Posts tagged crash

• Majority of Work Zone Fatalities are Motorists, Pedestrians

  Ed Normand | April 25, 2012 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video from the New York Times was part of a December 2009 story about deadly accidents in highway work zones around the country. The segment above begins with the story of a 42-year-old...

• Plane Crashed into Publix Supermarket in Deland Florida

  Ed Normand | April 03, 2012 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A plane recently crashed into a Publix Supermarket in Deland Florida injuring the plane occupants and some of the shoppers in the store. A briefing is being held now by the National...

• Should More Action Be Taken After Yesterdays Fatal Crash?

  Ed Normand | January 30, 2012 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Poor visibility on Interstate 75 was the cause of a fatal car accident killing 10 early Sunday morning. Involved in this car accident were tractor trailers, passenger vehicles, and even a mobile...

• The Reason For The Rise In Florida Auto Accident Insurance Fraud

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2012 11:36 AM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fraud related to Florida auto accidents is a huge problem. The cause of the problem is well known: Florida's Personal Injury Protection Insurance (PIP) laws give an automatic $10,000.00 in...

• Death Toll Hits Eleven As Florida Remembers Fallen Nevada Air Show Pilot

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 27, 2011 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Jimmy Leeward, Florida pilot killed in Nevada airshow crash has been remembered as a skilled, humble man of high integrity. Leeward, nicknamed “The Galloping Ghost,” died in a crash in...

• Trucker Fatigue Prompts For a New Federal Safety Law

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 08, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Federal regulators say that trucker fatigue is causing fatal accidents, even as the number of fatal truck crashes has dropped in recent years after a major overhaul of rules that took effect in...

• Summary of Florida Motorcycle Helmet and Insurance Laws

  Ed Normand | August 17, 2011 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  If an adult meets certain insurance standards under their motorcycle policy, Florida law does not require that person to wear a helmet while on a motorcycle. Most bikers are safer riders and yet,...

• Cirrus Crash in Palm Bay, FL

  Jerry H. Trachtman | July 25, 2011 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Saturday July 23, 2011 a Cirrus SR22 went down at the east coast Florida city of Palm Bay, killing the pilot and his wife. In TV news interviews, witnesses at the scene said the engine was...

• Florida Legislators Reject Safer Booster Seat Law

  Laurie Briggs | May 18, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sometimes politics isn’t politics, it’s just plain stupid. One recent case in point – the Florida Legislature’s refusal to pass a law requiring the use of booster seats...

• Defendant Denies Auto Crash Ever Took Place

  Brian Denney | November 05, 2010 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This story is both a sad one and a happy one; about a client of Jack Hill’s and this law firm. Niven Anderson was 59 years old and had experienced what can only be called really bad luck. In...