Ocala Personal Injury Lawyer
Discussion of personal injury law and legal issues, with Florida focus.
Author: Craig J. Cannon, who edits this blawg, is a Florida lawyer.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Florida • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Ocala Personal Injury Lawyer
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If these are "good neighbors" I'm changing neighborhoods!
Every day we emphasize to clients and others we come into contact with the importance of having the proper automobile insurance. Florida's "no fault" system does not require a car owner to carry bodily injury…
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Reaction to Ocala Bus Tragedy
Only days after the tragic death of middle school student Frances Schee--caused by an accident between the school bus on which Frances was riding and a tractor trailer--Elissa Schee, the mother of Frances, has publicly…
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Driving While Using a Cell Phone Issue Becomes Reality In Our Community
On September 23, 2008, thirteen year-old Frances Schee was killed while riding the bus home from North Marion Middle School. The school bus made a routine stop on U.S. 301 when a tractor-trailer rear-ended it…
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Car Damage due to Gustav, Hanna, Ike or Josephine
Many consumers in Florida purchase "FULL" coverage for their automobiles. The problem is the legal definition of that word. Under Florida law, consumers are only legally required to have PIP (no-fault, Personal Injury Protection, for…
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Pharmacy Board Administers Slap on the Wrist in Death Case
This week the Board of Pharmacy of the Florida Department of Health fined pharmacist Edna Irizarry $1000 and required her to attend an 8 hour continuing education course for her role in causing the death…
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Gainesville Florida Law Enforcment Cracks Down on Drunk Driving
Gainesville, Florida law enforcement has joined a nationwide effort to increase DUI arrests and hopefully reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths caused by drinking and driving. The crime of Driving Under the Influence,…
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Allstate Admits it has Dirty Hands
Allstate the "good hands" people have decided to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in profits rather than show their "dirty hands" to Floridians. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced on Friday that Allstate Corp.…
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Motorcycle Crash with Car Kills Rider
James Cassles, age 50, was killed Saturday night after his motorcycle crashed head-on into a car. Cassles had been traveling west on S.R 100 at about 11:40 pm according to Clay County sheriff deputies. The…
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Shands Hospital at UF is an elite Level 1 Trama Center
If you have a life threatening injury caused by a automobile accident the trauma center at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida is the place to go. Since 2004, the Shands Trauma Center has…
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CSX Commuter Railroad Deal Not Dead
The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission met last week and declared their intentions to pursue the controversial deal with CSX Railroad to buy 61 miles of railroad track. The problem is that CSX Railroad does…