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The Orlando Sentinel recently reported that a woman died after she crashed her car into a Walt Disney Bus. Apparently, the driver ran through a red light in her SUV when she collided with the Disney bus, that was transporting guests, and another vehicle. The SUV driver sped through the red light on West Buena Vista Drive and Western Way at around 2:30 a.m.

Evidently, the bus and third vehicle were driving south on Buena Vista nearing Western Way. When the SUV driver ran through the light, the bus hit her car on the left side. It proceeded to spin around and only stopped after hitting the third car. The driver of the SUV, unfortunately, passed away. No other passengers were hurt in the accident. Reports indicate that an investigation is still being conducted regarding the accident.

How to File a Personal Injury Claim in Florida

To increase your chances of success, it is important that you contact an attorney to assist you in filing your personal injury suit. The first thing that needs to be established is whether the other party was actually negligent. In order to prove that, the plaintiff must show that the other party owed him or her a duty of care, that the other party breached that duty, that the breach resulted in the plaintiff’s injuries, and that actual damages were sustained.

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The federal government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for overseeing the safety of consumable foods and medicines in the United States. While “supplements” occupy a sort of gray area when it comes to regulation, the FDA does still have some regulatory authority.

In a recent article by Reuters, it is reported that many supplements that are still available for sale through online outlets have, in fact, been recalled by the FDA for their links to dangerous conditions such as cancer, heart attacks, and strokes. According to the article, more than half of the supplements tainted with “bad drugs” were still available for sale. The supplements with the most often adulterated pharmaceuticals are weight loss drugs, sports enhancement drugs, and sexual enhancement drugs.

One of the authors of the study told reporters that they tested 27 supplements that had been banned by the FDA for containing some banned ingredient. The researchers purchased the supplements between eight months and four years after the FDA tested the supplements’ make-up and determined that they were unsafe.

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Late last week, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled on a pending personal injury claim. The case considered a claim made by a plaintiff who was injured at a ski resort. Apparently, the plaintiff was an experienced snowboarder and purchased a season ski pass from a ski resort. The ski resort mandated that an indemnity agreement be signed, which basically released the ski resort from any liability, even for its own negligence. At some point during the season, the snowboarder was boarding in the ski resort’s terrain park, at which point he suffered a severe injury that resulted in his permanent paralysis.

The snowboarder brought a suit against the ski resort, claiming that it was negligent in its maintenance, design, and construction of the terrain park. The ski resort claimed that the snowboarder signed the release, and therefore it was not liable. The plaintiff claimed that the indemnity clause is against public policy. The lower court granted the defendant’s motion, but the plaintiff appealed the case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in Oregon ruled that the release is unconscionable, and the case should be remanded.

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Earlier this week in Eglin, two vehicles collided on State Road 123 in what appeared to be a head-on collision. According to a report by one local news source, the accident occurred shortly after 4:30 in the afternoon last Thursday.

Evidently, the collision involved a pick-up truck and a van. One man and one woman were taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center by ambulance. Another man was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. A fourth man was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency workers. There was also one dog killed in the accident and another seriously injured.

The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating the accident, hoping to learn more about the cause of the fatal traffic accident. No citations have been issued yet, but that may change as the investigation is completed.

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Earlier this year in October, a key Florida State football cornerback was involved in a serious hit-and-run accident. Despite the seriousness of the accident, and his fleeing the scene, he was let off the hook relatively easily by police. According to one news report by the New York Times, the accident occurred at 2:37 in the morning on a Sunday night.

Evidently, the Florida State player drove his car into the path of an oncoming vehicle, causing the serious accident. Rather than stay at the scene and make sure that the other driver was all right, he decided to flee the scene with his two passengers.

The cornerback eventually returned to the scene. When he did, police were present and conducting an investigation into what had happened. However, despite the fact that the accident occurred late at night, the officers did not administer an alcohol test. They didn’t even ask the player if he had been drinking that evening.

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Earlier this month just east of Boca Chita Key, a deadly boat accident claimed the life of a 72-year-old man. According to one local news report by CBS Miami, the 23-foot boat carrying the man capsized when it was swamped by a wave.

Evidently, when emergency crews responded, three people had been thrown from the boat into the sea. Upon their arrival, one man had entered cardiac arrest. Responders performed CPR on the elderly man and took him to Mercy Hospital. They were able to keep his heart rate and blood pressure up until arrival at the hospital. Unfortunately, however, he died a short time after he was admitted.

The other two people aboard the boat survived the accident.

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OxyContin is one of the best selling prescription pain medication on the market today. Due to the drug’s extended release capabilities, it offers patients up to 12 hours of pain relief with just one pill. However, this same attribute makes it a favorite among those looking for a quick and easy high. In fact, so many people have become addicted to the drug that the State of Kentucky brought a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug, Purdue Pharmaceuticals.

According to a report by Insurance Journal, the lawsuit was filed in a small, rural Kentucky courthouse where many of the residents have been, or know people who have been, addicted to the drug. The claim alleges that the manufacturer misled doctors and pharmacists into believing that the drug was a less addictive and equally effective alternative to other pain medications. However, recent research has proven those assertions to be patently false.

Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee are three of the top five states for use of prescription pain medication, and Purdue Pharmaceuticals is claiming that they will not be able to receive a fair trial in Kentucky as a result. However, in a series of preliminary decisions, the presiding judge seems likely to require Purdue to take the case to trial in the rural Kentucky town.

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Earlier this month, the manufacturer of several hip replacement parts settled a lawsuit with thousands of patients who had one of two of the manufacturer’s models used in their hip replacements. According to a report by MLive.com, the medical-device manufacturer Stryker instituted a voluntary recall back in 2012 for two of its more popular models, the Rejuvenate and ABG II artificial hip implants.

Evidently, these two models were metal-on-metal hip replacements, and the metal was prone to “corroding and fretting,” causing pain and swelling in the patients’ hip areas. It is not clear how much each patient stands to receive in the settlement offer, but there is some indication that certain patients may receive up to $500,000.

As for those patients who had the hip replacement and needed to get it removed, the base settlement will be around $300,000. The deadline for filing a claim is March 2015. The manufacturer is expecting to pay out over $1 billion in settlements over the course of the recall.

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Just when it seemed like everyone was on the same page and had agreed that using a cell phone while driving was an unsafe and bad idea, a study was released arguing that driving while on the phone may not be as dangerous as once thought. More specifically, the study suggests that cell-phone bans are not as effective as they were once thought to be.

According to a report by Extreme Tech, a recent study looked at accident rates before and after a California cell-phone ban went into effect. The results may be surprising to some: “We find no evidence that the ban on hand-held cell phone use led to a reduction in traffic accidents.”

The study, of course, has its opposition. In fact, one study released by the University of California at Berkeley found that the exact opposite was true. However, the more recent study claims to take more factors into account, such as “weather, gasoline prices, number of drivers on the highway and traffic density, holidays, total miles driven, and ever-safer cars.”

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Back in 2012, a young woman was killed when she drove into the path of a semi-truck in Suwannee County. According to one report of the accident, the woman was heading eastbound on 216th Street when she entered the intersection of Suwannee County Road 49. Upon doing so, she was side-swiped by a tractor-trailer driven by a 42-year-old Lake City man. The front of the truck collided with the driver’s side of the woman’s car. She was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.

The woman’s family sued the driver of the truck, claiming that he was negligent in the operation of his vehicle, resulting in the young woman’s death. At trial, the truck driver denied responsibility, claiming that the woman was at fault for the accident. The defendant truck driver sought the cell phone records of the young woman, arguing that the woman may have been texting or using her phone at the time of the accident. This issue was recently presented to a Florida appellate court.

In response to the defendant’s request, the plaintiffs cited their loved one’s privacy right in the use of her own cell phone. They claimed that there was no compelling reason to obtain and view the cell phone records, which may expose the private conversations of their passed loved one.

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