The Legal Examiner Orlando Archives

• Teen Decapitated by Coaster at Six Flags Georgia

  Mike Damaso | June 29, 2008 3:37 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A 17-year-old from South Carolina was decapitated at Six Flags in Georgia on Saturday when a roller coaster traveling at full speed struck him in the head after he entered a restricted area. It is...

• Wooten, Honeywell & Kimbrough Named Florida 2008 Super Lawyers

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | June 24, 2008 12:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The new listing of Super Lawyers has been published and three of our attorneys have been selected for 2008 - Council Wooten, Jr., Dan H. Honeywell and Orman L. Kimbrough, Jr. The objective of the...

• Florida Farms Battling Reports of Increased Salmonella Cases

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | June 23, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  While the Food and Drug Administration continues its investigation into the outbreak of Salmonella cases related to tomatoes, Florida farmers are increasingly losing money due to a lack of demand....

• High Schoolers Intentionally Hit Umpire; He Considers Legal Options

  Diego Madrigal | June 20, 2008 9:58 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  A high school baseball umpire in Georgia is considering taking legal action against two players who orchestrated hitting the umpire on purpose with a pitch. According to reports, the players were...

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

  Diego Madrigal | June 18, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...

• Does Your Body Harbor Debris from a Medical Procedure?

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | June 17, 2008 9:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  Most of us have heard of the cases of a whole sponge or clamp that a surgical team has left in someone after surgery. But you may not be aware that there are times when only a piece of a piece of a...

• Is Raw Milk Safe?

  Council Wooten | June 13, 2008 2:19 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Advocates of natural food contend that it is. As reported in the Orlando Sentinel, some users of raw milk apparently think thatit “contains beneficial microbes that treat everything from asthma to...

• Golf Carts Not a Safe Fix to High Gas Prices

  Sandy Grinnell, Staff Contributor | June 12, 2008 12:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Golf carts as a means of every day transportation is increasing steadily as consumers try to find a way to beat the high price of gas. This is particarly so in Florida's retirement communities such...

• Deadly Crash With Train Kills Five in Sanford

  Sandy Grinnell | June 11, 2008 10:04 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the deaths of five adults after the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a freight train stopped on the tracks. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the...

• Large Tomatoes May Be Source of Salmonella

  Sandy Grinnell | June 09, 2008 3:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After interviewing consumers from several states who were ill from salmonella and those who were not, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has surmised that the source of the outbreak was large raw...

• Real Cases You Won't Believe But Are True

  Ed Normand | June 08, 2008 12:09 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I am going to periodically discuss facts (without names but call me if you want more info) about cases where you won't believe that corporations or people can act so low. For example, a family...

• The Court Rulings Nobody Hears About: Listen Up!

  Ed Normand | June 06, 2008 11:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Spinal Cord Injuries

  We see them frequently: headlines about large verdicts awarding millions of dollars in damages. We hear about the McDonald's case, or others where, supposedly large amounts of money are awarded for...

• Sign Your Rights Away or Die

  Ed Normand | June 06, 2008 11:38 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Many health care providers are requiring patients to sign lengthy agreements absolving them from liablity for malpractice as a condition of treatment. A typical scenario is a family needs to put a...

• NTSB Chairman Speaks to New Jersey Motorcoach Association

  Sandy Grinnell | June 05, 2008 8:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  The Honorable Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board was the key note speaker at the annual meeting of the Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association today. In his...

• Orman Kimbrough Receives Award of Excellence

  Sandy Grinnell | June 04, 2008 7:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association recognized Orman Kimbrough, Jr.as one of this year's recipients of its Individual Award of Excellence. Each year the Board of Trustees of the...

• Did MADD Intenionally Inflict Emotional Distress?

  Diego Madrigal | June 03, 2008 12:40 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I came across a few blog posts this morning that raised an intersting question: Whether Mothers Against Drunk Driving intentionally inflicted emotional distress on high school students in...