Apr 15, 2021 | Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death
Distractions come in three types: visual, manual, and cognitive, which means distracted driving is anything that takes your hands off the wheel, eyes off the road, or mind off driving. Drivers who are texting or talking on cell phones, adjusting the radio, eating and...
Apr 15, 2021 | Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death
Distractions bombard us from every side when we are driving. Whether it’s your cellphone, rowdy passengers, or roadside events, allowing yourself to be distracted visually, manually, or cognitively can lead to disaster. Despite the obvious harms and the legal...
Apr 15, 2021 | Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death
While most people intuitively believe that they are safe drivers, the statistics simply do not support this: About eight people die every day in crashes involving a distracted driver in the United States. In 2019 alone, 3,142 accident deaths involved a distracted...
Apr 7, 2021 | Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death
Roughly 8 people die every day in crashes involving a distracted driver, and 3,142 people were killed by distracted driving in 2019, a 9.9% increase from 2018. The data available for 2020 are no better: The first nine months (Jan.–Sept.) saw a 4.6% increase in road...
Oct 6, 2020 | Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death
There are alarming car accident statistics and then there are alarming car accident statistics. A nearly-30% rise in accident deaths due to a single kind of negligent driving is certainly a case of an alarming car accident statistic. This is exactly the statistic that...
Sep 7, 2020 | Wrongful Death
Thousands of people tragically die every year in Florida from injuries they sustain in entirely avoidable accidents. After their deaths, family members and loved ones may be left wondering whether they have any legal recourse to hold the at-fault parties accountable...
