The Miami Herald reported that an 18 year old woman was hit by another woman accused of driving her vehicle under the influence of alcohol. The woman is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The driver was going north on Virginia Street when she first hit a parked car…
There were two bills pending before the state’s legislature which allow juries to hear evidence that the driver’s negligence contributed to the accident in product liability cases involving automobiles. This would allow juries in Florida to consider all parties fault when determining damages in these legal proceedings. Typical product liability…
According to a report by NBC Miami, on March 28, 2011 a man crossing the street in a wheelchair in the northwest part of Miami was struck by an 18 wheeler and killed in this truck accident. The unidentified man in the wheelchair was crossing NW 27th Avenue heading west…
On February 23, 2011, a man was traveling with his family from Miami to Chicago just days after his wedding when the vehicle was struck by a FedEx truck. Of the seven passengers traveling in the vehicle, three were killed. These included Brianna Chacon, age 10, Tatyana Alvarez, age 11,and…
In 2001, the most dangerous traffic intersection in the country was reported to be right here, north of Miami in Pembroke Pines. State Farm insurance company reported that the intersection of Pines Blvd and Flamingo Road had the highest number of intersection accident claims of any other intersection in the…
In the southwest area of the city , a Miami Dade Transit bus and car were involved in a head on collision. WSVN-TV reports that this accident happened in the morning at the intersection of southwest 56nd Street and 152nd Avenue. Six people on the bus were injured. There has…
Motorcycle accidents continue to be one of the leading causes of death in traffic crashes across the United States and in Miami. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has made an effort to decrease motorcycle fatalities and injuries by 10% between 2008 and 2010. This has been done…
A 20-year-old student from Florida Gulf Coast University lost her life in a car accident recently. Police reports of the accident allege that the young woman was using her cell phone when she lost control of the SUV, according to The Naples Daily News. However, the woman’s boyfriend disputes the…
A Florida man. 44 years old, is accusing a company of negligence arising out of an incident when a peeler machine cut off his penis in an industrial accident last year. The injury occured on January 13, 2010 at Future Foam Carpet Cushion. The law suit alleges that the injured…
Coming in first in a bicycle race is usually a cause for celebration. However, it’s not a win for Florida, which ranks first in the nation in fatal bicycle crashes, according to local news station NBC. Florida has finished in the top three states in the U.S. with the most…