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Three 2-ounce bottles of mercury found in a homeowner’s garage and opened could see clean-up costs reach $250,000 after decontamination effort in a suburban neighborhood spread to several homes along Northwest Third Place in Margate, the Sun Sentinel reports. After a resident found the three small bottles of the liquid metal in his garage, heContinue reading “Margate mercury spill highlights personal injury and premise liability hazards at home”

For 67-year-old Palm Beach County Judge Nelson Bailey, a trip to the hospital nearly cost him his life. After undergoing abdominal surgery to address his diverticulitis, the Judge’s condition continued to worsen. For five months he suffered, returning to his primary care physician with complaints of abdominal pain and undergoing repeated CT scans, the PalmContinue reading “Local judge wins Palm Beach medical malpractice claim against Good Samaritan Medical Center”

A North Miami resident and University of Wyoming freshman linebacker was killed and three of his fellow teammates were injured when their car rolled during an early morning one-car accident in Colorado, the Miami Herald reports. The 19-year-old is remembered as a Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna football star and the 2009 All-Broward County linebacker. According to policeContinue reading “Former high school football star’s death illustrates risk to teen drivers involved in Florida car accidents”

A 49-year-old man remains at Bayfront Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after being struck while riding his bicycle by a car that left the scene. The cyclist was riding on the street but was thrown to the sidewalk where he hit his head on a light pole base, the St. Petersburg Times reports. In 2009,Continue reading “Late night hit-and-run reflects danger of South Florida bicycle accidents”

Since August 18, there have been five reported Florida school bus accidents that have involved at least 70 school children and claimed the lives of one school bus driver and the driver of a pickup truck. The 57-year-old school bus driver was killed in Jefferson County after her bus veered from County Road 257 andContinue reading “Five Florida school bus accidents in less than a month raise liability issues”

A 26-year-old Lantana woman and her passenger were both seriously injured after the driver blacked out and crashed her Honda Civic into a home off West Ocean Avenue Sunday afternoon, the Palm Beach Post News reports. Officers responding to the Palm Beach car accident reported that the driver had not taken her anti-seizure medication priorContinue reading “Palm Beach car accident leaves two seriously injured at Delray Medical Center”

Driver fatigue has been linked to more than 100,000 serious car accidents annually that leave 71,000 people injured, 1,550 dead and cost more than $12.5 billion in damages and lost wages, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports. For the family of eight-year-old Ronshay Dugan, who was killed two years ago in a Tallahassee multi-vehicleContinue reading “South Florida drivers beware: drowsy driving linked to 1,500 fatal car accidents annually”

What started with a brawl between two minors waiting in a movie ticket line quickly spread to a melee involving hundreds of teens gathered at Aventura Mall Saturday night, the Miami Herald reports. Before the chaos was quelled, mall security and dozens of law enforcement officers from different agencies around Miami-Dade descended on the crowd.Continue reading “Incidents at Aventura Mall highlight South Florida premise liability, negligent security issues”

What started with a brawl between two minors waiting in a movie ticket line quickly spread to a melee involving hundreds of teens gathered at Aventura Mall Saturday night, the Miami Herald reports. Before the chaos was quelled, mall security and dozens of law enforcement officers from different agencies around Miami-Dade descended on the crowd.Continue reading “South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog — Page 72 of 76 — Published by Broward County, Florida Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys — Freeman Injury Law”

Last week Toyota rolled out one of its largest recalls since the auto manufacturer started recalling cars and trucks in October 2009. Toyota is recalling 1.3 million Corolla and Matrix models in the U.S. and Canada that may contain a defective part in the engine control module responsible for regulating engine performance, wftv.com reports. TheContinue reading “Ongoing Toyota recalls highlights dangers of West Palm Beach car accidents caused by defective vehicles”