Broadside crashes, including T-bone crashes, are among the deadliest types of car accidents. In a T-bone crash, the front of one car rams into the side of another car. The drivers and passengers of both cars are likely to suffer serious injuries or die. Any broadside collision can cause one or both cars to spin [...]
The greatest tragedy any family can suffer is the loss of a loved one. That tragedy is compounded when the loss is due to the negligence of another driver, a manufacturer who put profits before safety, a property owner who failed to protect their customers, or for any other reason. In Florida, when a loved [...]
Safe driving at night Driving at night can be dangerous. While staying off your phone or obeying the speed limit are important no matter the time of day, drivers need to exercise additional care when they get behind the wheel in the late afternoon or evening. For one thing, visibility will be much lower when [...]
The holidays are here once again. In other parts of the country, winter parades wind up and down Main Street with Santa Claus waving to everyone, perhaps with a light snow falling. Florida might not have a lot – or any – snow, but we do have lots of water. Down here, a holiday parade [...]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently reported that Trek, a preeminent bike manufacturer, recalled one of its bike lines: the Bontrager Line Pro bicycle. The recall was initiated because the bicycle pedals could malfunction creating the risk that a rider could fall off the bicycle. The specific danger is that the spindle of either or [...]
A new USA TODAY study confirms that birth injury cases happen all too often. When hospitals, doctors, nurses, and other health providers don’t do their jobs correctly, children suffer devastating birth injuries. Mothers who receive inadequate care may die, suffer serious injuries, and may not be able to have more children. USA TODAY found that [...]
The 2017-2018 flu season lasted 19 weeks (winter is just 13 weeks). According to a report in the Sun Sentinel, there have been 172 pediatric flu deaths since October 17, 2017. Normally, the average death toll is about 110. The highest number in the last decade for childhood flu deaths was 300+, but that was [...]
It’s hurricane season, which means something very different for Florida residents than it might for other states – even other coastal ones. Floridians are especially likely to be forced to evacuate due to hurricanes and natural disasters, and all those drivers on the road can pose some serious problems. You never know when you’re going [...]
Florida had four confirmed cases of the measles in May. Two cases involved Florida residents who had traveled abroad but hadn’t had a measles vaccine. The other two cases, according to the Florida Department of Health (DOH), involved people who traveled to Florida even though they were ill. This is not the first time we’ve [...]
Good Morning America profiled a Kentucky mother, Amanda Bostic, who fell more than 30 feet after the roller coaster she was riding derailed. The 34-year old was just one of the survivors. About 10 other people who were riding the roller coaster, called Sandblaster, were taken to hospitals when the roller coaster accident occurred. The [...]
