It’s Not Business, It’s Personal
A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 21-0 in favor of adding doses for children 6 months to 2 years old to over-the-counter acetaminophen formulas. The FDA has convened a two-day meeting to consider changes that will make the formulas safer and easier to use. The liquid formulas have never contained dosing information for children under 2 to…
When Governor Scott said he was going after the Florida Trial Lawyers, we knew the beneficiary would be the Insurance industry. Governor Scott left no doubt with the anti-consumer legislation he pushed during the 2011 session, and when he signed into law on Tuesday a wide-ranging bill that could allow home insurers to raise premiums up to 15 percent a…
A bicycle accident claimed the life of Leopard-Trek’s Wouter Weylandt after crashing on the descent of the Bocco mountain pass around 25km from the finish line during the Giro d’Italia Monday. Race officials said his left pedal got stuck in a wall at the side of the road, forcing Weylandt to tumble around 20 meters to the ground below. Weylandt,…
U.S. safety regulators have expanded an investigation into the possibility that straps holding fuel tanks can rust and break on Ford Motor Co F-150 pickup trucks from the 1997-2001 model years. The recall effects 2.7 million vehicles. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said over the weekend that two fires have resulted from the issue in which one or…
As a Miami Personal Injury Attorney I am all too familiar with the dangers of Distracted Driving. The US Department of Transportation is aggressively working to educate drivers about the inherent dangers of distracted driving. Allstate Insurance company has joined the fight to educate parents and teens. Allstate’s “Thumbs Up” Facebook page has tens of thousands of fans who have…
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican controlled legislature concluded the legislative session by passing a number of anti-consumer bills, and of course lining the pockets of the insurance industry. In a sweeping overhaul of the $21 billion Medicaid program, the Florida Legislature approved a bill Friday to shift nearly three million Medicaid recipients into managed-care programs in the hope of…
In hopes of reducing bicycle accidents in Miami, the Royal Netherlands embassy in Washington has dispatched three of the famously bike-friendly country’s top experts on “cycling as transportation” to Miami, where they will spend three days figuring out how to turn the city’s car-clogged downtown into a virtual Amsterdam of safe, connected bikeways. The ThinkBike Workshop comes to town as…
MIAMI GARDENS– A 14-year-old boy was killed Saturday evening near the intersection of Northwest 199 Street and 27th Avenue when he was struck by a red pickup truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. As reported by the Sun Sentinel, The driver of the truck fled the scene after the 10 p.m. collision. Investigators ask that anyone with information about…
Winfred Howell, a 65 year old cyclist died in Delray Community Hospital on Monday. Mr. Howell suffered head injuries while crossing eastbound State Road 441, about 500 feet north of Lake Worth Road, when Mr. Howell’s bike struck a 2002 Hyundai driven by Iris Smith. As reported by the Sun Sentinel, a witness traveling right behind the Hyundai told traffic…
In a blog that has nothing to do with Medical Malpractice, car accidents or bicycle accidents. I woke up this morning, read the paper and found out that Jim Mandich, former Miami Dolphin player and broadcaster had died from his long battle with bile duct cancer. I then turned on the radio to the Joe Rose show, and as I…