When choosing an attorney, you should check qualifications and experience – and make sure your case will get the attention it deserves. Too often, you need a lawyer because a problem has arisen unexpectedly: a catastrophic auto accident, a business deal gone wrong, a death or injury from a defective […]
Touching a button to unlock and start the car seems like magic. But there can be serious safety problems when a computer is running your car, not you! After Mercedes-Benz introduced keyless ignition in its 1999 S Class models in Germany, other carmakers soon followed suit and, in 2002, Cadillac […]
Studies conducted by the Insurance Research Council indicate that about 16.1% of U.S. motorists are uninsured. Drivers of older cars are especially negligent: A whopping 40% of vehicles older than 15 years are driven by uninsured drivers. If you live in Florida, your odds of encountering an uninsured driver are […]
As small children, we learn that fire is dangerous and we’re taught to stay away from a long list of obvious fire sources such as fireplaces, fireworks, campfires, candles, lit cigarettes, matches, and more. As adults, we watch horrific videos of huge fires – forest fires, factory explosions, gas leaks […]
The gas that we use every day to heat a room, cook a meal, barbecue steaks, supply hot water or propel our lawn mower can cause smoke, fire, and poisonous fumes if equipment and appliances are not maintained. Among the most lethal dangers are natural gas and propane explosions, whether […]
Like many parents, you may be frustrated with what seems like the endless and thankless task of strapping your child in and out of a car seat several times a day. You have to be a rocket scientist to understand how to install the seat in the first place, and […]
Recently the Palm Beach Post published an article and several letters to the editor have been written about those who ride bicycles along our roadways. Here in Palm Beach County our traffic issues are further complicated by the ebb and flow of the volume of traffic. In the summer months, […]
Today, the discovery of information in most litigation involves large amounts of digital documents and data. Corporate counsel goes through a painful hand wringing ritual every time they think about data preservation versus spoliation versus data destruction. You can hear the pain flow down from the corporate inner wards every […]
Let’s look at what a driver must deal with during the course of the average drive: Driving with hands Accelerating with the right leg and foot Possibly braking with the left leg and foot Possibly clutching with the left leg and foot Eyes checking dashboard gauges Eyes checking right view […]
It is 2014. Is there a single reason why a child would be riding in a motor vehicle today unrestrained? For that matter, is there a person who should be in a motor vehicle traveling down the highway unrestrained? The latest report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tells […]
