Safety tips for kids during hot summers

2010-11-29T15:34:29Z

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Laws on Power Sports in Florida

2010-11-05T07:02:39Z

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First aid supplies for a day at the beach

2010-11-04T14:09:16Z

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Motorcycle helmet safety

2010-11-02T22:16:43Z

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Understanding the legality of slip and fall injury

2010-10-06T06:24:00Z

Who pays the medical costs if you suffer injuries because of a wet shopping aisle? A slip and fall injury may have minor consequences like a sprain or scratch or major ones like a broken rib. Whereas you can easily take care of the minor ones, the question is who pays for the major injuries if someone else's negligence is the cause.

Slip and fall accidents feature as one of the top reasons for injuries. If you think that it was someone else's fault, the first thing to do is consul...

List of 19 recipients of Carnegie Hero medals

2010-09-22T21:15:12Z

19 recipients of Carnegie Hero medals and money that are awarded for civilian heroism

Recipients of Carnegie Heroes Fund medals being awarded Thursday. Ages listed are how old each person was at the time of the event described:

_Jeffrey R. Heimbach, 29, of Denville, N.J., pulled an 18-year-old man from a burning vehicle that crashed in Roxbury Township,

What Is Polytrauma?

2010-11-05T10:19:49Z

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Florida Laws for Scooters

2010-10-25T11:37:19Z

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Medical Malpractice Damage Caps in Florida

2010-10-06T12:23:28Z

The State of Florida has a law that places caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that severely limits the amount victims of medical negligence and malpractice can recover for their non-economic losses.

How Do Non-economic Losses Differ from Economic Losses?

Non-economic losses include, but are not limited to, pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement, physical impairment, loss of companionship, loss of enjoyment of life and loss of c...

11 hurt in pleasure boat explosion in Florida

2010-04-16T12:23:54Z

Pleasure boat explodes in Tampa, Fla., injuring 11, some seriously; cause unknown

Six people were seriously injured Saturday in a pleasure boat explosion in Florida's Tampa Bay, authorities said.

The 33-foot, twin-engine Sea Ray exploded and burned to the waterline Saturday afternoon while anchored in 3 feet of water off o...

Help Prevent Sunburn

2010-10-23T23:37:56Z

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Motorcycle Rides are Thrilling But Accidents Do Happen

2010-10-06T07:44:28Z

There is nothing quite like the feeling of riding down the open road on a motorcycle with the wind in your hair and nothing between you and the nature around you.

Unfortunately, having nothing around you can also be potentially catastrophic should you be the victim in a motorcycle accident.

According to statistics, 469 people were killed in Missouri early Thursday, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day-care center running for cover.

More than 30 people were injured Wednesday night when high winds blew through an Oktoberfest festival in Tulsa, ...

Obit Ponder

2011-01-01T16:30:36Z

In this Sept. 3, 2010 photo, Onie Ponder, left, laughs with her nephew Dick Chazal during her 112th birthday party at Emeritus at Ocala East in Ocala, Fla. Onie Ponder died early Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. According to the Gerontology Research Group, Ponder had been the oldest person in Florida and one of the 25 oldest people in t...

Outback Bowl Football

2011-01-01T14:31:43Z

Penn State head coach Joe Paterno walks onto the field before the start of the Outback Bowl NCAA college football game against Florid...

APTOPIX Outback Bowl Football

2011-01-01T14:31:42Z

Penn State's Michael Zordich (9) dives under Florida linebacker Jelani Jenkins (43) to score on a second quarter, one-yard touchdown run during the Outback Bowl Belle Glade, Fla. As 2010 comes to a close, fruit and vegetable farmers around the Sunshine State are assessing the damage of December's unseasonably cold temperatures. Many crops suffered major losses. According to the Presidente Hotel in Hialeah, Fla., where five young men were found dead Monday, is seen Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010. The teens were attending a birthday party where it appears that a vehicle was left running in a garage under their hotel room. Investigators said Tuesday that the men likely died from carbon monoxide. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

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