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Florida Personal Injury Law Blog

Information, news, and recent legal updates in legal matters involving medical malpractice, car accidents, products liability, wrongful death, slip/trip and fall accidents.
By Joseph I. Lipsky, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 21, 2011 at 13:45:22

Miami Construction Accident Leaves Two Dead

Posted on March 25, 2008
Two workers died today in a construction accident when a 39 story crane collapsed. The crane, which fell from a height of hundreds of feet, landed on the construction site's "safety office," causing the wrongful death of Jeremy Thonsbury, a 21 year old from Tamarac, and another, yet to be identified, worker...

Florida Highway Patrol Cracks Down to Prevent Deadly Car Accidents

Posted on March 06, 2008
Given the increasing number of police officers injured and killed in car accidents, while they are involved in traffic stops along Florida highways, the Florida Highway Patrol and the Broward County Sheriff's Department are starting a zero tolerance initiative to enforce the State's "Move Over" law...

Ft. Lauderdale Car Accident Results in Wrongful Death of Teenager

Posted on March 03, 2008
In what we truly consider the epitome of a wrongful death and clearly a tragedy, a 19 year old from Oakland Park, a city adjacent to Ft. Lauderdale, who was wearing her seat-belt, died in a car accident Sunday evening. The accident which occurred on the ramp heading from southbound I-95 to 595, was caused when a "phantom vehicle" swerved into the 19 year old's lane, causing her to take evasive action and strike a large sign post...

Miami Car Accident Results in Death

Posted on March 02, 2008
Friday was a deadly night on the MacCarthur Causeway, the main roadway from Miami to South Beach, as a three car accident resulted in the wrongful death of an occupant of one of the vehicles. The accident occurred when a Toyota sports car collided with a Chevy Blazer and then rolled over...

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Motorcycle Accident Leaves One Dead in Miami

Posted on February 15, 2008
Thursday night, which is a popular night for high performance motorcyclists in Miami to cruise the streets, was a deadly night, as a twenty something year old male died this morning when he had an accident after losing control of his high performance motorcycle in Miami...

Student On His Way To School Involved in Car Accident

Posted on January 30, 2008
In a wake up call for Florida drivers, a student on his way to class at Hallandale High School, located in a suburb of Broward County, was the victim of a serious car accident, when a van, driven by an unidentified female, struck him. According to police and witnesses, the student was within the school zone when the van struck him...

Deadly Car Accidents in Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale result in Pedestrian Death

Posted on January 18, 2008
In a wake-up call for pedestrians, separate car accidents resulted in the wrongful death of a 71 year old woman in Delray Beach, a suburb in Palm Beach County, and critical injuries to a man in Ft. Lauderdale. Both accident victims were pedestrians. An SUV being operated by a driver with a suspended license struck the Delray Beach victim...

Car Accident in Deerfield Beach Leaves One Dead

Posted on December 27, 2007
A family trip ended tragically when a head-on car accident in Deerfield Beach resulted in the wrongful death of one driver and spinal cord injuries to two others. The accident, which happened at the 300 block of S.E. 10th Street, in northern Broward County, occurred when the driver of one of the cars veered into oncoming traffic...

Broward County Pedestrian Dies in Truck Accident

Posted on December 12, 2007
In a wake up call for pedestrians throughout the State of Florida, a man from Davie, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, died after being involved in a truck accident this past weekend. The pedestrian was attempting to cross West Stirling Road when he was hit by an SUV...

Two Dead in Separate Miami Car Accidents

Posted on December 10, 2007
In continuing with our last entry about local alcohol related accidents, two South Florida residents, one from Miami and the other from Sunrise, died in separate car accidents when each of them were struck by cars driven by apparent drunk drivers. The first victim was a tow truck driver who was attempting to help some motorists, who themselves had an accident...

Motorbike Accident Leaves Two Dead in Ft. Lauderdale

Posted on December 04, 2007
In the unfortunate start of what appears to be another deadly holiday season for accidents on Florida roadways, two Broward County residents, one from Davie and the other from Miramar, died this week when they fell off of a motor scooter, landed on US1 and were run over by other cars...

Florida Landowners Now Liable for Car Accidents Caused by Their Landscaping

Posted on November 22, 2007
In some great news for Florida drivers, the Florida Supreme Court held that homeowners may be liable for personal injuries and wrongful death from car accidents which are caused by the landowner's failure to prevent their landscaping from overlapping into a public right of way and obstructing other traffic or traffic signs and signals...

Palm Beach Jury Finds ATV Owner Liable for Accident

Posted on November 07, 2007
A West Palm Beach Jury held the owners of an all terrain vehicle (ATV) responsible for the wrongful death of a 13 year old Boca Raton child and ordered them to pay the grieving parents $3.6 million dollars. The child was driving the ATV when she lost control, struck a tree and died...

FHP Reacts to Deadly Truck Crashes with Crackdown

Posted on October 26, 2007
Due to a disproportionate number of deadly car accidents involving commercial trucks, the Florida Highway Patrol is heightening enforcement of aggressive tractor trailer drivers in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. The so-called "Operation Safe Ride" is part of the state's ongoing efforts to reduce wrongful deaths and personal injuries on Florida highways...

Lack of Security Results in Third Attack at Pompano Casino

Posted on October 25, 2007
In what appears to be another example of a business' negligent failure to provide adequate security to their customers, two elderly patrons of the Isle of Capri Casino in Pompano Beach were were attacked while exiting the Casino. These attacks were the third such incidents to happen in the past month, the other two resulted in extensive personal injuries...

"Put the Brakes on Fatalities" to Stop Florida Car Accident Deaths

Posted on October 10, 2007
Florida drivers are urged to be extra cautious today, the seventh annual "Put The Brakes on Fatalities Day." The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, in an effort to help reduce the more than 3,365 wrongful deaths which result from car accidents in Florida each year, is joining in the national observation of this special day...

Florida Legislature Says Car Accident Victims Must Still Have PIP

Posted on October 05, 2007
You can file this one as more news than my opinion, this afternoon the Florida Legislature passed a new version of the so called "PIP," personal injury protection law, which will apply to all Florida drivers and car accident victims effective January 1, 2008...

Injured Florida Car Accident Victims Can Sue Rental Car Companies

Posted on September 21, 2007
In what we can only describe as great news for Florida car accident victims, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, which covers Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, declared a Federal Law, which prohibited personal injury lawsuits against car rental companies, as unconstitutional...

Palm Beach and Miami Buck Decline in Car Accident Deaths

Posted on September 20, 2007
In some good news for most of Florida, the death rate for victims of car accidents on Florida Highways fell to new low in 2006. According to the State of Florida Motor Vehicle Department, this is the first time in the last ten years that deaths from car accidents deceased...

Miami SUV Driver Dies on Florida Turnpike

Posted on September 14, 2007
In tragic car accident, a Miami Man, who was not wearing his seat-belt, was run over, when he was thrown from his SUV after it rolled-over on the Florida Turnpike. The SUV swerved several times, and rolled-over at least twice, when the driver was ejected onto the road...

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