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Allstate Barred From Writing New Florida Policies

A Florida Appellate Court ruled Friday that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation rightfully suspended Allstate from writing new Florida policies because it failed to obey a subpoena regarding…

By Ed Normand

/ 6 Apr 2008

Pediatrician Accused of Molestation Stops Seeing Patients

In a disturbing case out of the Boston area, a pediatrician is accused of molestation of young boys under his care. While this is a terrible situation it points out the absurdity of medical…

By Ed Normand

/ 5 Apr 2008

Auto Truck Crash Stops 408 Traffic

A tractor trailer jack-knifed on Rt. 408 in Orlando and crashed into at least two cars. The truck vs automobile accident closed down the westbound lane of travel for hours causign traffic to be…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 4 Apr 2008

Under Bad Press Walmart Drops Claim Against Disabled Former Employee

Debbie Shank was an employee of Wal-Mart who was in a trucking accident and sustained horrific permanent brain injury including most of her ability to even communicate and walk. Her medical bills…

By Ed Normand

/ 4 Apr 2008

Florida Department of Health Advises FDA of Adverse Reactions to Dietary Supplement

The Florida Department of Health has advised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of 23 cases of adverse reactions to a liquid supplement distributed by Total Body Essential Nutrition based in…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 1 Apr 2008

Fireworks Malfunction at Wrestlmania 24

Dozens of spectators at Wrestlemania 24 were injured when the final fireworks display of the night accidentally shot into the crowd. At the conclusion of the show at the Citrus Bowl, one of the lines shooting fireworks broke and went into the crowd, burning several people. Although most of the injur

By The Legal Examiner

/ 31 Mar 2008

Crane Falls, Crashes Through Roof of Construction Office

A construction crane fell 30 floors and crashed through the roof of a house being used as the construction office of a highrise condo in Miami, killing two men. One was a 59 year-old insurance company inspector; the other was an employee of the construction company who was only 29. Four other employ

By The Legal Examiner

/ 27 Mar 2008

Hulkster Sued For Son's Car Crash

The Hulkster, Terry Bollea, and his wife, Linda, were recently sued for injuries caused by their 17-year-old son Nick Bollea in a recent auto accident. Nick Bollea was driving and crashed into a tree in Clearwater, Florida. The passenger in the car was severely injured, is permanently disabled, and

By Ed Normand

/ 26 Mar 2008

Sad Day for Contruction Workers' Family

A 49 year-old man and his 24 year-old son were both killed in the same accident on Florida’s Turnpike yesterday morning. The Inverness residents were part of a construction crew wroking on the guardrails just north of the US 301 exit. It was reported that a car collided with the back of a semi trail

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Mar 2008

Bad Week for Airline Passengers

Since the full moon had begun to wane, there had to be some other external force effecting air travel this week. Here are the headlines from msnbc.com yesterday:Piece of airliner dislodges… hits passenger window; Pilot’s gun fires on US Airways jet; and 747 blows 4 tires, aborts takeoff from LAXThe

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 Mar 2008

Fraudulent Accident Ring-leader Admits Guilt

A man from the Miami-Dade area was convicted and another was arrested this week in connection with PIP fraud perpetrated on insurance companies in South Florida resulting from fake automobile accidents. Alex Sink, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, said this was the fourth and final arrest made by t

By The Legal Examiner

/ 23 Mar 2008

Surgeon Removes Wrong Kidney

Thankfully for the sick in Minnesota, a surgeon will stop seeing patients after he removed the wrong kidney from a patient. In doing so, the surgeon left a cancerous kidney inside the patient. The surgery was done last Tuesday, but only on Wednesday was it discovered what had happened. To prevent so

By The Legal Examiner

/ 21 Mar 2008