The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced several recalls of products due to fall hazards. Our Palm Beach personal injury lawyers know that property damage, deaths and injuries from defective consumer product occurrences cost the country in excess of $900 billion yearly. A few of the fall hazard recalls…
As a former hospital CEO, Governor Rick Scott doesn’t see through the looking glass from the perspective of a nursing home resident who relies on Medicaid and around-the-clock care to get through the day. Fort Lauderdale nursing home neglect lawyers know that the recent cuts made by Governor Scott will…
Miami-Dade Transit and Metrorail employees all called in sick to protest wage cuts, but the buses were all up and running on schedule on Monday morning. The County is currently facing s $400 million budget deficit in the upcoming year. Officials are looking for any and all ways to cut…
A recent early-morning car accident in Miami killed three motorists, including a mom-to-be and her unborn child. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened when a vehicle, traveling the wrong way on Interstate 75 between Miramar Parkway and Miami Gardens Drive, collided with an oncoming vehicle. The accident…
Two separate Palm Beach County car accidents ended with vehicles under water. The first accident happened in Jupiter. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue reports that a vehicle plunged into a canal on Jupiter Farms Road near 175th Road North. The driver was taken to Jupiter Medical Center, according to the…
The Southeast Florida Regional Transportation Plan 2035 is recommending that our area spends more than 60 percent of the available transportation fund on various alternatives for driving over the next 25 years. These alternatives include bikeways, sidewalks and expanded transit systems. Many residents suggest that these new forms of transit,…
The report from an internal affairs investigation of a boat accident more than a year ago on the Intracoastal Waterway involving a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy was recently released, reports The Palm Beach Post News. The Sheriff’s Deputy who lost her arm in a drunk boating accident near Palm…
A Fort Lauderdale woman and her two children were injured in a SUV rollover accident when a tire on her SUV separated, causing her car to flip several times earlier this week, according to The St. Augustine Record. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that she was heading northbound on Interstate…
There have been a number of products recalled recently by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to help prevent child injury in Port St. Lucie and elsewhere throughout the United States. The CPSC continues to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from a number of…
Back in June, Governor Rick Scott signed a new law into office aimed at strengthening Florida’s “Silver Alert” program, which helps find missing elderly throughout the state. Scott signed the bill, SB 644, at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in West Palm Beach, according to NBC Miami. The law…