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HART Bus Seriously Injures Tampa Circuit Judge
The longest-serving circuit judge in Hillsborough County is in critical condition after she suffered a head injury in a collision with a transit bus. Witnesses say that Circuit Judge Claudia Isom had just left the George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa when a Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit bus smashed into the driver’s side of… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Fatal Bicycle-Vehicle Collision On I-4
A Tampa man is in custody after he allegedly struck a bicyclist and did not stop. Police say that the accident occurred in the early morning hours on the eastbound Interstate 4 exit ramp onto Highway 301. When 44-year-old Christopher Cole struck 45-year-old Aristeo Pascual, of Brandon, Mr. Pascual was thrown off his bike…. Read More »
Reckless Police Chase Injures Four, Including Teenager
An unmarked St. Petersburg Police vehicle smashed into a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy’s car, hurling it across traffic and into the pathway of an oncoming motorist. The wreck occurred near the intersection of 26th Avenue South and Martin Luther King. As Officer Scott Cameron was looking for a suspect vehicle that had earlier fled… Read More »
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What Makes A Search Legal?
When America’s Founding Fathers presented the Constitution to voters for approval, many people were alarmed because, they felt, the document did not sufficiently limit the federal government’s power. After all, these people had just fought a war to rid themselves of a strong central government, so they had no desire to submit to another… Read More »