Remember the much ballyhooed special legislative session to lower insurance premiums for homeowners? Well it looks like the reduction will be short lived. Five insurance companies last week submitted requests to state insurance officials for premium increases from a statewide average of 14.9 percent
According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA): FOREIGN TIRE SALES (FTS) manufactured tires that did not have a gum strip or had an insufficient gum strip between the belts or other construction to keep the belts from separating. As a Consequence belts on tires manufactu
Sometimes people settle cases on their own without the help of a lawyer. That is wonderful if it works. If you do this, be careful to make sure that the insurance adjuster or company you are negotiating with can be trusted. Sometimes non-lawyers can be taken advantage of when handling insurance clai
According to recent press reports The Florida Bar has taken action against a number of lawyers who have obtained clients from the 1-800-ASK-GARY referral service. Ask Gary advertisements targeted auto accident victims inviting them to call the service where they were referred to various service prov
Tires manufactured in China and imported by a New Jersey firm, Foreign Tire Sales, Incorporated, may be defective. Although the manufacturer, Hangzhou Zhongce, denies exporting a defective product, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall.The NHTSA recall includ
Accidente del tractor-acoplado de A mayo que matado dos adolescencias causó recientemente la muerte de una tercera vÃctima. El coche en el cual las adolescencias viajaban primero fue golpeado por un coche entonces por semi cuando el conductor funcionó una muestra de la parada en el camino 42 del
I met a beautiful young woman recently. An avid runner, diligent college student and all around good gal. She won’t be running anymore; school is out for a long time and none of this was her fault. Coming back from work one evening a drunk driver, way way drunk, driving on the wrong side of the road
A May tractor-trailer accident that killed two teens recently caused the death of a third victim. The car in which the teens were traveling was first hit by a car then by a semi when the driver ran a stop sign on County Road 42.Alcohol was not involved, and all of the passengers were wearing seat be
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.
A stay-at-home Dad was awarded $21.6 million Thursday for a fatal car crash that killed his wife. The jury found the driver negligent for talking on her cell phone or some other distraction that caused the horrific accident.The Husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the corpor
A woman, fishing on Long Island Sound, when a 324-foottanker barge crashed with her bot, died after she was taken off life support.The woman, 47, of the Bronx was in a coma at St. Francis Hospital since the accident on June 10. Visiting from Rhode Island, she was fishing in a 24-foot boat off Sands
A Port St. Lucie man was killed in a motorcycle accident when he was thrown from his motorcyle on Sunday, crashing into a sign post, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The man, 27, was traveling south on U.S. 441 just after 10:35 a.m. when he attempted a “one wheel stand” on his bike and lost cont
