InjuryBoard Jacksonville Archives

• Parental Waivers - Should They Be Enforcable?

  Eddie Farah | March 28, 2009 1:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Take a visit to Disney World and parents may be asked to sign pre-injury waivers so their children can participate in boat rentals, horseback riding or any other potentially dangerous...

• Florida Considers Banning Tanning Beds For Teens

  Eddie Farah | March 27, 2009 11:42 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It’s hard to believe that in the Sunshine State people pay to go into a tanning booth to get sun exposure. But they do, including kids who want to get ready for spring break or a cheerleading...

• Woman Killed In Rollover Trying To Avoid Motorcycle

  Eddie Farah | March 26, 2009 11:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Charges are pending against a motorcyclist who sped up on the back of a woman’s car causing her to lose control and die in a rollover. According to the Florida Highway Patrol 32-year-old...

• NFL Player Hits, Kills Florida Man Crossing Street

  Eddie Farah | March 25, 2009 12:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Mario Reyes, 59, of Miami was rushing to his work as a construction crane operator. It was about 7:15 in the morning on March 14. Reyes crossed the six-lane MacArthur Causeway, near a...

• Motorcycle Passenger Hit By Falling Ladder

  Eddie Farah | March 23, 2009 12:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This would certainly qualify as a freak accident. A passenger on a motorcycle traveling in the Jacksonville area was hit by a ladder that fell from a pickup truck. The 59-year old woman is in the...

• Mortgage Fraud - Florida Second In The Nation

  Eddie Farah | March 21, 2009 11:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Mortgage fraud is on the rise, with Florida a hotbed of fraudulent activity by people trying to get money from a lender. A Mortgage Asset Research Institute report puts Florida at second in the...

• Tractor-Trailer Hits School Bus With Students Onboard In Downtown Jacksonville

  Eddie Farah | March 19, 2009 11:37 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This is a story that could have had a much worse ending. A tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus on a field trip in downtown Jacksonville this morning. The kids from Lake Forest Elementary...

• Curbing House Parties - The Party's Over Campaign

  Eddie Farah | March 16, 2009 11:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Just on the verge of spring break, “The Party’s Over” campaign has been launched in St. Johns County, south of Jacksonville, by Sheriff David Shoar. Underage drinking has gotten...

• Florida May Make Seatbelt Law A Primary Enforcement Tool

  Eddie Farah | March 15, 2009 7:25 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The proposal to tighten seat belt requirements has never passed before. In Florida, not wearing your seat belt will get you an additional fine, if, and only if, you are pulled over for a traffic...

• Two-Year-Old Killed In Driveway By SUV

  Eddie Farah | March 14, 2009 1:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This is a very sad story we keep reporting because unfortunately it keeps happening. On Tuesday afternoon, a 2-year-old girl died in her driveway when her father backed up his SUV and didn’t...

• Super Speeder Fines Increase In Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It may not pay to be a super speeder in Georgia. Those who drive fast on the state’s highway are facing an increased fine of $200 that would accomplish two goals. First, to get speeders to...

• Young Driver Distracted By Phone Pins Tree Trimmer

  Eddie Farah | March 12, 2009 11:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The 17-year-old girl was driving in the Ortega area. She tells law enforcement that she was distracted by her phone. “Just glancing at it,” is how the reporter from Channel 4 describes...

• Florida, California Lawsuits Over Smelly Wallboard

  Eddie Farah | March 08, 2009 11:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Florida may be the first state but is likely not the last state that has sulfur-tainted smelly wallboard manufactured in China that has residents moving out. A number of lawsuits are underway in...

• Negligent Property Owners Sued For Death Of Young Man

  Eddie Farah | March 07, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  James and Cheryl Creech would do anything to see their 22-year-old son again. Antonio Creech was visiting his sister at the Eureka Gardens apartments two days before Christmas 2007 when he was shot...

• Jacksonville Sheriff Must Keep Roads Safe For The Public

  Eddie Farah | March 05, 2009 11:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford is asking the public for patience as a criminal probe tries to uncover what exactly happened that led to a collision between an officer’s car and an...

• Lifejacket And Staying With Boat May Have Saved Rescued Boater

  Eddie Farah | March 02, 2009 11:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Coast Guard received a call early Sunday morning that four boaters did not return from a fishing trip off the coast of Clearwater, Florida. The four men are hard to miss, they include Oakland...

• Florida's Motorcycle Deaths Drop Slightly, Still Tops Nation

  Eddie Farah | March 01, 2009 12:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  An Elkton, Florida man slid his motorcycle into the back of another vehicle last Tuesday evening in St. Augustine. He was flown to Shands-Jacksonville in critical condition. Brandon C. Marlow, 22...