The Third District Court of Appeals has overturned a major vehicular manslaughter guilty plea this week of a Miami man who crashed into a carload of tourists on Tamiami Trail. Luis Lazardo was speeding down the trail, at speeds up to 83.9 miles per hour when he struck a car…
Plaintiff’s attorneys and law professors alike are abuzz with speculation on the effects of an March 2014 Florida Supreme court decision that strikes down caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death claims. In the 5-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court decided that the 2003 law putting a $1…
Michael and Brandi Helvey thought they added the perfect finishing touch to their Georgia dream home when they installed an elevator to accommodate Michael’s mother, who was living with the couple. The elevator, a National Wheel-O-Vator Destiny, cost $20,000, but it soon seemed to be an expense well worth it.…
A driver who allegedly killed five people in a horrific drunk-driving crash on Interstate 95 in North Miami-Dade more than two years ago remains a fugitive. Despite the fact that Carlos Lacayo remains on the run, a civil jury last week awarded over $15 million in damages to one of…
A Los Angeles jury awarded a thirteen-year-old girl $150 million in damages on Friday based on an accident that occurred on a Southern California freeway almost four years ago. The girl watched her family members burn to death in their vehicle after they hit and got stuck under a big rig…
Authorities announced today that they believe they have found the tractor trailer and the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on Monday night. Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Wysocky said that the truck–a Peterbilt cab pulling a flatbed–was found sometime Tuesday morning in the Orlando area.…
Prosecutors in Maine have charged Kristina Lowe with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of aggravated criminal operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident in connection with a crash that killed two of Lowe’s friends last year. Some have said that Lowe serves as a perfect…
A twenty-two-year-old newlywed was killed early Sunday morning in Orem, Utah when an intoxicated man drove his SUV onto the sidewalk where the young woman was sitting. Ashley Zimmer was sitting on a curb in front of her home, not far from her own car, at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.…
Five individuals ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-two were killed early Saturday morning after the most horrific crash Palm Beach County has seen in years. A 1994 Lexus driven by twenty-two-year-old Jason A. Mahlung was driving on Blue Heron Boulevard, less than a mile from the home of one…
A seven-year-old boy was pronounced dead one week after being attacked by a neighbor’s bulldogs while riding his bicycle. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office informed local media that Tyler Jett was pronounced dead at a Pensacola hospital Sunday afternoon. The cause of death was a punctured carotid artery. Last Tuesday,…