A recent fatality crash in Florida has been in the spotlight since the battery in the Tesla Model S car reignited not once, but twice, after firemen extinguished the blaze that consumed the vehicle as soon as the crash occurred. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board says that the lithium-ion battery ignited after the car crashed …
A recent road rage incident in Florida resulted in damage to one vehicle, but not in a manner that you might expect. A man stepped out of his vehicle and turned his frustrations on another vehicle behind him. He kicked and punched the grill of the SUV and police from the Hialeah Police Department were called to the scene. The …
A Ford Mustang involved in a fatal crash in Tampa, Florida, has been found to have been traveling much faster than a witness previously reported. Evidence obtained from the Mustang in a search warrant revealed that the car driven by Cameron Herrin was traveling at approximately 102 miles per hour when he struck and killed Jessica Raubenolt and Lillia, her …
A Florida jury recently acquitted the driver of a daycare vehicle in the death of toddler. Jai’Nier Barnes, a 3-year-old child, was left in a hot van by a distracted worker of the In His Arms Christian Academy. The child was found about four hours after being left in the van. Another worker, Louvenia Johnson, is still facing up to …
An infant in Miramar, Florida died after being attacked by a family dog while she was in the care of her grandmother. The 9-month-old was dropped off by her mother in the morning and was sitting in a bouncy chair in one of the bedrooms when she was attacked. The dog that attacked was a three or four-year-old pit bull …
Safety is a top concern for most people. When we leave our homes, we always hope that we will safely return home later that same day. Unfortunately, there are times in which that does not happen, whether you suffer an injury at work, are injured in a car accident, or sustain injuries in some other way that is no fault …
With hurricane season kicking into gear, it is important to be prepared financially for a major storm or emergency event. During the 2017 hurricane season, the southeast saw three major hurricanes, Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and they caused an estimated $67 billion in damages in less than 30 days. The hurricane season is not expected to be any less damaging …
Florida has had a workers’ compensation program in effect since the 1930s. The program was put into action in hopes of protecting workers and making it easier for them to get compensated if they were injured on the job. The trade-off is that workers are not allowed to assign fault to their employer and sue them for their injuries. Like …
Johnson and Johnson has been hit with some 6,000 cases claiming that their baby powder causes ovarian cancer, but last month, the company and its suppliers received a jury verdict penalizing them $21.7 million after a woman claimed exposure to asbestos mixed with the powder caused her to develop mesothelioma, a cancer linked to exposure to asbestos. J&J has denied …
A Florida man was lucky enough to escape injuries after his car plummeted over 50 feet off an elevated highway. The highway patrol says that Thomas Highhouse, age 61, became distracted by his radio and lost control. He drove off the interstate, became airborne, and fell onto the ground below. Alcohol was not a factor in the accident, and Highhouse …
