A 21-year-old University of Florida senior endured critical head injuries late Sunday afternoon after she was supposedly being taught how to drive a motorcycle. The Gainesville Police Department said the accident occurred at a local Gainesville apartment complex. Karen Voyles from the Gainesville Sun is reporting that witnesses told the…
A 5-year-old girl was killed on Nov. 5 in her front yard after an enraged Hudson, Florida woman got behind the wheel of her car and sped away from her house after a fight with her boyfriend. Florida Highway Patrol estimates that the Jeep accelerated to somewhere around 44 mph…
Two teenagers were seriously injured when a van carrying six teens ran a stop sign and crashed into a car carrying two teens in Levy County on Feb. 17. Three of the passengers from the 2000 Plymouth van were wearing seatbelts and suffered minor injuries, according to The Florida Highway…
January, 2011 A Marion County woman, 29, was arrested Saturday for allegedly pouring gasoline on her boyfriend’s genital area and setting him on fire. The man was taken to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville with critical injuries. His condition is unknown as of Sunday morning, according to…
La Firma Whittel & Melton que ejerce su practica en el área de lesiones personales (basada en el Condado Hernando, pero ejerciendo diariamente en los condados de Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sumter, Lake, Marion, Orange and Alachua), nos ha enseñando la desafortunada lección de cuidarse de los otros conductores durante las…
Whittel & Melton’s personal Injury law practice, (based in Hernando County, but practicing daily in Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sumter, Lake, Marion, Orange and Alachua Counties), has taught us the unfortunate lesson to be very weary of other drivers during the holiday season. Historically, we have seen the very worst of…
Last week, the Utah Attorney General filed a Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit in the Third District Court alleging that GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Avandia, defrauded the state of Utah by promoting itself as a successful diabetes treatment. In this provocative claim, the Utah AG says that the state paid millions of…
The Ocala Star Banner is reporting the tragic story of a little girl who was not restrained in a car seat and died in a car accident on her way to day care on Wednesday. Florida Highway Patrol officials say the crash investigation is ongoing, but initial reports indicate that…
In a tragic turn of events, just west of the Sumter – Hernando County line near US Hwy 301, one person is dead and seven are injured. As reported by the Hernando Today, the driver of an all-terrain vehicle crashed into an SUV just prior to 10:30 p.m. this past…
The day that Florida restaurants and seafood suppliers sue BP for April’s Deep Horizon oil spill may come sooner than later thanks to New Orleans’ Chef Susan Spicer. Last Friday, Spicer sued BP in Louisiana Federal Court. According to Zest: The Florida Foodie Insider’s Guide, Spicer’s attorney filed the lawsuit…