Father Will Serve 11 Days in Jail for Fatal Boating Accident
A 49-year-old man stepped away from the boat’s controls to check on the motor with the throttle still engaged. His 17-year-old son and his son’s 15-year-old friend sat on the front of the boat in Black Creek. The man pumped the fuel bulb, sending more gas into the boat’s engine. The boat sped forward at […]
Friendly Driver Gesture Leads to Class Action Lawsuit
A common driver-to-driver gesture warning of upcoming speed traps is the basis of a class action lawsuit against the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), as reported at wtsp.com. When an oncoming vehicle flashes its headlights it usually means there is a parked state trooper waiting to catch speeders. According to the lawsuit, the FHP is ticketing […]
Robbed of Life Before it Began
One of the three victims was an unborn baby. A driver traveling the wrong way down I-75 in Miami killed himself, a pregnant woman and her unborn child. The early morning car crash happened last month, as reported at wsvn.com. According to investigators, a Honda was driving at a high speed in the wrong direction […]
Colson Hicks Eidson Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Ford Motor Company
MIAMI (Sept. 2, 2011) – Leading Miami trial law firm Colson Hicks Eidson filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on August 26, 2011 on behalf of Plaintiff Eduardo Pezzi and similarly situated Florida class members against Defendant Ford Motor Company. The complaint alleges that Ford used defective spark plugs […]
Lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio Settled – Plaintiffs Not Pleased
The plaintiffs may not have liked it, but a federal judge approved the settlement in the class action lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Bloomberg.com reported last week that some class members did not like the settlement because it did not pay them very much as plaintiffs. The settlement totals $180 million, but the plaintiffs […]
