Two teenage sisters vacationing from Ocala were severly hurt in a frightening parasailing accident on Pompano Beach. The skies were overcast when they took off for what they surely thought would be an exciting, but safe, parasailing ride. When the wind started gusting, the driver of the boat headed back towards the shoreline. Something went terribly wrong when a gust of wind blew the pair...
A horrific car crash has taken the lives of three teenage girls ages 15, 17 and 18 years old, all of Orlando. Around 10:50 last night, the vehicle they were riding in crossed John Young Parkway and struck another vehilcle head on. The driver of the second vehicle was a 44 year-old man from Kissimmee. Two of the girls were thrown from the vehicle; the third victim died in the front seat even...
Florida's No-Fault law will expire October 1st and it appears unlikely that Florida's Legislature will reach an agreement on preventing this. As a result, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Alex Sink, is urging motorists in Florida to be sure they have enough insurance to protect themselves and their families if they are injured in an automobile collision.Under the present No-Fault law, the...
In a study published in the May edition of the Michigan Law Review, Professor Philip D. Peters, Jr. states that The efforts of the Bush administration to reform the tort system on medical malpractice and decrying 'runaway' jury verdicts was phony. Studies which were examined showed this claim to be unsupported by actual data. The study also revealed that juries are "more likely to defer to...
One of America's leading toy importers is recalling over 9 million toys due to either lead paint or magnets that may fall off. The recall includes the play sets Doggie Day Care, Barbie and Tanner, Batman and One Piece action figures, "Sarge" die cast toy cars, and Polly Pocket Play Sets.The Consumer Products Safety Commission today released the three new recalls of dangerous magnets in the ...
The FDA has issued a warning to consumers who use red yeast rice in an effort to control their cholesterol. The defective products are sold by two Internet retailers - Swanson Healthcare Products and Sunburst Biorganics and are sold under the following brand names: Red Yeast Rice, Red Yeast Rice/Policosonal Complex and Cholestrix. All three products contain lovastatin, an ingredient found in...
According to a story attributed to the Associated Press appearing in the Orlando Sentinel on August 10th, the Chinese Governmental Agency responsible for product quality, inspection, and quarantine has issued a temporary ban on exports by the maker of lead tainted children's toys. Toys involved at this time were the plastic Fisher-Price products for very young children, including Big Bird,...
More toys made in China and sold for use by toddlers and young children are recalled. According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel on August 9, 2007, a voluntary recall was initiated Wednesday, August 8, 2007 for Chinese-made tops which included a painted wooden knob that contained excessive lead.For the complete story which includes numerous references to help one better understand defective...
The company that supplied the epoxy for anchors in the concrete ceiling panels for Boston's Big Dig tunnel was indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter yesterday. The Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley, charged Powers Fasteners in the death of a 38 year-old woman resulting from an auto accident caused by the collapse of suspended ceiling panels back in July 2006. The highway...
Yesrterday was a very busy day for Florida Highway Patrol as they handled three deadly car crashes. The first one happened on State Road 520 when a female driver was ejected from her vehicle after a crash. Then later in the morning a bicyclist was struck by a truck on OBT and Orange Camp Road close to Apopka. Not long after that a motorcycle driver was killed when he slid under a tour bus...