Could a Construction Site Accident Spill Onto My Property?
In early November, a beam from a construction site crashed onto a restaurant next door to it and nearly hit a few diners while they were eating breakfast. According to WESH-TV, just before 11 a.m. on a Sunday, a 100-foot long steel sheet piling fell onto Grills Tiki Bar in Port Canaveral, Florida. Reportedly, customers who were […]
Could Pilot Inexperience Cause a Plane Crash?
From 1990 to 2002, 75 percent of commuter-carrier accidents and 45 percent of major airline accidents were found to be the result of human error, according to a 2006 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) study. Factors behind the human errors that lead to airplane accidents can include fatigue, poor training and pilot inexperience. In fact, one […]
Colson Hicks Eidson Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Hit and Run Drunk Driver that Fatally Struck Cyclist Walter Reyes
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2015) – Coral Gables-based law firm Colson Hicks Eidson filed a wrongful death complaint in the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County today on behalf of Maribel Reyes, the widow of Walter Reyes, and her two daughters against Defendants Alejandro Alvarez and Rodrigo Alvarez. According to the complaint, after spending hours drinking at a night […]
Could Tread Separating from a Tire Cause a Dump Truck Crash?
Tragically, a dump truck driver was killed in late October in a rollover accident that was caused by the tread separating from one of the vehicle’s tires. The incident took place near Pine Hills, Florida on a Wednesday morning along State Road 408, according to WFTV-TV. As the dump truck was traveling west on SR 408, […]
Is It Against the Law for Me to Put a Dashcam in My Car?
The growth of technology in recent decades, especially how much of our lives we put on display through videos and images online, has made surveillance more and more common everywhere we go. So, what are the chances we could one day document trips in our automobiles as much as we do the rest of our […]
Did Drug Maker Hide Xarelto’s Side Effects?
Patients should not have to wonder whether the drugs the hospital gives them are going help save their lives or be the reason they don’t wake up the next day. For those who are given Xarelto (Rivaroxaban), such thoughts could cross their mind, seeing as the blood thinner has been making headlines for all the […]
How Did the Supreme Court Rule on BP’s Oil Spill Settlement Appeal?
After waging a two-year battle over the interpretation of the settlement in the BP oil spill case, the US Supreme Court rejected BP’s appeal. The Times-Picayune reports that since the settlement was not overturned, businesses affected by the 2010 oil spill do not need to prove direct harm to claim damages. BP had been arguing that the […]
Julie Braman Kane of Colson Hicks Eidson Delivers Insight at Florida Association for Women Lawyers Annual Litigation Workshop
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2015) – Colson Hicks Eidson partner Julie Braman Kane recently served as a featured panelist at Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ third annual Litigation Skills Workshop. The workshop focused on Deposition Skills for Women Lawyers and featured a series of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on training from local judges and leading attorneys. Kane, a trial […]
Another Death Linked to Honda, Takata Airbags
If you have been following our blog lately, you know we have been covering the latest revelations in the ongoing Takata airbag recall saga, which has just taken another turn, according to The Detroit News. According to the news outlet, Honda has confirmed that a defective Takata airbag was linked to a fatal car accident in mid-January. […]
Did Xarelto’s Makers Fail to Properly Warn Users of Bleeding Risks?
Another lawsuit has been filed concerning bleeding risks associated with blood thinner Xarelto, according to The Madison-St. Clair Record. A woman who claims that taking the drug has “created an inability for her blood to congeal in a timely manner” is bringing the suit, which has been filed against Janssen Research and Development and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, […]
