Not all vehicles on the road are privately owned, and governmental entities of every level can have vehicles using public roads at any time. When a state, county or city vehicle is involved with a collision, it can lead to additional steps and complications for anyone who is injured and who would like to enforce [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Hit-and-run accidents are terrible occurrences for many reasons, not the least of which is the feeling that those who suffer as a result have nowhere to turn for help. While help is available for those who need it, many feel that nothing can be done until the driver in a hit-and-run accident is apprehended. The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
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Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle learns to drive defensively for basic reasons. Over time, all of us come to understand and anticipate certain mistakes that other drivers could make and to be prepared to react to them so that we remain safe and avoid accidents. However, some mistakes by other drivers [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 12, 2010
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We’ve been following the process involving a potential law that would outlaw and/or severely limit the ability to send text messages while driving. This process has been slow and seemed to hit a dead-end at times, but now comes word that a bill is making progress in the Florida legislature. There are several steps and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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The law of personal injury generally turns on fault. While this concept seems relatively straightforward, assigning fault based on negligence or recklessness can be a complicated matter when several different parties and forces combine to result in serious injuries. Such a situation played out yesterday in Miami when a police officer and the driver of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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We have all been taught that when we see any sort of emergency vehicle moving through the streets at high speeds and with its sirens blaring that we’re supposed to pull to the side of the road and basically yield the right-of-way. If anyone for whatever reason fails to adhere to that norm, the results [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
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One-vehicle crashes generally only result in loss and damages to the person driving the vehicle in question, unless that accident causes property damage. However, when the driver of a vehicle is carrying passengers, that driver has a duty to keep those passengers safe. Tragically, a one-car crash on Florida’s Turnpike early Sunday morning left two [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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School buses are a mainstay on the roadways both in the morning and in the afternoon, and every parent must trust those charged with transporting their children to and from school to avoid accidents that would place their children in danger. Unfortunately, one child was injured and sent to the hospital this morning after a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Driving under the influence of alcohol is something that too many people still are willing to do despite all of the warnings and hard lessons that have been doled out by countless groups over the years. When someone makes this choice, he or she is not only taking unreasonable risks upon him or herself but [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Many of us are aware of the risks we take on every time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle. However, many also mistakenly believe that police officers are largely immune from these types of dangerous situations. Nothing could be further from the truth, and that reality was proven in the form of tragedy [...]
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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