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Hospitalized Babies At Risk For Medicine Mistakes
Medication errors in hospitals are alarmingly common – and it appears babies and small children are the ones in greatest danger. A new medical study from Canada finds that young patients are at risk of serious mistakes in prescribing and administering drugs. In fact,...
Miami Nursing Home Closing After Two Deaths
A nursing home in Miami Gardens is shutting down its children’s unit following the death of two children and safety fines totaling $300,000. Golden Glades Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has announced that its 60-bed pediatric unit will be closing. The move is the...
Drivers Still Distracted Despite Rising Awareness
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety recently released its Safety Culture report on distracted and risk-prone drivers. According to the report, distracted driving remains both a major concern and a prevalent behavior among motorists. AAA Foundation is a publicly...
Support Grows for Florida Texting Ban
A Florida Senate committee is taking the first step towards banning texting while driving. The effort is happening as support for the law appears to be at its highest. The Senate bill would make texting while driving a secondary offense, which means officers could add...
Florida Highway Patrol Targets Aggressive Drivers
The Florida Highway Patrol has kicked off a new enforcement campaign against aggressive car and truck drivers. From February 4 through February 8, troopers across the state will keep an eye out for motorists who are speeding, following a vehicle too closely, or...
“Phil Will Help” Phone App Is Vital Tool in Car Crashes
The new “Phil Will Help” phone application could be a lifesaver for people in Florida who are in an automobile accident. The app provides vital information and links – such as locating the nearest ambulance service, calling a towing company, and organizing medical...
New Trial Denied in $1.8 Million Nursing Home Abuse Case
A Lake Worth nursing home has been denied a new trial after it was hit with a jury verdict of nearly $1.8 million for a former patient’s wrongful death. This was one of the largest trial verdicts ever handed down in a wrongful death lawsuit against a Florida nursing...
45 Florida High Schools Win Safe Driving Grants
The Florida chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) has announced that 45 high schools in the state will receive $1,000 grants funded by State Farm. The grants will be used to develop safe driving campaigns for teens. SADD is funded by the Florida...
Absence of Distracted Driving Law Hurts State’s Safety Rating
A group of highway safety advocates is giving Florida a rating of “yellow” for its traffic safety laws, saying the state needs to do more to protect motorists. In its recently released 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, the Advocates for Highway and Auto...
Florida Car Accident Lawyer Philip DeBerard, III, Blasts Behind-The-Wheel Apps
The founder of Philip DeBerard, Injury Attorney, says new in-car technology introduced at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas flies in the face of distracted driving fatality statistics. Stuart, FL (Vocus/PRWEB) January 26, 2013 –Philip DeBerard, III, an...
Two Killed in Manatee County Crash
Two people were killed and two others hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision in Manatee County on January 8. One driver lost control on a curve and drifted across the centerline directly into oncoming traffic. The family of a person killed in a...
Traffic deaths increase in FL, across US
Drivers in Broward County and Palm Beach County should proceed with extra care. Numbers from the Florida Highway Patrol state that traffic deaths in both counties have increased over the past year. This increase appears to be on trend with the nationwide statistics...
Twenty Percent of Florida Nursing Homes Endanger Patients
One in five nursing homes in Florida has been placed on a Health Care Watch List for not adequately taking care of its patients. The group Families for Better Care took a look at nursing homes throughout Florida and found that fully 20 percent of them are on the...
Responsibility for Roadway Defects
In some car accident scenarios, such as accidents caused by a drunk driver, responsibility for the accident is easy to identify. However, this is not the case for all accidents, especially those that occur because of a defect on or near a roadway. Accidents resulting...
Website Compiles List of Cellphone Laws, Legislation
Last week, we wrote about new legislation that would ban texting behind the wheel in Florida. As we mentioned, this legislation marks the fourth time Florida lawmakers are considering such a ban. With so much legal action going on regarding distracted driving, it’s...
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