The temperature in Florida pools hasn’t even begun to rise and we have had the second toddler drowning in just 5 days. A 4 year-old Lakeland girl was found in a swimming pool at
For many years businesses have required parents to sign forms before a child can participate in an activity. Usually the form-called a pre-injury release–is filled with legalese and the parents…
The tragic drowning death of an Orange County toddler yesterday causes us to once again focus on the dangers of an unprotected pool. According the Orlando Sentinel, there were 441 deaths by…
Many tourists traveling in and our of Florida buy travel, or trip, insurance as a way of protecting themselves from cancelled trips, but more importantly, to cover the cost of travel-related illness…
Lately we have been seeing inquiries from folks injured on theme park rides where the ride was operating as intended. Case in point, a visitor from the United Kingdom who sustained injuries…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has proposed new safety recommendations for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The NTSB reviewed two separate…
This is the week-end that Daylight Savings Time begins. You know, spring forward! Well, it’s also a great time to change the batteries in all of your smoke and carbon dioxide detectors. So be on…
A Pace High School teacher may have one answer to my question this week, what else can we do to get teens to wear seat belts? It may have been the intent of the integrated high school science…
A new and disturbing trend has been happening in physician offices in Florida. Doctors force patients to sign paperwork preventing the patients from commenting about the physicians on the internet….
A Central Florida teen lost her life after she was thrown from a vehicle driven by another teen. The teenage driver remains in serious condition after she was pulled from the burning wreckage. The…
If Rep. Doug Holder, R-Sarasota, has his way, it will be. Rep. Holder has introduced a bill to make it illegal in Florida to text while driving. Rep. Holder says the bill is not intended to…
Chinese manufactured drywall imported in Florida was installed in new housing in Florida. It has now been reported that Chinese drywall may be causing health problems and building defects in those…
