Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Personal Injury Case Settles

  Evan Rosen | February 22, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our client was involved in an accident when he was broadsided coming through a 4-way stop and suffered substantial injuries which required him to undergo surgery to his lumbar spine and cervical spine. The defendant driver was saying that she was not negligent in driving her vehicle and hence her insurance carrier was denying liability on the claim. Thereafter, depositions were taken of an...

• I-95 Auto Accident Involving Car, Bus

  Eddie Farah | March 07, 2008 12:59 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There was no match between a tour bus with 60 people on board and a car. The two tangled on Interstate 95 this afternoon. The bus won.The two vehicles were traveling southbound on I-95 just beyond International Golf Parkway.Four people were in the car. All were injured and taken to Flagler Hospital. There is no word on their condition.Everyone on the bus was okay except they couldn't get the...

• Elderly Woman Walking Hit By Elderly Driver

  Eddie Farah | February 15, 2008 12:42 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Dora Krone was either 91 or 101 depending on whom you listen to.But her friends say she liked to be active and frequently walked for exercise, even though she used a walker.Dora was doing just that Wednesday about 5 p.m. when she was hit be a car at the intersection of North Main and Sycamore Street.The driver was an 84-year old women, Lois Ponsel, who law enforcement says was not speeding....

• DUI Woman Could Get 25 Years for Auto Accident

  Eddie Farah | January 26, 2008 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Lisa Green appeared before a judge Thursday morning facing two counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury and one count of DUI manslaughter.Green, 43, allegedly got drunk and drove her Mitsubishi off the road at I-95 and Baymeadows just days before Thanksgiving. Three men were working surveying in the area and Green plowed into Mike McAndrews killing him. The other two men were hospitalized...

• What happens if No-Fault expires on October 1

  Evan Rosen | August 16, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It seems most likely that come October 1st, Florida's No-Fault law will expire. What will happen then? Well first of all, drivers will not be required to carry Personal Injury Protection insurance. People will probably wish to up their uninsured motorist coverage at that point and possibly health insurance as well, because Florida still does not have a law requiring people to carry insurance...

• It's Illegal To Leave Kids Alone In A Hot Car

  Eddie Farah | July 12, 2007 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Not only is it dangerous and potentially deadly to leave children in a hot car, but it's also illegal.As temperatures rise into the 90's, it's time to remember that state law makes it illegal to leave a child alone in a hot car for longer than 15 minutes.A car can quickly become as hot as an oven.From heat cramps to heat stroke can take very few minutes. A car can heat up to 110 degrees within...

• Jury Awards $21.6 Million to Widower Over Distracted Driver

  Eddie Farah | June 23, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It was a crowded rush hour road and one distracted driver that proved the fatal formula for Lesley Beers in 2004 in West Palm Beach.Her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company in whose care the distracted driver, Sheila Hulick was talking on the phone.Thursday, a jury agreed. After two hours of deliberations, they awarded Stephen Beers $21.6 million for the wrongful death of...

• Ronald Rosen - Personal Injury Expert

  Evan Rosen | November 07, 2006 9:56 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  RONALD ROSEN - A Civil Trial Specialist AV Rated: the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory reserved for a select group of attorneys with the very highest standards of legal expertise and professional reputation. Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer: In addition to passing a difficult exam, recommendations by four attorneys and at least one judge are required. Selected and...

• Guilty Pleas in road rage death.

  Eddie Farah | October 24, 2006 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Monday, Dr. Salim Ghazi appeared before Judge Ruth in Jacksonville, Florida on charges of vehicular homicide in the November 2005 road rage death of a 24 year-old Jacksonville woman. He plead guilty to two counts of reckless driving and was sentenced to one year probation and 150 hours community service.This plead agreement was offered by the State's Attorney Office with the consent of the...

• Man Killed in Multiple Tractor Trailer Accident

  Staff Writer | December 23, 2005 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police released the name of a man who was killed in an accident involving two tractor trailers on the Palmetto Expressway earlier this month. Carlos Perez was driving northbound on the Palmetto Expressway when he came upon an accident involving a tractor trailor and a Toyota truck, the driver of which was also injured.Perez crashed into the stopped truck and was hit from behind by a second...