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• Order is Filed on Emergency Hearing in Disney Monorail Crash

  Ed Normand | August 22, 2009 12:16 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An emergency court hearing was held on July 14, 2009 in the crash that killed Disney monorail operator Austin Wuennenberg. Although no lawsuit has been filed by the Wuennenberg family, court...

• Unreported Theme Park Injuries

  Ed Normand | August 21, 2009 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  We have been blogging a lot about the lack of reporting at the Federal, State and Local level of the injuries that happen at the big theme parks. It turns out that the local fair or a Greyhound bus...

• Disney Monorail Crash and Theme Park Oversight

  Ed Normand | July 13, 2009 12:22 PM | 11 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a recent tragic theme park injury a 21 year old Disney employee was killed while operating a Monorail that collided with another Monorail in the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. After the crash the NTSB...

• More On Recent Orlando Personal Injury Lawyer Ads ?

  Ed Normand | January 29, 2009 1:09 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  I have previously posted about lawyer ads on TV for personal injury claims in Orlando. I highlighted ads from a lawyer who is not a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who is all over the...

• Many Child Booster Seats Failed Insurance Institutes Tests

  Sandy Grinnell | October 01, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Insurance Institute on Highway Safety (IIHS) and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute tested all of the child booster seats on the market today. Of the 41 seats currently available, 13 of them tested so poorly they can't recommend them at all.

• Legal Charges For Medical Records

  Ed Normand | September 24, 2008 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  As part of our practice we are constantly ordering medical records from doctors and hospitals. In that process it is amazing to see how many times these health care providers charge illegal and...

• Deadly School Bus Accident in Ocala

  Diego Madrigal | September 24, 2008 7:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There has been a deadly school bus vs. semi crash in Marion County. According to the reports, the bus had stopped to unload students when a semi truck failed to stop and crashed into the bus. The...

• Previous Supervisor of Drunk-Driving Division Gets Second DUI

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | July 08, 2008 11:12 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  According to The Tampa Tribune, Lydia Dempsey Wardell, who is an attorney in the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's office, has been arrested once again for driving under the influence. Witnesses,...

• Contingency Fees Are the Best Way to Prevent "Frivolous Lawsuits"

  Diego Madrigal | June 18, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  One of the big myths about trial lawyers is that they are the reason for the existence of "frivolous lawsuits." In reality, most economic studies show that trial lawyers, because of their fee...

• Alleged Abuse at Pathways to Care in Casselberry

  Mike Damaso | February 29, 2008 5:19 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Channel 9 Eyewitness News website is reporting allegations that an employee of Pathways to Care in Casselberry has been using illegal drugs and abusing patients. The assisted living facility worker is being accused of smoking crack cocaine on the property, stealing prescription medications, and verbally abusing residents.Channel 9 attempted to get a statement from the head nurse at the...