A civil trial attorney with the firm Wooten, Kimbrough, Damaso & Dennis, P.A., Mr. Damaso concentrates on cases involving personal injury and wrongful deaths and solely represents individual victims and consumers.
A blog posting on Orlandosentinel.com Saturday suggest that a fight over whether to extend Florida’s Motor Vehicle No Fault Law is creating “soap opera suspense” in the Florida House of Representatives. The post reports that House Speaker Marco Rubio insists that modifications must “clamp down on tr
An Oviedo man was killed and his son severally injured when they were involved in a boating collision off Port Canaveral early Sunday morning. They were on an overnight fishing trip when, at around 6:40a.m., another boat driven by a man from Merritt Island and carrying two others hit them. No one fr
A study conducted by Ross A. Klein, PhD, a Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, which compiled information from the years 1995 through 2007, reports that Carnival leads many of the major and non-major cruise companies in incidents involving passengers and crew overboard. Between 2000 an
Tuesday morning, September 11th south of Sarasota a helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Mexico in an area where the water was approximately 20 feet deep. The occupants were doing a video shoot for a boating magazine. Several boats in the area attempted to rescue the victims of the crash, All three o
There was a three vehicle accident in Orlando last Wednesday involving a pick-up truck, car, and a school bus. This accident occurred during morning commutting hours when the bus and pick-up crashed, and as a result another vehicle – a car – was struck.Lanes in both directions were closed for approx
It appears that justice was served last Thursday when a Jury in Polk County, Florida returned a verdict of nearly $45 million in a wrongful death and personal injury case. Last year, Morgan Bryant, 9, and Brittany Hooten, 8, were killed when the car they were riding in was struck practically head on
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that indicated an increased cardiovascular risk associated with Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes. The study indicated an increase of about 40% in the risk of myocardial infarction among patients receiving Avandia as c
There was a senseless car v. train crash in Lakeland, Florida on Monday July 17, 2007, the took the lives of four people. It was described by one investigating officer as a “useless, senseless tragedy.” An eyewitness observed the lights flashing and the bells ringing at the rail crossing as the safe
If Julia McCauley,74, had been wearing the monitoring bracelet prescribed by her doctor, authorities believe the elderly resident of Life Care Center would not have plummeted to her death down a stairwell.
