florida

  Joe Saunders | June 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While driving to work this morning I noticed a middle-aged man next to me in an SUV, smoking a cigarette in one hand, shaving with the other hand and still driving. By the way, he had a cell phone...