Posts tagged auto accidents

• Electronic Logs Can Stop Truck Accidents

  Ed Normand | September 03, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Currently, the Federal Regulations for interstate trucking place limits on the hours that interstate truckers may drive. Most truckers follow the regulations but some do not. Recent polls of long distance truck drivers revealed that up to 16% of them had fallen asleep while driving at least once in the previous month. Up to 48% operated a truck while sleepy in the prior week.. Some trucking...

• Fatal Car Accident Closes I-4

  Sandy Grinnell | July 24, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One person was killed and three more injured in an early morning car crash involving three vehicles on I-4. One of the vehicles left the highway, went thru a guardrail and landed on a power pole below at the intersection of Wymore and Rogers. After being ejected from the vehicles, one of the injured was airlifted to ORMC and the other two went to ORMC and Florida Hospital via ambulance. Power...

• I-75 Crash Claims Two Lives

  Joe Saunders | October 01, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An overnight crash in Sarasota near the Bee Ridge Road exit on Interstate 75 has claimed the lives of two adults. I-75 northbound was closed for hours as a result of the 12 car accident which included a tractor trailer truck. The truck was driving northbound at approximately 12:30am and had its cruise control on and set at 70 m.p.h. when the crash occurred. According to the tractor trailer...

• Florida House Bill 427 Bad for Small Business

  Steve Watrel | January 26, 2012 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Florida Legislature began its session this month. As usual, the main focus is promoting the agenda of the insurance industry and big business. You would think that at a time where many...

• Florida No Fault Auto Insurance Law Expires

  Joe Saunders | October 02, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Florida no fault auto insurance law expired yesterday after the Florida Legislature did not renew the law this year. As of yesterday, Florida no fault personal injury protection insurance is not required anymore. This insurance required that persons injured in auto accidents make a claim against their own auto insurance for the first $10,000 of medical bills or wages even if a careless...

• Rear-end Collision Not Always Fault Of Just One Driver

  Bob Carroll | January 03, 2006 5:42 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Floride appellate court opinion has again reminded us that sometimes the lead vehicle in a rear-end collision can bear some, even most, of the legal responsibility. It appears from the opinion that a jury actually determined the lead driver was more at fault than the rear driver. Because of the doctrine of comparative negligence that jury decision would significantly reduce the damages...

• Allstate Can't Sell New Auto Insurance Policies in Florida

  Joe Saunders | January 17, 2008 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has suspended the license of Allstate Insurance Company from selling new auto insurance policies in the state of Florida because of their relationship with rating organizations such as AM Best and Hurricane modeling companies and industry trade groups. This is an unprecedented move in Florida and sends a clear warning to other auto insurance companies...

• New PIP Auto Insurance Deal Reached

  Ed Normand | October 05, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A deal has been reached in the Florida Legislature on Personal Injury Protection Insurance/No Fault (PIP). The old no fault law had been around for about four decades. It expired October 1. Governor Crist put it on the agenda for the current special legislative session. Much to the chagrin of the Auto Insurance Industry a bill reinstating PIP has passed. The bill has the approval of ...

• "Ask Gary" Issues in Lawyer Advertising

  Ed Normand | July 03, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to recent press reports The Florida Bar has taken action against a number of lawyers who have obtained clients from the 1-800-ASK-GARY referral service. Ask Gary advertisements targeted auto accident victims inviting them to call the service where they were referred to various service providers including chiropractic and legal services. Much of the medical and chiropractic care is...

• I Like No-Fault Insurance Because State Farm Does Not

  Bob Carroll | February 21, 2007 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One advantage to practicing law in Florida for over 36 years is the perspective you have of automobile insurance in our state.Prior to 1972 the No-Fault system and coverage did not exist. The insurance industry in Florida and across the nation did not like that situation. It argued for the need to enact restrictions on the right to sue for damages as a result of an automobile accident and to...