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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

Florida Highway Patrol Crack Down Hopes to Prevent Motorcycle Accidents

Posted on May 07, 2009
As personal injury attorneys practicing in Broward County, we commend the Florida Highway Patrol and Broward County Sheriff's Office on their upcoming crackdown on aggressive motorcyclists. Too often, the reckless and aggressive driving of motorcyclists cause accidents resulting in injuries and wrongful death...

Car Accident Involving Miami Dade Police Officer Results in Wrongful Death of Mother

Posted on March 01, 2009

Cruise Ship Excursion in Dominica Ends in Bus Accident

Posted on February 26, 2009
As Florida Attorneys we are always sorry to hear about tourists who are injured in bus and car accidents caused cruise line tour operators in foreign countries. Unfortunately, another preventable accident happened this week, when fourteen passenger traveling on the Celebrity Cruise Lines Summit, were injured, many critically, when the tour bus type vehicle they were in, crashed outside of Roseau, Dominica's capital...

Suspended Florida Drivers Cause Too Many Car Accidents

Posted on February 20, 2009
As Florida Attorneys, we are distressed at the alarming number of people who are driving on Florida roads with suspended or revoked drivers licenses. Those same motorists, which in 2008, alone, totaled more than two million, caused almost 20 percent of all car accidents resulting in wrongful deaths, according to a AAA study...

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Hit and Run Car Accident Leaves Two Dead in Ft. Lauderdale

Posted on February 13, 2009
As Florida Lawyers, working in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, we are saddened when tourists, those coming to our city to enjoy themselves, are wrongfully killed by the carelessness of speeding motorists. Unfortunately, such another tragedy happened today when two British tourists were killed in a hit-and-run car accident outside of the Marriott Hotel in which they were staying...

Florida Drivers Beware, Car Accidents Caused by Uninsured Motorists Expected to Rise

Posted on January 22, 2009
As Florida Lawyers who represent injured victims of car accidents, we are concerned about a recent report from an insurance research group indicating that the country's current financial recession will result in a sharp increase in uninsured motorists, particularly in Florida, by 2010...

Palm Beach County Car Accident Results in Mother's Death

Posted on January 10, 2009
As Florida Lawyers who handle serious injury and wrongful death car accidents, we are truly distressed by the tragic story of a mother of eight who died today due to the recklessness of an unlicensed and drunk driver, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office...

Court Rejects Claims of Floridians injured by Medical Products Liability

Posted on January 07, 2009
As Florida Lawyers we are truly disappointed by the current state of the law regarding the erosion of injured victims rights caused by the negligence of medical product manufacturers. A Federal Judge in Minnesota just dismissed cases brought by thousands of injured patients with heart-defibrillator wires which were proven to fracture, shock and sometimes kill patients ...

Florida Court Says Injured Kids Can Sue Even if Parents Sign Waiver

Posted on December 11, 2008
In some great news for children who are unfortunately injured in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that parents are not authorized to sign a personal injury or accident release/waiver on behalf of their minor child. As Florida Lawyers, we commend the Court's ruling, which will allow children injured while participating in a commercial activity, such as at amusement parks, to seek compensation for damages caused by the negligence of the business operator...

Four Dead In Broward Car Accidents

Posted on October 31, 2008
As Florida Lawyers, we are sad to report that last evening was one of the deadliest in memory, as three different car accidents resulted in the wrongful deaths of four people. The collisions included an accident in which two vehicles erupted in flames...

Florida Lawyers Can Help Injured Workers Again

Posted on October 24, 2008
On behalf of Florida Lawyers, we are overjoyed to give some great news for workers injured in Florida. The Florida Supreme Court declared the Worker's Compensation Law, enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2003, to be ambiguous. finding that claimant's attorneys are entitled to recover a "reasonable? attorney?s fee...

Broward Sherrif Hopes to Prevent Deadly Car Accidents

Posted on October 16, 2008
On the heals of being informed that Ft. Lauderdale is one of the aggressive driving capitals of the State of Florida, in which too many people suffer wrongful deaths in car accidents, the Broward Sheriff's Office announced a law enforcement agreement which permits any police officer to cite aggressive drivers everywhere in Broward County...

Car Accident in Ft. Lauderdale Results in Multiple Injuries

Posted on October 15, 2008
In an unusual series of circumstances, a multi-vehicle car accident, in which one of the cars collided with a Broward County Bus, forcing another one of the cars into a bus bench, resulting in injuries to seven people, who were taken to Broward General Hospital...

Don't Cause a Car Accident in Davie, Florida, It Will Cost You

Posted on September 18, 2008
In what we can only imagine is the beginning of an alarming trend, drivers who cause car accidents in the Town of Davie, Florida, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, will be billed close to a $1,000.00 by the Town for expenses supposedly incurred in their handling of those car accidents...

South Florida Car Accident Deaths Declining

Posted on August 31, 2008
Finally in some good news for Broward County residents, police are reporting a seven percent decline in car and motorcycle deaths this year, compared to 2007. This makes the second consecutive year of such decline. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, car and motorcycle accident wrongful deaths are decreasing monthly...

Injured Florida Car Accident Victims Cannot Sue Rental Car Companies

Posted on August 20, 2008
In what is certainly bad news for those injured in car accidents caused by the negligence of rental car drivers, Federal Law now definitively prevents any such personal injury cases against those rental car companies. While the United States Congress previously enacted the so-called Graves Amendment, a number of lower courts in Miami and Ft...

Disabled Truck Drivers Cause Many Deadly Accidents

Posted on July 21, 2008
According to a recent government report, many truck accidents, especially those resulting in wrongful death, particularly in Florida, are caused by truck drivers with diagnosed disabling medical conditions. Even though many of the drivers receive social security disability payments, for seizures, heart attacks or loss of consciousness, thousands of those same truck drivers also have valid commercial driver's licenses...

Car Accident In Miramar Leads to Wrongful Death of Baby

Posted on July 06, 2008
In what we consider to be the most tragic, and preventable, type of wrongful death, an early Sunday morning car accident in Miramar, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, left a less than one year old baby dead. Unbelievably, the baby was in a baby carrier which her mother failed to secure...

New Florida Law Hopes to Prevent Motorcycle Accidents

Posted on June 25, 2008
All we can say is, "it is about time," as Florida will finally require anyone who wants to get a motorcycle license to undergo a basic riding course. Given the number of motorcycle accidents, particularly in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, too many of which result in serious spinal cord injuries, we certainly believe that this new law will have a beneficial effect...

Police Enforce "Move Over" Law to Prevent Roadside Car Accidents

Posted on June 24, 2008
In their annual effort to remind Florida motorists of their need to comply with the "move over" law, the Florida Highway Patrol is beginning a strict enforcement policy this week. The increased police effort is to hopefully prevent needless roadside car accidents, which, on too many occasions, lead to the wrongful death of an emergency worker...

Staring at Crashed Fort Lauderdale Police Car Causes Four Car Accidents

Posted on June 11, 2008
Consider this one as a wake up call for all Florida drivers to avoid being distracted by car accidents they drive past. Today, four separate car accidents occurred along I-95 in Boynton Beach, due to drivers taking their eyes of the road. The car accidents happened when, as described by the Florida Highway Patrol "people started slowing down to see [a] wrecked [Fort Lauderdale Police Department] patrol car on the road and they were hitting each other...

Car Accident Claims Life of University of Miami Law Professor

Posted on June 09, 2008
The University of Miami School of Law lost a pillar of it's community, when a Sunday morning car accident outside of downtown Miami claimed the life of Professor Alan Swan. Professor Swan died from injuries suffered in the collision which occurred Sunday morning on northbound S...

Wrong Way Car Accident In Boca Raton Leaves One Dead

Posted on June 06, 2008
A car driving against traffic on Interstate 95 caused a car accident which left one person dead and injured two others in Boca Raton Friday evening. The car, identified as a Jaguar, was going the wrong way on I-95, just north of Yamato Road, when it caused an SUV to overturn...

Hallandale Hopes Red Light Cameras Will Prevent Car Accidents

Posted on June 05, 2008
The city of Hallandale, which is just south of Fort Lauderale in Broward County, is hoping that installing red-light cameras at busy and dangerous intersections will, in the words of Police chief Tom Magill, "reduce the risk of injuries to our citizens," by reducing, if not preventing, car accidents...

Boca Raton Car Accident Leaves Children Critically Injured

Posted on June 01, 2008
In what should be a lesson to all parents, a father and two children, none of whom were wearing seat belts or child safety seats, suffered critical injuries in a Sunday morning car accident on I-95 in Boca Raton. Fire Rescue took the injured to Delray Medical Center...

Ft. Lauderdale Train Accident Leaves One Dead

Posted on May 21, 2008
A Coral Springs Man died when his car was unable to clear the railroad crossing on West Atlantic Blvd., in Ft. Lauderdale, and was struck by an Amtrack Train. The train, which was traveling from Miami to New York, was going approximately 80 m.p.h. when it had the accident with a car driven by Shawn Crowell...

Florida Leads Nation in Boating Accident Deaths

Posted on May 09, 2008
Not surprisingly, given our location and the number of boaters in Florida, we again lead the nation in the number of boating accident fatalities. Unfortunately, Miami-Dade County has the dubious distinction of leading the State, having had 13 such wrongful deaths last year...

Hollywood Car Accident with Tractor Trailer Leaves One Dead

Posted on May 06, 2008
A late night car accident in Hollywood, Florida, between a car and a tractor trailer resulted in the wrongful death of the car's driver. The car was heading south on the Florida Turnpike when it apparently lost control, crashed through a concrete wall and into oncoming traffic...

Florida Smokers Can Claim Part of $600 Million Fund

Posted on April 26, 2008
A Miami Dade County Judge ruled that Florida smokers, former smokers and survivors of smokers may be eligible for a portion of an unprecedented fund of $600 million which was established by the tobacco industry. The qualifications are: the disease or medical condition must have been first diagnosed or manifested itself before November 21, 1996; and claimants will be required to submit "contemporaneous, verifiable proof," mainly medical records dated before November 21, 1996, to support their claim...

Car Accident Victims Receive Improved Protection in Side Impact Accidents

Posted on April 10, 2008
According to a report release today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, new mid-size cars fared much better, than prior year's testing, in protecting victims of side-impact car accidents. The tests were done to determine what type of injuries, serious or otherwise, occupants involved in a variety of accidents would suffer...

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