Florida Personal Injury News Events

Two teenagers from Polk County, Florida died in a car accident on the way to a graduation ceremony on May 25, 2017 at Mulberry High School.  Pepe Salgado and Frinzi Salgado-Diaz died from injuries in crash.  They were riding as passengers in a 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by...

A jury in Jacksonville, Florida awarded Joanne Mogavero $100,000 after a cup of hot coffee spilled on her at a drive-through at the River City Marketplace Starbucks in July 2014. Facts Of The Case According to Joanne Mogavero’s lawsuit, a Starbucks’ employee handed a...

A serious accident happened at the intersection of Interstate 4 and U.S. 27 in Haines City, Florida.  The accident happened on the ramp to the east of the interchange.  A photograph shown in The Ledger is pictured above.  The accident occurred when the semi-truck attempted to...

An elderly couple in a Hyundai SUV collided with another vehicle at an intersection and rolled over. They suffered minor injuries. The accident happened at an intersection in Clearwater, Florida on August 26, 2016. Driver Ran Red Light This collision likely happened when one vehicle...

Matthew Lind, a 32-year-old resident of Lakeland, Florida, died as a result of a car accident on Interstate-4 near Interstate-75 in Hillsborough County. Lind is reported to have been driving a 2014 Mazda 6 in the eastbound direction when he struck the rear end of a 2016 Ford F-350...

A sand truck flipped over on the westbound exit of Interstate-4 at County Road 557 in Lake Alfred, Florida. This accident happened on August 23, 2016 early in the morning hours. CR557 Has A Tight Turn Radius This accident happened because the truck took the turn at too high of a...

A small airplane tipped forward resulting in a propeller strike on the runway during a landing maneuver at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport on August 26, 2016. The plane involved appears to be a Cessna 310R. The Cessna 310R is a twin engine aircraft with two 285 hp engines...

Two pickup trucks collided on State Road 37 near the intersection with Radar Road. The accident happened far south of Mulberry, Florida at approximately 5:00 p.m. Terry Townsend lost control of a 2013 Dodge pickup truck that he was driving about a quarter mile south of Radar Road....

Jacob Scott, 13 years old, died on Sunday, August 28, 2016, as a result of being hit last Thursday as he was walking to a school bus stop in Polk City, Florida. News media reports that Jacob Scott was walking on the south shoulder of Barfield Road and was hit at approximately 7:45...

A white Dodge Challenger was involved in a serious accident with three reported fatalities at the intersection of Lake Drive and Park Drive in Casselberry, Florida. The accident occurred near All Faiths Memorial Park shortly before 7:00 a.m. The report states that the vehicle went...

Two single-engine small airplanes collided in mid-air during a landing attempt. A witness who is a pilot reported that the planes appeared to be trying to land at the same time and one plane came in on top of the other. The accident happened at approximately 11:00 a.m. on September...

A three car accident occurred on near 1600 East Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida and caused traffic jams. This location is near Edgewood Drive’s intersection with New Jersey Road. The picture below shows crash damage from the accident. Emergency Medical Conditions In Florida...

A 14-month-old child died during a trip to the dentist in Austin, TX. The dentist had intended to fill two cavities in baby teeth under anesthesia. The dentist’s purpose in using anesthesia was to calm jittery children so that the procedures could be performed. In total, the...

A tractor-trailer driver was pronounced dead after an accident near Lake Helen, Florida along Interstate-4 in Central Florida. The truck went off the roadway and several Good Samaritans began performing CPR on the driver. The accident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. on September...

Another car accident near the 1600 block of Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida has been reported on September 8, 2016. This accident involved two vehicles and resulted in the damage shown below. Serious Accident Damage No injuries were reported in this accident, however, the...

A four car chain reaction collision happened at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Sunday night. The accident happened when Julie Gough, 23-years-old, claims to have taken her eyes off the roadway after dropping a Gatorade botton the floor of her car. She was driving a 2003 Honda CRV and...

A Beechcraft King Air crashed in Apopka, Florida while attempting to land at Orlando-Apopka Airport on September 10, 2016. The plane struck its propeller on a tree just before the crash. Investigators said that wind turbulence cause the plane “to shift in the air.” After...

This accident involved a vehicle that lost control at high speed and rolled several times before coming to a stop. A stunning video of the incident is located on the internet. The driver is recovering from injuries suffered in the crash. The accident happened in the afternoon on July...

A semi-truck jackknifed at the Interstate-4 Exit Ramp at County Road 557 (Old Grade Road) in Lake Alfred, Florida. Drivers Repeat The Same Mistakes I know this offramp quite well as I have driven it many times.  My remarks about this offramp are that there is a flashing...

Ricardo Earl Coterillo died from injuries suffered while he was struck by a Ford F-150 near the intersection of Walt Loop Road and Walt Williams Road. Coterillo was 53 years old and died at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. Coterillo was driving a 2014 Harley-Davidson FXDB....