In the early hours of a recent Sunday, a life was abruptly and tragically cut short on State Road 429 in Ocoee, just West of my Orlando office, a stark reminder of the ever-present dangers that pedestrians face on our roads. This incident, as reported by the Florida Highway Patrol, unfolded shortly before 2 a.m. near mile marker 24, just north of Plant Street.
Orlando Car Accident Involving Passenger Injuries & One Fatality
As an Orlando car accident attorney, sometimes I receive calls from Florida injury victims who were passengers in the car with the at-fault driver.
Just this week in the news, for example, a young man named Jacob Johnson was driving in Polk County (Oviedo), going westbound on I-4 near State Road 559, when he ...
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Why You Should Wear Your Motorcycle Helmet In Orlando
As an Orlando motorcycle accident attorney, I know that Florida’s motorcycle helmet law can be confusing. So I wanted to explain that although many bikers aren’t required to wear helmets, there are still legal reasons why you should. If you suffered head trauma in your motorcycle accident, then the defense will have an argument that you were partly to blame for your injuries. That doesn’t mean you can’t recover any ...
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2015