I Just Witnessed A Car Hit A Bicyclist

Last week, as I sat in my car at a red light around dusk, I saw two teens crossing in a crosswalk with the right of way across a big 6 lane road (Main Street, Dunedin). One teen was walking and the other was on her bicycle. As you know, all bicyclists are supposed to walk their bicycles across the street, and now I know why. While I had the red light, the cross street had a green light. However, even though there’s a green Read More +

Car Tires From a Personal Injury Attorney’s Point of View

I know. Nobody likes to talk about car tires, much less spend money on replacing them. It’s a dull subject unless you’re really into racing or the gigantically tired “muddin’” pick-ups. But as a personal injury attorney, I cannot tell you how many injury cases I have handled as a result of crashes from faulty or worn tires, or, even worse, being slammed by a car/truck/semi-tractor trailer after its tires failed through no fault of my client. First a personal story: As a law school Read More +