Automobile Accidents

• 19 out of 27 Auto Deaths over Memorial Day Not Wearing Seatbelts

  Diego Madrigal | May 28, 2008 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Florida Highway Patrol says there were 27 deaths over the 96 hour Memorial Day weekend. Shockingly 19 of those 27 people were not wearing seatbelts. It is amazing that despite statistics such as...

• Under Bad Press Walmart Drops Claim Against Disabled Former Employee

  Ed Normand | April 04, 2008 9:55 AM | 8 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Debbie Shank was an employee of Wal-Mart who was in a trucking accident and sustained horrific permanent brain injury including most of her ability to even communicate and walk. Her medical bills...

• 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Single Car Crash

  Mike Damaso | March 19, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orlando Sentinel reported on a crash occurring early Sunday morning in East Orange County. Around 2:30 a.m., a woman was driving a '98 Ford Mustang south on West Christmas Road near Fort Christmas when she failed to negotiate a curve and struck a concrete culvert on the east shoulder. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers were ejected and suffered injuries, one minor and...

• Critical Injuries in Hit and Run Accident

  Sandy Grinnell | March 10, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 21 year-old woman was critically injured and her 20 year-old male passenger was seriously injured in a hit and run near Panama City Florida last Friday. It was felt that rain-slick conditions contributed to the two car crash. The vehicle that left the scene was a white or silver Scion that drove into the path of the the GMC Blazer. The Blazer hit the Scion and rolled over, throwing both...

• Punta Gorda Hit and Run Driver Nabbed by Man on Moped

  Sandy Grinnell | March 04, 2008 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An 82-yer-old Canadian man has been arrested for a hit and run accident thanks to a man travelling on a moped who witnessed the accident. The Canadain suspect was driving near Arcadia when he rammed his vehicle into a golf cart driven by a 77 year-old man. According to the witness, the driver got out of his car, looked at the situation, then got back into his vehicle and drove on down the...

• Massive I-4 Car Wreck Kills Three; Multiple Injuries Reported

  Courtney Mills | January 09, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The consistent problems that Tampa faces with I-4 traffic were brought into bold bas-relief during rush hour this morning when a fifty car pile-up killed three drivers and injured many more. Police struggled to reroute traffic on I-4 that was at a near standstill from the accident near Lakeland.Traffic on the only major artery into Tampa from Lakeland and Orlando faced almost zero visibility...

• A New Way To Objectively Measure Pain

  Ed Normand | August 12, 2009 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A difficult issue in the presentation of a personal injury claim is whether the victim is truly in pain and if so how much? This is especially true in cases with non surgical injuries or...

• Car Insurance in the New Economy

  Ed Normand | July 09, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Now more than ever we need to carefully consider the insurance coverage we buy. In the recession more and more drivers are reducing coverage or going without. To protect yourself and your family...

• Collier County Deputy Survives Death Three Times

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | July 07, 2008 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After almost being killed by a speeding vehicle back in December, 2006, former deputy Bill Pschigoda has returned to work at the Collier County Sheriff's office he dearly loves. Pschigoda was...

• Orlando Auto Accident Results in One Fatality

  Mike Damaso | May 10, 2008 5:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, a man was killed when he lost control of a vehicle in east Orange County near the University of Central Florida. An article in the Orlando Sentinel...