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• Ft. Lauderdale to Pay $180,000 in Car Accident Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  The city of Fort Lauderdale agreed unanimously last week to pay $180,000 to the families of two victims of a 2000 car accident. Teens in a stolen car ran a stop sign while fleeing police. The car crashed into a Kia, killing a 12-year-old passenger. The money will be split between the families of the boy who was killed and the driver of the Kia. The city maintains that the police were not engaged...

• Arkansas Woman Files Dog Bite Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | October 30, 2006 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  A woman who was attacked by a pit bull last December has filed a dog bite lawsuit against the dog's owner. Lynetta Jones was walking to check her mail when she saw Paul Watson's daughter walking his dog. The pit bull broke free from the girl and attacked Jones - biting her on the arm and yanking her from side to side until a good samaritan driving by stopped to help her.Watson knew the dog was...

• Alaska Woman Loses Slip and Fall Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  A Fairbanks jury has ruled against a woman seeking $400,000 after she broke her leg in an icy parking lot while on her way to a hockey game. The woman's attorney was seeking compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages and future lost wages.Attorneys for the defense argued that the arena's management company had taken the proper precautions by spreading gravel in the parking...

• Las Companias de Negligencia Medica son Responsables por los Altos Precios, No las Demandas

  Evan Rosen | April 13, 2007 4:54 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Parece que la industria de seguros no tienen mas escusas. Ellos culparon a los abogados de litigios y sus demandas frivolas. Ellos abogaron con la legislacion para cambiar las leyes que no les beneficiban y pudieron cambiar el sistema. Pero despues de anos de cambio, limites a los costos que recibian los abogados y la compensacion que recibian las victimas lesionadas por su sufrimiento y...

• New Year's Day Crash Leaves Three Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 12:39 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Around 2 am on New Year's Day, a three car accident left three people dead and eight injured. The accident happened at Broward Boulevard and the southbound exit ramp of I-95. "We're trying to piece it together," Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Katherine Collins said of the crash at Broward Boulevard and the southbound Interstate 95 exit ramp. "Speed and alcohol are definitely going to be...