February, 2013 Articles
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 By The Florida Law Group
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has reported on a study showing that most antidepressant medications are associated with alterations of the heart's electrical pulse. These alterations change the ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 By Law Offices of Timothy Grabe
Under Oregon law, a wrongful death claim must be initiated on behalf of surviving family members within three years after the death occurred. A wrongful death is one which is caused by the negligence, ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
One man was killed and others suffered minor injuries after an intoxicated man got behind the wheel of his car over the weekend. J.M., 28 years old, was driving his pickup truck on Saturday morning ...
Continue reading "Cyclist Killed, Others Injured in Accidents in Single DUI Incident" »
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 By The Florida Law Group
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reported that Florida is a leading state in pedestrian accidents. Per statistics, over 5,000 people died while walking in the state ...
Continue reading "Florida’s Pedestrian Accident Statistics" »
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 By Law Offices of Timothy Grabe, PC
The Oregon Department of Transportation's 2010 report concerning traffic accidents in the state showed that fatal crashes had decreased by 11.78 percent. All other statistics, however, reported by ...
Continue reading "Oregon Traffic Accident and Injury Claim Data" »
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
A husband and pregnant wife and their one-year-old son were injured recently in a serious wreck after a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle clipped their midsize SUV. The family was travelling south on ...
Continue reading "Pregnant Woman Loses Baby after Severe Injury Accident Involving FHP Trooper" »
Posted on Feb 25, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
Distracted driving has come to be a significant factor contributing to traffic accidents throughout the U.S. and internationally. This phenomenon occurs when drivers remove their full attention from ...
Continue reading "Distracted Driving Facts and Figures" »
Posted on Feb 25, 2013 By Wendt Goss, P.C.
The Missouri Highway Patrol has reported that 2011 saw close to 143,000 traffic accidents in the state. Their estimates of the economic losses connected with these collisions exceeded $3 billion. 786 ...
Continue reading "Causes of Missouri Traffic Accidents" »
Posted on Feb 24, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
A Coral Springs man, 47-year-old B.O., was driving a van when he was rear ended by another man riding a scooter. B.O. had slowed and then came to a stop due to traffic in front of him but the ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
A local Coral Springs medical building was evacuated in the early evening recently. Several patients and staff at the facility reported having trouble breathing and experiencing eye irritation. ...
Continue reading "Pepper Spray Incident Causes Evacuation of Medical Facility" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
Florida has been ranked as having one of the worst bicycle and pedestrian safety records in the country and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area was ranked as the fourth most dangerous large ...
Continue reading "Bike Safety Focus of Ft. Lauderdale “Safety Party”" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP
Two sisters and their brother were injured recently while they were waiting at the end of their driveway for the school bus. At around 7:30 in the morning a blue compact sedan traveling on the road ...
Continue reading "3 Siblings Involved in Bus Stop Pedestrian Accident" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry Law Firm
A Longview man was severely injured in a single vehicle wreck recently that occurred on the U.S. 271 on a Sunday evening. The man, 26-year-old E.F., was a passenger in a small SUV being driven by his ...
Continue reading "Passenger in Critical Condition after Driver Slams Brakes" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Wendt Goss, P.C.
Five children on a school bus were injured in a recent accident. A man driving a borrowed vehicle was reportedly speeding and failed to stop at a stop sign before hitting the rear axle of a school ...
Continue reading "Suspect in Court for Injury Accident involving School Bus" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Greenberg & Stein, P.C.
Several construction workers have been injured or killed while on the job in recent weeks due to falls and crane accidents. The first construction site falling accident occurred at the site of the new ...
Continue reading "Worker Safety Concerns Rise after Series of Recent Fall Accidents at Construction Sites" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Wendt Goss, P.C.
When you are injured through negligence in a preventable accident in Missouri, you are generally protected by personal injury law. For the majority of personal injury situations, you will have five ...
Continue reading "Basic Facts About Missouri Personal Injury Claims" »
Posted on Feb 21, 2013 By Weinstein & Scharf, P.A.
The driver of a bakery delivery truck and his passenger were involved in a fatal single vehicle wreck which occurred early in the morning. The truck was on its way to deliver frozen bakery goods when ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2013 By Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP
A worker died recently after falling through the floor at an apartment building construction site in Queens. The man, 42 years old, was working on the first floor of a building that was being newly ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2013 By Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry Law Firm
Law enforcement in Longview and across the nation continues to do battle in the war against the manufacture, sale and use of synthetic marijuana products. One product was banned in Texas making its ...
Continue reading "Synthetic Marijuana Manufacturers and Retailers Appear Undaunted by Injuries Caused by Product Use" »
Posted on Feb 20, 2013 By Wendt Goss, P.C.
The driver of a trash truck was injured in a single vehicle accident when the large vehicle he was operating rolled over. The driver was on duty around 9:30 in the morning travelling on a steep ...
Continue reading "Driver Hospitalized after Garbage Truck Rolls Over in Accident" »
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