If you are a South Florida resident, particularly of Miami, you are well aware of the city’s on-going, and seemingly never-ending, construction. In fact, construction all over the United States has been booming for the past several years, and 2017 is no exception. While cities like New York and Chicago…
Miami-Dade County has been rated one of the fastest growing markets for construction for several years now, largely due to the building boom in Downtown Miami and Brickell. While this is great for the local economy there are also some risks. Recently an elevated construction boom struck a Metromover rail car in…
Dressers leading to the death of small children sounds like a bad horror film. However, this unfortunate series of events has been a reality for at least three families so far. Sold in several small pieces requiring extensive instruction and a bit of time are the typical furnishings purchased from…
Someone rear ends you or hits you as your driving down the street. At the moment you don’t notice any pain or obvious injuries but as the weeks go on you notice discomfort in your neck, back, knees or other parts of your body. A common misconception among those injured…
Personal injury law is utilized when someone causes physical harm to another and the injured wants to be made whole or compensated for that injury. The experienced attorneys at Friedland | Carmona provide free consultations to those who believe they may have a case and are seeking more information on…
A truck driver died early Monday at the construction site for the new San Francisco 49ers stadium when he was crushed by a bundle of rebar being unloaded from his truck. The worker was the second worker to die at this construction site in less than six months. Construction at…
Two road workers in Tampa were struck by a car last Tuesday in the early morning hours while working along Tampa’s Dale Mabry Highway. The workers are now recovering from injuries sustained in the accident. A silver car driving down the highway veered off the road, jumped a curb, and…
A South Florida construction worker died Monday morning after he fell from the seventh floor of the BrickellHouse construction site. Twenty-nine-year-old Corence Lawrence Gumbs fell from his worksite on the seventh floor of the building located at 1300 Brickell Bay Drive around 7:15 a.m. The cause of the fall is…
Seven people were injured after a crane collapsed at a construction side near the East River in New York City last Wednesday. Of the seven injured, three victims needed to be extracted from beneath the fallen machinery. They suffered a range of injuries, including several broken bones, but none suffered…
Four men were working aboard a ship docked in the Port of Tampa when pipes came crashing down onto them. The four men were working as stevedores for the International Longshoreman’s’ Association when the accident occurred. They were located at the bottom of the ship’s cargo hold and were bundling…