Automobile Accidents

• Binge Drinkers and Driving Habits

  Ed Normand | April 01, 2009 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to a study conducted at Northern Kentucky University, in contrast to binge drinkers, moderate social drinkers are much more capable of determining whether or not they are too drunk...

• Text Banning Bill In Florida Legislature

  Ed Normand | March 31, 2009 6:50 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A new bill will be reviewed next month in Florida that could ban texting while operating a moving vehicle following a new wave of legislative efforts to curb driving distractions. Not...

• Will Pace High School Students Now Wear Seatbelts?

  Sandy Grinnell | February 21, 2009 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Pace High School teacher may have one answer to my question this week, what else can we do to get teens to wear seat belts? It may have been the intent of the integrated high school science...

• What else can we do to get teens to wear seatbelts?

  Sandy Grinnell | February 16, 2009 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Central Florida teen lost her life after she was thrown from a vehicle driven by another teen. The teenage driver remains in serious condition after she was pulled from the burning wreckage. The...

• Will Texting While Driving Become Illegal in Florida?

  Sandy Grinnell | February 11, 2009 4:27 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  If Rep. Doug Holder, R-Sarasota, has his way, it will be. Rep. Holder has introduced a bill to make it illegal in Florida to text while driving. Rep. Holder says the bill is not intended to...

• Insurance Companies Denying Payment For Jaws Of Life

  Ed Normand | January 31, 2009 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Jaws of life are used by fire and rescue personnel as part of their lifesaving work in extricating victims from accident wreckage. The goal is to prevent and minimize injury to victims as part of...

• Latest Pedestrian v. Auto Accident Statistics

  Ed Normand | January 30, 2009 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued the latest statistics on accidents involving pedestrians and motor vehicles in the United States. The report details the number...

• 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...

• Lawyer Ads on Television

  Ed Normand | January 28, 2009 1:11 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  I was shocked recently to see a television ad from a lawyer expressing his goal this year to recover twenty five million dollars in personal injury claims this year. The Florida Bar does have...

• Florida's Number of Uninsured Motorists in the Top Five

  Sandy Grinnell | January 22, 2009 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Based on a recent report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), Florida ranks in the top five states for number of uninsured motorists. In 2007 13.8 percent of all motorists in the U.S. were...