Monthly Archives: December 2017
Major Fashion Chain Recalls Girls’ Makeup Kits Over Claims About Cancer-Causing Ingredients
Tampa Bay personal injury law firm, The Matassini Law Firm, P.A., has learned that a significant investigation has established that cancer-causing asbestos in makeup spurred Claire’s, the everything girls’ mega-store, to pull nine makeup products off the market. Atop the Product and Safety page of Claires.com is a statement from the company that reads… Read More »
New Study: Deadliest Highway In The Country Goes Through Central Florida
Teletrac Navman, a large GPS company, recently named Interstate 4 in the Sunshine State as the highway with the highest number of serious injury car crashes in the country. Overall, there are 1.25 fatalities per mile on Interstate 4. Ironically, one of the most dangerous sections of the highway runs through the happiest place… Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian Collision In Hillsborough County Raises Tough Legal Questions
At first blush, fault seems clear when the tortfeasor (negligent driver) is a motorist and the victim is an 11-year-old middle school student who just disembarked from a school bus. But the initial assessment is not always the final word. According to witnesses and Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies, the Mann Middle School student had… Read More »
Fatal Crash In Fort Lauderdale
Three other people were injured in an auto collision that killed a 4-year-old girl who was not properly restrained. According to witnesses and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta attempted to make a left turn against traffic and collided with an oncoming Nissan Pathfinder. The force of the collision propelled the… Read More »
Winning A Circumstantial Evidence DUI Case
If the defendant provides a chemical sample, the defendant is guilty of DUI as a matter of law if his/her BAC was above the legal limit, which in Florida is .08. About the only defense in these cases is that the breath or blood sample was inaccurate, a difficult task that is daunting but… Read More »
Convicted Triple Murderer Receives Life In Prison Over Death Penalty Due To Head Injury
A St. John’s County jury, possibly swayed by evidence that 35-year-old Luis Toledo suffered from a traumatic brain injury, ordered that he spend the rest of his life behind bars. Prosecutors argued that the Deltona man should get the death penalty after he murdered his wife. Evidently, the wife was having an affair and… Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian Wreck In Pinellas Park
A woman is dead after she tried to cross a busy street, and the facts surrounding her death are typical of many pedestrian-auto accidents in Tampa. The wreck occurred on Belcher Road not far from the 75th Street intersection. 23-year-old Jorge Quintana, of Kenneth City, was southbound on Belcher when his Toyota collided with… Read More »