A jury recently awarded a surviving husband $4 million in a wrongful death suit as a result of a nurse’s error that eventually claimed the life of his 29-year-old wife. The man’s wife went in for a hysterectomy, but medical professionals failed to recognize the woman had a latex allergy.…
A north Florida man was seriously injured late Friday when a tractor-trailer making a left hand turn ran over his legs. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man was sitting on the shoulder of a Suwannee County road when the semitrailer’s left rear tires ran over his legs. The…
For many Americans, the Fourth of July holiday means grabbing friends and family members and barbecuing on the grill. While cooking out is essentially a rite of summer, most people fail to realize the budding dangers for serious burns and other injuries right in your back yard. According to the…
U.S. transportation safety regulators shut down 26 bus companies last month operating curbside bus routes primarily on the I-95 corridor, Florida and the East Coast for alleged safety violations. This action is the result of a larger investigation into crashes in New York and New Jersey last year that killed…
According to a new federal study released Thursday, fewer motorcyclists are killed in states that have helmet laws. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention performed a study that found nearly five times as many no-helmet motorcycle deaths occur in states that have less restrictive laws. Researchers with the CDC…
A 53-year-old nurse’s assistant at a nursing home in St. Johns County was arrested April 13 and charged with elderly abuse after he apparently held a pillow over the face of an 81-year-old female patient. A co-worker allegedly overheard the woman screaming outside the room at 2:30 a.m. After opening…
State inspectors Wednesday were looking into an International Drive go-kart attraction that apparently sent an 11-year-old girl and a man to hospitals. The chief of the Florida Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection claims the collision impact, which happened around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, caused a corner of the track to fall…
A Davie, Florida woman is recovering from a burn injury after reaching her hand inside a mailbox where police believe an acid bomb exploded. Police responded to a residence around 9 a.m. and treated the woman for a minor injury. The woman told police she heard a loud noise Tuesday…
A road-rage shooting taking place Friday evening resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man and the arrest of a 30-year-old Gainesville man. The incident apparently started just before 3 p.m., and it appears the drivers pulled into the parking lot of a restaurant to settle the dispute. The Gainesville…
A tractor-trailer slammed into a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 27 in Polk County this week, resulting in the death of one person and causing a chain reaction of crashes. In total, three separate crashes involving nine vehicles occurred in the Lake Wales area. According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office…