Posts tagged auto accidents

• 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...

• 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...

• Cooper Tire Under Fire

  Joe Saunders | July 24, 2006 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's bad enough the company has been accused of manufacturing defective tires that have led to serious injury and fatalities. It's quite another when that same company uses deceptive practices to hide such information to protect itself from a lawsuit. According to an article published in the St. Petersburg TimesAt least 21 lawsuits involving 12 deaths have been filed against Cooper Tire in...

• "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-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...

• 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...

• Hot Pursuit Deaths Become Hot Issue

  Bob Carroll | December 20, 2005 3:42 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A few years ago I represented the survivors of a father and his married daughter who were killed when a police hot pursuit ended tragically with a violent head-on collision. It was clear in that case that the police had violated the internal Police Department policies against hot pursuits of non-violent subjects. Now, two more needless deaths have occurred in the Orlando area as a result of...

• Four Vehicle Accident Shuts Down County Line Road

  Christina Cole | June 15, 2007 12:32 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  County Line Road was shut down for several hours, Thursday, while Florida Highway Patrol investigated a four-vehicle car accident.The four vehicles were traveling east on County Line Road when a Mitsubishi in the front, stopped to make a left turnt. Two cars behind the Mitsubishi also stopped, but a Ford F350 pickup crashed into the last vehicle setting off a chain reaction of rear-end...

• Aggressive Driving, Road Rage Have Similar Causes but are Different Offenses

  Council Wooten | April 11, 2012 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video features a WPTV-TV report about a campaign by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) to crack down on aggressive driving. While this story revolves around one phase of the campaign that...

• Fiery Car Crash Claims Lives of 5 High School Grads

  Sandy Grinnell | June 28, 2007 11:26 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Once again a fatal auto accident has claimed the lives of 5 young teens. Our hearts go out to the grieving family and friends of Fairport, NY, a suburb of Rochester, for the tragic loss of these recent high school graduates.The five teenage girls were on their way to the family camp of one of the victims. When the Chevy Blazer they were in passed another vehicle, it swerved back across the...