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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”

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”