The Legal Examiner Orlando Archives

• OSHA Hearings Begin in Death of SeaWorld Killer Whale Trainer

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 29, 2011 9:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sea World Orlando faces OSHA hearings this week that are connected to the 2010 tragedy in which the amusement park’s killer whale caused the death of a trainer. The Occupational Safety and...

• Death Toll Hits Eleven As Florida Remembers Fallen Nevada Air Show Pilot

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 27, 2011 8:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Jimmy Leeward, Florida pilot killed in Nevada airshow crash has been remembered as a skilled, humble man of high integrity. Leeward, nicknamed “The Galloping Ghost,” died in a crash in...

• FDA Creates a Foodborne Illness Response Network Due to Recent Outbreaks(2)

  Ed Normand | September 22, 2011 9:16 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  The recent rash of foodborne illnesses has prompted the federal government to unveil a new response team, the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network. The CORE will be dedicated to...

• Semi Crash on I-4 Caused by Sleepy Trucker

  Mike Damaso | September 21, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Another Central Florida crash on Interstate 4 was reported this morning in the Orlando Sentinel, this time as a result of a tired trucker. The sentinel reports that a “sleepy driver” was...

• Disney Cited for Safety Violations

  Mike Damaso | September 20, 2011 2:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Too often, safety violations at amusement parks are never discovered, never reported and, as a consequence, never corrected. Even if someone brings a lawsuit against the company that harmed him or...

• Whiplash Causes Auto Accident Victim’s Costly Injuries

  Ed Normand | September 20, 2011 9:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Whiplash is a common but silent injury in trucking and car accidents. Whiplash is a misunderstood injury a person can sustain in an accident. It cannot be seen and is largely argued as an...

• Tourists Stranded on Magic Kingdom’s Pirates of the Caribbean Ride

  Council Wooten | September 15, 2011 9:36 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Disney’s Magic Kingdom tourists went on a nightmarish ride when they were stranded on Pirates of the Caribbean attraction for nearly two hours. Guests of the Happiest Place on Earth were stuck...

• FDA Warns of Reclast Kidney Failure Side Effects

  Council Wooten | September 13, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has announced that it will revise the warning label on Reclast, warning patients about the risk of kidney failure. Reclast was approved by the FDA in 2007 for the treatment of postmenopausal...

• Trucker Fatigue Prompts For a New Federal Safety Law

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 08, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Federal regulators say that trucker fatigue is causing fatal accidents, even as the number of fatal truck crashes has dropped in recent years after a major overhaul of rules that took effect in...

• Repackaged Avastin Linked to Eye Infections and Blindness

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 06, 2011 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has announced that repackaged injections of the cancer drug Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, have caused a cluster of serious eye infections in the Florida area. The Florida Department of...

• Florida Supermarkets Recall E.Coli Contaminated Ground Beef

  Ed Normand | September 01, 2011 9:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Winn-Dixie and Publix supermarkets in Florida have pulled store brand ground beef from their shelves after a recall announcement due to possible E.coli contamination. South Florida’s...