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A Palm Beach work accident sent a man to the hospital after he fell 30 feet inside a water tank, the Palm Beach Post reported. Fall Accidents at work are one of the leading causes of employee injuries nationwide, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue said the man was workingContinue reading “Falls a leading cause of serious and fatal work accidents in West Palm Beach, throughout South Florida”

Florida authorities are joining forces to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving stopped emergency vehicles or construction zones, where crashes are among the leading causes of fatal South Florida road construction accidents, according to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Construction zones and stopped emergency vehicles are a break from the drivingContinue reading “Auto Accident Category Archives — Page 16 of 19”

Florida authorities are joining forces to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving stopped emergency vehicles or construction zones, where crashes are among the leading causes of fatal South Florida road construction accidents, according to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Construction zones and stopped emergency vehicles are a break from the drivingContinue reading “South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog — Page 70 of 76 — Published by Broward County, Florida Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys — Freeman Injury Law”

Florida authorities are joining forces to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving stopped emergency vehicles or construction zones, where crashes are among the leading causes of fatal South Florida road construction accidents, according to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Construction zones and stopped emergency vehicles are a break from the drivingContinue reading “State enforcement of Move Over law aims to reduce chance of car accidents in West Palm Beach, throughout South Florida”

The Army has developed a simple blood test that can diagnose minor traumatic brain injury or concussion, the USA Today reported. Such a breakthrough would have a wide range of uses in diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injury from Fort Lauderdale car accidents or injuries caused by bicycle, pedestrian or slip and fall accidents. TBI can beContinue reading “Mild traumatic brain injury often undiagnosed”

For the elementary school students at Pine Joe Elementary in West Palm Beach, participating in the Oct. 6 Walk to School day event meant more than getting some fresh air and a traffic safety lessons on their way to and from school, the Sun Sentinel reports. For them, as much as it was about exercise,Continue reading “Student safety campaign aims to reduce pedestrian accidents in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach”

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is urging residents to wear white on Tuesday as part of a statewide “White Out” of teen traffic accidents. The awareness effort is part of National Teen Driver Safety Week, which runs from Oct. 17 to 23. Car accidents in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach andContinue reading “Tuesday’s “White Out” aims to highlight risk of car accidents involving teenagers in Fort Lauderdale and throughout Florida”

A 73-year-old Tampa woman reported missing by her family last Sunday was located with 24 hours more than two hours from home, ABC Action News reports. She apparently became lost en route to visit her brother at a nearby nursing home after dropping her daughter off at church. She was found in her car justContinue reading “Choosing the proper South Florida nursing home an important decision”

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”