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Saturday, April 30, proved to be a deadly evening after nine people, including children, were killed in four accidents throughout Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties. Single-Vehicle Accidents Kill Three A 54-year-old Boca man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday around 8:30 p.m. at Lyons Road and Southwest 3rd Street in Boca Raton. The […]

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Gordon & Partners is proud to announce that attorney Gary Paige helped secure a $33.5 million verdict for a Delray Beach widow whose husband died from lung cancer caused by smoking. The verdict is the largest to be handed down by a Palm Beach County jury in the dozens of cases that have gone to […]

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According to a Virginia Tech study, untreated truck driver sleep apnea puts drivers as a much greater risk for being involved in a serious accident. Drowsiness and daytime fatigue, common factors in truck accidents , are most commonly caused by obstructive sleep apnea. Data collected by Virginia Tech researchers shines a light on the increased […]

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The Broward County Sheriff suffered minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in Davie Tuesday evening, April 19.The Sheriff was running along South Hiatus Road on the east sidewalk. He had just crossed Southwest 42nd Court and was almost back on the sidewalk when a silver Chevrolet Silverado traveling southbound turned east […]

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A Texas teen and a Florida woman have both died of injuries caused by exploding Takata airbag inflators. These recent deaths are the 10th and 11th fatalities linked to the faulty Takata airbags, the subject of the nation’s largest automotive recall, which is currently ongoing.On March 31st, a 17-year-old high school student in Fort Bend […]

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Statin drugs prescribed for high cholesterol have been shown to cause painful side effects including muscle pain and a condition known as rhabdomyolysis, which eats away at muscle tissue.Previous research on the effects of statins was contradictory, showing that many people who took statins and experienced muscle pain were simply experiencing normal aches and pains […]

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After ruptured airbag inflators were associated with one death and four injuries, Honda quietly asked Takata Corp. to come up with a “fail-safe” airbag design in August 2009.As required by U.S. law, automakers must tell regulators about possible safety concerns and how to prevent issues. Honda, however, failed to inform the National Highway Traffic Safety […]

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Distracted driving contributed to 12.2 percent of all Florida car crashes in 2015 causing morethan 200 deaths. In efforts to lower these numbers and keep Floridians safe while traveling throughout the state, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is participating in national Distracted Driving Awareness Month this April. The department’s “Focus […]

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A recent study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reveals that elderly drivers who have fallen in the last couple of years are at a 40 percent increased risk for being involved in an auto accident . The study found that falls limit a driver’s ability to perform necessary functions while behind the […]

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According to a recent report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association, there was a 10 percent increase in pedestrian deaths between 2014 and 2015.The annual report, released in March 2016, states that U.S. pedestrian deaths have increased 19 percent from 2009 to 2014. The estimated 10 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities in 2015 will be […]

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