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• Child Dies Due to Improperly Installed Car Seat

  Sandy Grinnell | November 01, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 3 year-old boy was killed in his mother's car because he was not properly restrained in his car seat. His mother's vehicle went out of control and hit a concrete wall when she sideswiped a tractor trailer on I-95 near Bonyton Beach. The little boy and his carseat went flying around the inside of the vehicle and he hit the side of the car. Emergency personnel said that because the seat was...

• Another Motorcycle Death in Clermont Accident

  Ed Normand | September 06, 2007 2:56 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Yesterdaqy a 20 year old riding a Suzuki motorcycle without a helmet tried to pass in between a dump truck and a semi. He did not make it, slid under the tractor trailer and died immediately from injuries in the Clermont, Florida accident. Many motorcycle crashes are caused by motorists just not paying attention to bikers. Sadly, however, many bikers, especially young males, die when they...

• Six Car Pile-up, Multiple Injuries

  Sandy Grinnell | May 06, 2008 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An auto accident involving 6 vehicles caused injury to at least 10 victims in Orlando yesterday. Two major streets, Lake Underhill and Goldenrod, were shut down for more than an hour while dozens of...

• World Record For Man Hit By Car

  Ed Normand | December 09, 2007 9:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There are many ways to get in the Guinness Book of World Records but some seem easier than others. A good Samaritan who stopped to help out the victims of an auto accident made it the hard way. The man was hit by a car and thrown in the air for 118 feet--a world record. The distance entitled him to a world record actually called "Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident" . Thankfully...

• New PIP Auto Insurance Deal Reached

  Ed Normand | October 05, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A deal has been reached in the Florida Legislature on Personal Injury Protection Insurance/No Fault (PIP). The old no fault law had been around for about four decades. It expired October 1. Governor Crist put it on the agenda for the current special legislative session. Much to the chagrin of the Auto Insurance Industry a bill reinstating PIP has passed. The bill has the approval of ...

• Estado de Ineptitud para Conducir

  Joe Saunders | April 04, 2006 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Conducir en estado de ineptitud afectará a uno de cada tres estadounidenses en algún momento de su vida (NHTSA 2003a). Incidencia y consecuencias Los accidentes automovilísticos relacionados con el alcohol provocan la muerte de una persona cada 30 minutos y lesiones no mortales en una persona cada dos minutos (NHTS 2003a). En 2002 fueron 17,419 las personas que perdieron la vida en Estados...

• Medical Malpractice and Money

  Ed Normand | October 07, 2009 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The public perception that medical malpractice cases regularly result in large awards of money is an unrealistic one. Even if a plaintiff prevails at trial, there is no guarantee that any money will...

• Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | September 30, 2009 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  With the advent of safer cars, airbags and mandatory seatbelts one would think that we are progressing toward safer roadways. Technology, however, is bringing about a new and very real danger:...

• Injuries at Orlando Area Theme Parks: First Quarter 2009

  Ed Normand | September 11, 2009 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  During the first three months of 2009, Orlando area theme parks reported seven injuries - with six of those injuries occurring at Disney theme parks or water parks. In exchange for reporting...

• NTSB Urges Florida to Pass Child Booster Seat Law

  Sandy Grinnell | September 09, 2009 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  When I posted the blog last week about National Child Passenger Safety Week, I didn't know that the NTSB was going issue a press release today asking Florida to comply with its child booster seat...