72-year-old Patrick Macklin died today when he was fatally struck in a Boynton Beach pedestrian accident. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says that Macklin was walking on Woolbright Road early in the afternoon when he was hit by a BMW. According to one witness, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue…
Six years after the Florida water scooter accident that killed 14-year-old Yasell Perez and left then-15-year-old Samantha Archer with serious injuries, their families are in court seeking damages from Yamaha for Palm Beach County wrongful death, products liability, and personal injury. The jury trial opened last week and the plaintiffs…
The family of John Van Hoy Jr. has filed a Miami-Dade wrongful death complaint against Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort. Van Hoy died after getting caught in a Jacuzzi suction drain at the Bahamian resort on December 28, 2010. Other plaintiffs include Sandal Resort International, Unique, Hayward Industries, and other companies…
The father of teen siblings Beau and Calyx Schenecker is suing to their mom Julie for their Florida wrongful deaths. Julie Schenecker, 50, is charged with the first-degree murders of Calyx, 16, and Beau, 13. She has pleaded not guilty even though she already confessed to shooting the two teenagers…
A judge in Florida has approved the $421,400 Fort Myers personal injury verdict awarded to a 68-year-old woman who got hurt at a Wal-Mart store when she was thrown to the ground by a loaded, motorized stock cart. Janice Morris fractured several pubic bones during the accident and had to…
A 55-year-old man has died in a Florida boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Richard Green, a New Port Richey man, was returning from a fishing expedition with friends when the engine of their boat quit. The boaters tried to anchor the 22-foot fishing vessel but a large wave…
Last year, our South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog reported on the death of a 35-year-old Miami woman who died after undergoing liposuction and butt enhancement surgery at Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute. Now, the husband of Lidvian Zelaya says he plans to sue the cosmetic surgery chain for Broward County…
A jury has awarded the family of Brian R. Heikkila $2.8 million for his Florida motorcycle death. Heikkila, a Palm Coast resident, died on May 30, 2007 in a Daytona Beach traffic crash. Per the family’s Florida wrongful death complaint, driver Michael T. Hemphill, who was in a Ford Mustang,…
According to police, the Winter Haven man was “grabbing his head….. being disorderly,” which is why off-duty cops working at the amusement center approached him. They claim that he resisted violently. A tussle ensued and one of the cops used a stun gun on Winter. It was then that he…
Lawmakers are considering a proposal that would cap noneconomic damages in Florida nursing home negligence-related wrongful death cases at $250,000. The bills, SB 1936 and HB 661, are making their way through the Florida Senate and House respectively. If passed, not only would the new law make it harder to…