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NHTSA promotes seat belt use as powerful injury-prevention tool for South Florida drivers A two-car accident on I-385 in South Carolina between a 2006 Toyota sedan and 2011 Chevrolet SUV carrying the driver and six passengers, all from South Florida, left one dead and sent seven to an area hospital in a crash that couldContinue reading “Government continues to push seat belts to prevent injuries in Fort Lauderdale car accidents”

As foreclosure rates across South Florida continue to climb, the Miami Herald reports that for the second quarter, foreclosed property made up more than one-in-three home sales. Miami-Dade County reported 4,439 foreclosure sales and Broward County reached almost 5,000 between April and June. And now as fallout from the recent Ally Financial flawed foreclosure documentContinue reading “South Florida vacant properties: Adding premises liability concerns to abandoned property blight”

After being discovered unconscious by their son, a North Miami Beach couple was airlifted to Mercy Hospital where they are being treated in a hyperbaric chamber for carbon monoxide poisoning, CBS-4 reports. A spokesman said the home was equipped with multiple gas appliances and high levels of the odorless, colorless – often deadly – gasContinue reading “North Miami Beach couple poisoned by CO exposure from gas leak spotlights South Florida premises liability and defective product issues”

A 76-year-old resident of the Gainesville Health Care Center was found to have maggots in his eye socket during an examination at a Veterans Administration facility. The Gainesville nursing home where the eye-cancer survivor resides is part of a chain controlled by Maxcine Darville, who was the subject of a Palm Beach Post investigation lastContinue reading “Cases of South Florida nursing home abuse range from simple neglect to the macabe”

A 12-year-old Swain Middle School student was struck and seriously injured Sept. 23 after getting off a school bus and running into the path of a northbound Mercedes-Benz, the Palm Beach Post reports. As our West Palm Beach pedestrian accident attorneys have noted in an early post to our South Florida Injury Lawyer blog, schoolContinue reading “12-year-old school bus rider seriously injured in South Florida pedestrian accident”

A nearly decade-long battle waging between 270 residents of the small community of Tallevast and Fortune 500 giant Lockheed Martin appears to be easing with the pending settlement of a civil suit over contaminated groundwater, the Miami Herald reports. Our South Florida premises liability attorneys have been monitoring the complex case where long-toxic, tainted, propertyContinue reading “Battle between Tallevast residents and Lockheed Martin eases with civil suit settlement over groundwater contamination”

A nearly decade-long battle waging between 270 residents of the small community of Tallevast and Fortune 500 giant Lockheed Martin appears to be easing with the pending settlement of a civil suit over contaminated groundwater, the Miami Herald reports. Our South Florida premises liability attorneys have been monitoring the complex case where long-toxic, tainted, propertyContinue reading “South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog — Page 71 of 76 — Published by Broward County, Florida Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys — Freeman Injury Law”

South Florida personal injury attorneys have been following the developments in the South Miami Hospital case where the accidental circumcision of an eight-day-old infant has both created controversy and led to the filing of a million-dollar lawsuit. The Miami Herald reports that the child was circumcised without the mother’s consent and despite the fact sheContinue reading “Circumcision errors a common cause of medical malpractice claims in Miami, West Palm Beach”

In 2006, a young girl visiting the Wellington Community Center slipped on the deck of the 3-meter diving board overlooking the clear blue water of the pool. She fell through the railing and dropped nearly 10 feet before landing on the pool deck, sustaining a serious head injury that caused seizures. Lawsuits were filed, andContinue reading “Diving boards a frequent cause of swimming pool accidents in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach”

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”