Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are injured in slip and fall injuries-a type of accident that might sound harmless enough but can result in painfully and debilitating injuries that can take months to recover from. Surgery, rehabilitation, and time off work can take a physical, emotional, and financial…
A birthday celebration recently turned deadly when a Hialeah carbon monoxide poisoning incident claimed the lives of five teenagers. The deceased include Miami residents Juchen C. Marctial, 19, Evans Charles, also, 19, Jean Pierre Ferdinand, 16, and Jonas Antenor and Peterson Nazon, both 17. The teens had reportedly gotten together…
The parents of 13-year-old Joshua Poole have filed a West Palm Beach Florida injuries to a minor lawsuit against the Palm Beach County school district. Poole, a Jeaga Middle School student, says he was beaten during math class last month. A classmate recorded the fight on a cell phone. In…
An accident at the Pensacola Interstate Fair injured four people when a piece of metal from a ride. The accident occurred around 2:30pm, and the Tidal Wave was shut down. It was the last day of the fair, which began on October 22. Despite the accident, many fair-goers continued waiting…
The Florida parents of Pateesha Clinch, a 12-year-old girl who died while roughhousing with friends at Westview Middle School in September 2007, is suing the Miami-Dade school district for her wrongful death. According to students at the school, the 6th grader struck her head on the side of classroom wall…
A review of lawsuit settlements over the last 4 ½ years by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that injury accidents often occur from people falling on Ft. Lauderdale’s older sidewalks. Although city officials have been able to contest many of the lawsuits, taxpayers have had to pay over $680,000 for…
A woman in Florida is suing the lawn care company that employed her deceased husband for his wrongful death. Tomasa Castro says that Tom Mahoney Ultimate Lawn Service acted negligently when the owner, Tom Mahoney, told her husband, Jose Carillo, to mow the lawn next to a deep lake in…
In Florida, Estero resident Patricia Nicola is suing the National Audubon Society for injuries she suffered during a slip and fall accident at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples. Nicola says she slipped after stepping on mud or brown feces that was on a damp boardwalk while taking pictures of nature…
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has issued the following findings regarding crimes at South Florida malls. From 2003 through 2007: • There were over 22,000 reported crimes at 13 shopping malls in Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, and Broward County. • 508 of these crimes were violent crimes. • A suspect…
John Mario, a Port St. Lucie, Florida man who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being shot in the head during a robbery in the parking lot of a McDonald’s restaurant in Jensen Beach, is suing the fast food company for personal injury. He filed his lawsuit last week in…