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Archive: 2015
Commercial Vehicle Tires Are Required To Be Maintained
October 7, 2015 | Category: Tire FailuresIgnoring tires causes the risk of accidents due to damaged or under-inflated tires. There have been too many accidents in Florida involving commercial trucks with damaged or faulty tires.
Airbnb Attack Raises Questions About Liability in the Sharing Economy
October 6, 2015 | Category:Airbnb is part of a new wave of businesses in which online and mobile apps connect individuals who provide services to each other. Airbnb lets homeowners and apartment owners rent out their homes to travelers, just as sites like Uber allow people to earn income by offering transportation in their vehicles.
Traffic Fatalities Still Rising in 2015
October 5, 2015 | Category: Automobile AccidentsAccording to the National Safety Council (NSC) statistics released last month, September 2015, the United States is on track to have its deadliest traffic year since 2007 with nearly 19,000 people killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents this year, a 14 percent increase over last year.
Motorists Can Prevent Bicycle Accidents
October 2, 2015 | Category: Bike AccidentsWhile a bicycle can offer many health, financial, and environmental benefits, it can also bring the dangers associated with any vehicle. Accidents between bicycles and other vehicles involve complex legal issues.
New Bill Would Allow Teens to Drive Big Rigs
October 1, 2015 | Category: Truck AccidentsTruck drivers are retiring faster than they are being replaced, and there is a very real shortage of commercial truck drivers that is growing worse by the year. Trucks move the bulk of goods throughout the U.S., and current drivers are limited in the number of hours they can drive per day and per week. To make sure that goods can be moved as needed, there must be more truck drivers.
Keyless Ignition Systems Offer Convenience, But At What Price?
September 30, 2015 | Category: Defective ProductsTen of the world’s largest automakers including BMW, Daimler, FCA, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen, are facing a consumer class action lawsuit filed in August 2015 in California.
Uber Gets Sued for Misrepresenting Driver Safety
September 29, 2015 | Category: Inadequate SecurityGenerally when doing business, consumers expect to be able to rely on promises that companies have made. If a company fails them, does not live up to its promises or breaches any legal duty it has, the company should be held accountable. When harm happens, a Ft. Myers personal injury attorney like Randall Spivey should be consulted in order to provide advice to victims and help those who have sustained damages seek compensation for losses.
How Safe Are Charter School Buses In Lee County?
September 28, 2015 | Category: Inadequate Security12 Academy Transport buses failed a safety inspection because of major safety concerns, namely, emergency equipment that did not work, wipers and gauges that were not in service and front and back breaks which needed to be replaced.
Speeding Can Have Deadly Consequences
September 25, 2015 | Category: Automobile AccidentsLabor Day weekend 2015 in Southwest Florida was not a joyous one for at least one family which saw a mother and son critically injured and a father and daughter killed in a crash near Corkscrew Road on Florida SR-82. Authorities determined that speeding by another driver was the cause.
Wrongful Death Civil Action Filed Against DUI Driver in Cape Coral Pool Hall Crash
September 24, 2015 | Category: DUI Accidents, Wrongful DeathOn Friday, September 18, 2015 Attorney Randall Spivey of Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. filed a civil action on behalf of the widow of Ronald Gravel, the victim of the July 20th Cape Coral DUI Pool Hall traffic crash.