A crash on I-95 over the weekend ignited a fireball and left two women severely injured.  WSVN.com reports that the crash occurred near I-95 and State Road 84 when a red car struck a guardrail and burst into flames. The crash left two women trapped inside the severely damaged vehicle. Florida Highway Patrol arrived on…

A Boca Raton, Florida couple was found mysteriously drowned near a boat in a Palm Beach County wetland last weekend.   DailyMail.co.uk reports that 76-year-old James Adams III and his wife 76-year-old Paula Adams were found floating in a body of water in Palm Beach County’s Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. The couple was…

A student at Florida State University was killed this week when he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash. Tallahassee.com reports that Blake Bennett was killed on W. Pensacola St. by a driver who authorities believe was driving at a high rate of speed. Apparently, Bennett had been practicing with another colleague at an apartment…

The Boy Scouts of America is facing nearly 90,000 sex abuse claims as a Monday deadline neared to submit claims against the organization. NBCNews.com reports that as the 5:00 p.m. Monday deadline approached, the number of cases filed had already surpassed 88,500.  The vast majority of the claims are from incidents that occurred in the…

General Motors is recalling approximately 68,667 vehicles after the company received multiple reports of battery fires. TheVerge.com reports that General Motors is recalling Chevy Bolt model vehicles manufactured between 2017 and 2019 due to numerous reports of battery fires in the vehicles. There have been at least five such fires, which all involved batteries that…

A man who has been convicted in a fatal 2013 car crash claims that he was drunk when he rented the vehicle that was later involved in the crash.  TampaBay.com reports that in March 2013 Felix Luis C. Rodriguez rented a vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car business at 5402 N Nebraska Ave. in Tampa. Hours after renting…

A teen woman is dead following a fall from an automobile on Wednesday. New-press.com reports that the 18-year-old victim was on the trunk of a car being driven by a 15-year-old girl in Lehigh Acres on Wednesday at about 6:10 p.m. Apparently, as the vehicle traveled on Maple Avenue North near East Penn Road the…

A Florida resident was killed in a crash on Alligator Alley in a single-vehicle crash on Monday. Patch.com reports that the crash occurred at about 8:27 a.m. on I-75 near mile marker 37. The 57-year-old victim, from Clewiston, was driving a pickup truck when he suddenly veered off the road and into a canal. The…

General Motors is recalling approximately 194,105 vehicles due to a defect that can cause the automobiles to lose power, and even catch fire, while moving. ConsumerReports.com reports that the recalled models include “2018 and 2019 Chevrolet Cruze, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, and 2018 and 2019 Buick Lacrosse vehicles.” Some other SUV models are also subject to recall…

Volvo is recalling approximately 54,000 vehicles after a driver was killed by an airbag defect in one of the company’s automobile models. Reuters.com reports that the models subject to recall include 2001-2003 model S80 and S60. The vehicles are being recalled because they were manufactured with airbags that can rupture, ejecting dangerous metal shrapnel that can…

A hit-and-run crash that left two bicyclists injured last week has resulted in the arrest of an elderly driver. ClickOrlando.com reports that on October 30, two cyclists were struck by a Mercedes-Benz while they were traveling south on Morse Boulevard. The collision threw the cyclists from their bikes, causing significant damage to the automobile and…

A serious car crash in Alva, Florida has left one teen dead and another in serious condition. WinkNews.com reports that the crash occurred at about 2:30 p.m. at Palm Beach Boulevard and Broadway Street when a 16-year-old girl was driving a sedan with her 14-year-old brother as a passenger. Florida Highway Patrol says the girl was…

A high-speed boat crash over the weekend left one teen dead and several others hurt. On Monday the family and friends of the deceased teen victim held a memorial to remember her. 16-year-old Rachel Herring and six other people were ejected from the boat in which they were riding in the early Sunday morning hours. The…

There are two primary types of damages that can be sought in a medical malpractice case: Economic Damages. These include hospital bills, lost wages, adaptive technologies, rehabilitation, and all other demonstrable expenses incurred due to the injury Noneconomic Damages. These include physical pain, emotional suffering, and similarly intangible damages For years, the state of Florida…

Two crashes over Halloween weekend left three Florida State University students dead. Tallahassee.com reports that two of the students were killed in a crash on Apalachee Parkway on Saturday when they were involved in a collision with a Ford F-350 truck that was going approximately 70 mph. The report identifies the victims as Victor Pena…

A teen girl was killed in a boating crash in Pinellas County overnight. WTSP.com reports that 16-year-old Rachel Herring was one of six passengers riding in a boat piloted by a 16-year-old male at about 12:30 a.m. in Indian Shores. The group was leaving a house party, traveling north on the waterway when the boat…

A Miami-area scaffolding collapse left two workers clinging for their lives Friday. WSNV.com reports that the incident occurred at 3 Island Ave., on the Venetian Causeway at about 10 a.m. The scaffolding had been erected on the side of a residential building where the workers were working when it suddenly collapsed. “The scaffolding was hanging by…