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Sandwiched between mammoth tractor trailers; a sports car on your bumper and then, like a slingshot, he is beside you, in front of you…in no time he is many cars ahead of you and gaining distance by weaving in and out of traffic; a motorcycle speeding up the highway on […]

On December 3, 2007, 59-year-old Niven Anderson was on his way to West Palm Beach to connect with some of his business customers and had stopped his car at a traffic light in Belle Glade, Florida. Without any warning, the flatbed trailer of a passing commercial vehicle swerved from its […]

In Florida a car is a “dangerous instrumentality. Florida common law holds that owners of motor vehicles may be held liable for damages suffered by third parties as the result of negligent operation of their vehicles when the vehicle is driven with their knowledge and consent. The theory behind this […]

A recent article by MSNBC.com suggests drivers are disoriented and have problems deciding what to do in an emergency with cars that display fancy technology and controls such as keyless ignition. In fact in the BMWiDrive, the control functions for the radio and air conditioning were so baffling that if […]

A Single vehicle automobile accident is not always what it appears to be on the surface. Typically, when an automobile crash happens involving a single car, even the police attribute it to driver error, environmental causes, or similar combination of contributing factors. Not always as simple as it seems on […]

This case is a tragedy about (4) young lives extinguished long before they should have been. This is also a story about a corporation that lost, destroyed and fabricated evidence in an effort to avoid liability for the death of these four young people. BNSF Railroad’s story: the four youths […]

Do we need to do a study that driving after drinking is a really bad idea? Clearly, we know that drinking and driving do not mix. Do we need to do a study that texting while driving is a bad idea? I would hope that it is not an enormous […]

In the early morning hours today, a Palm Beach County Sherriff’s Deputy was struck by a suspected drunk driver in Lake Worth. Yes, you heard correctly. I used “drunk driver” in the same sentence as “early morning”. It is our hope that the Deputy in the patrol car was not […]

If you can read this message, you may be “glty as chrgd” of texting while driving.  Even if you don’t text while driving, you are smart, but may soon be in the minority. More than 20 percent of ALL drivers, not just teens, admit to sending text messages while driving. […]

We have all been there. When you begin to pass a tractor trailer on the highway, you speed up just a little bit in an effort to get quickly clear or you slow down and simply refuse to take the chance. If passing, you are all the while holding your […]