Fort Lauderdale hospital receives highest marks in patient safety
Fort Lauderdale hospital receives highest marks in patient safety A hospital safety score system was recently put in place by experts from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and the non-profit hospital safety...
Liability claims for dog bites total $479 million in 2011
Dog Bites claims According to a study conducted by the Insurance Information Institute, dog bite liability claims totaled $479 million in 2011. This sum accounted for roughly one-third of all...
Potential airbag defect reported in Hyundai Elantra
Potential airbag defect reported in Hyundai Elantra The owner of a 2012 Hyundai Elantra filed a complaint in regards to the airbag deployment for that car model. The complaint was...
Banzai inflatable slides recalled after woman’s death
Banzai inflatable slides recalled after woman's death An inflatable water slide caused a 29-year-old woman's death along with other people's injuries. It has since been recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product...
Police preparing for Cinco de Mayo with DUI checkpoints
Police in cities around the country are anticipating an influx of drunk drivers this Saturday due to Cinco de Mayo celebrations. As the date falls on a weekend, more people...
Former NFLer, Ray Easterling, found dead in home, concussion lawsuit against NFL may now change
Ray Easterling, found dead in home Ray Easterling, former NFL football player who was involved in the concussion lawsuit against the football league, was found dead in his home last...
Fort Lauderdale sees drop in unemployment rate
Drop in the unemployment rate Broward County in Florida has seen a large decline in its unemployment rate, with the month of March recording only 7.5 percent of residents being...
Driving on Tax Day could cost you your life
Tax day traffic fatalities Filing taxes can be a complicated process plagued by stress and looming deadlines. In the United States, tax day usually falls on April 15. This year,...
Drunk driving may be reason for fatal Ft. Lauderdale accident
Drunk driving may be reason for fatal Ft. Lauderdale accident Last month in Florida, a freak car accident brought destruction to a blissfully married couple. A 26-year-old woman and her...
California woman receives $22 million from malpractice lawsuit
California malpractice lawsuit In 2006, a woman entered the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California in order to seek treatment for her chronic migraines. She had been a patient for...
Florida car accidents kill 10 in one day
10 die in one day Ten people and an unborn child lost their lives in several car accidents throughout South Florida in the span of one day. The accidents happened...
Motorcyclist Hit By Van Seriously Injured
A motorcycle accident in Sarasota has left the motorcyclist with serious injuries after a minivan hit him on U.S. 41 Sunday afternoon. The 71 year-old driver of the van says...
Man falls 20 feet in Fort Lauderdale crash
Man falls 20 feet A 23-year-old man survived a 20-foot fall in Fort Lauderdale after his new vehicle flew off of an exit ramp and onto an entrance ramp two...
Pedestrians in critical condition after car accident
Pedestrians in critical condition after car accident Two Ft. Lauderdale women are in critical condition after they were involved in an accident on Saturday night. The women, ages 79 and...
Thieves crash into AT&T store and steal $10,000 worth of merchandise
Thieves stole smartphones At approximately 5:40am on Thursday, a group of thieves crashed a vehicle into an AT&T store and stole $10,000 worth of merchandise. The store is located at 12599...
Key Biscayne man sentenced for drug crime and faces charges in fatal bike accident
Drug Crime Michele Traverso, 25, of Key Biscayne, was sentenced to 21 days in prison on Friday for a drug case in 2009. Last week, Traverso hit cyclists, Aaron Cohen, 36,...
Electronic cigarette explodes in man’s mouth
Electronic cigarette exploded A Florida man is in a hospital recovering from injuries he sustained after an electronic cigarette exploded while it was in his mouth. The man had decided...
Miami Boat Show this weekend
Miami International Boat Show Fort Lauderdale car accident lawyers of Winston Law Firm are excited to announce the Miami International Boat Show this weekend. The Miami International Boat Show will...
Singer Whitney Houston’s funeral on Saturday
Whitney Houston Funeral Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyers of Winston, Clark, & Wigand are saddened to announce the funeral of singer, Whitney Houston, this weekend in New Jersey. The iconic...
Slip-and-fall victim wins suit against Kroger
A slip-and-fall accident Recently, a man who filed suit against Kroger after injuring himself in a slip-and-fall accident at their store won his case with a $2.3 million verdict. The...
