Posts tagged florida

• Dewitt Teens Save Car Accident Victims' Lives During Spring Break

  David Mittleman | April 08, 2012 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two Dewitt teens are being hailed as heros after they acted quickly to save two people from a flaming car. Luke Vaughn and Cody Decker arrived at the scene of a burning car crash in Daytona...

• Baby's Finger Cut Off During Routine IV Removal at Florida Hospital

  David Mittleman | March 29, 2012 8:25 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The family of baby Selena is suing Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center and a nurse after the young girl's finger was cut off. Selena's mother, Veronica Olguin, took her daughter the...

• Tragedy on I-75: Was the Highway Safe For Travel After Being Reopened?

  Mark Bello | February 02, 2012 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Heavy smoke and fog blanketed Interstate 75 in north Florida reducing visibility to virtually nothing. Authorities closed a stretch of the highway for more than three hours after a three-vehicle...

• Death by Texting

  Mark Bello | January 09, 2012 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An $8.8 million award to the family of a Miami woman killed in a texting while driving accident has drawn attention to Florida’s lack of distracted driving laws. In 2008, the woman and her...

• Lansing Man Awarded $100 Million in Sex Abuse Case Against Priest

  David Mittleman | November 11, 2011 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Sending a strong message to sexual predators everywhere, a Florida jury awarded $100 million in damages to a man abused by a Catholic priest as a teen. The survivor, now 40 and living in Lansing,...

• Voters Experiencing “Governors Remorse”

  David Mittleman | April 20, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Many of us have felt the sting of “buyer's remorse” - the regret that sets in once the euphoria of purchasing a new (and usually expensive) item wears off. This typically occurs when the...

• Florida Jury Awards $114 Million to Family of Nursing Home Abuse Victim

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Polk County, Florida—a jury recently awarded $114 million to the family of a 76-year-old woman who fell victim to nursing home abuse and subsequently died on July 6, 2003. The verdict...

• Who's Watching Out for You When It Comes to Medical Malpractice?

  David Mittleman | May 24, 2010 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Have you ever wondered who’s looking out for you if you are the victim of medical malpractice? Unfortunately, it’s probably not state departments of health—at least that’s...

• South Florida Psychiatrist's License Suspended After Medication Overdose of Autistic Boy

  David Mittleman | May 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Florida state regulators recently suspended the license of a South Florida psychiatrist who has been linked to the death of a 12-year-old autistic boy who allegedly died of a medication overdose....

• Louisiana Oil Spill Could be Worse than Valdez

  Timothy Smith | April 30, 2010 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi2K_BCPUec As I type this, Deepwater Horizon, a British Petroleum [BP] well located just southwest of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, is spewing nearly 250,000...