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• Motorcycle riders need to protect themselves NOW more than EVER!

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 07, 2009 4:40 PM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  There has been a recent news buzz regarding the Insurance Research Counsel’s (IRC) release of findings last month of a nationwide study that showed that 23%, (nearly one in four), of motor...

• If these are "good neighbors" I'm changing neighborhoods!

  Tom Copeland | November 19, 2008 10:25 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Every day we emphasize to clients and others we come into contact with the importance of having the proper automobile insurance. Florida's no fault system does not require a car owner to carry...

• Save PIP

  Craig Cannon | May 15, 2007 8:21 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  The Florida Legislature adjourned last month without resolving the problem of mandatory personal injury insurance for motorists--PIP. For people injured in car crashes who do not have health insurance, PIP is the only source of money to compensate emergency rooms and doctors for the care they must provide. Florida's 35-year-old PIP statute is set to expire in October unless something is done in...

• Nursing Home Abuse Ends in Wrongful Death

  Craig Cannon | February 22, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Choosing a good nursing home is difficult. Unfortunately for the family of one elderly person, the nursing home they choose for their mother resulted in her wrongful death. The 81 year who suffered from alzheimer's was abused by aides at the nursing home. Thankfully, cases like this are rare - but resident advocates and nursing home administrators alike say elder abuse, in all its forms, is...

• Motorcycle Crash with Car Kills Rider

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 05, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  James Cassles, age 50, was killed Saturday night after his motorcycle crashed head-on into a car. Cassles had been traveling west on S.R 100 at about 11:40 pm according to Clay County sheriff...

• CSX Railroad Train Kills Grandmother

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 08, 2008 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Cynthia Forman, a 58 year old grandmother, was killed yesterday when a CSX railroad train was unable to stop and hit her as she was crossing the tracks in her car. The railroad tracks crossed a...

• Woman Killed by Van

  Craig Cannon | April 27, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A New Smyrna Beach woman was killed Wednesday afternoon after getting off a Votran bus on South Dixie Freeway. Shelby Kane, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Kane had just gotten off a southbound Votran bus and was crossing the four-lane street when she was hit by a van. Kane was apparently headed to the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, when the crash occurred. A...

• Neck Injuries in Car Crash Tests

  Craig Cannon | April 05, 2007 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Head restraints in several passenger vehicles provided marginal or poor protection against neck injuries and whiplash, the insurance industry reported today in new crash test results. Only 22 of 75 vehicles tested in a simulated rear crash at 20 miles per hour received the top score of good from the Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The vehicles were tested on a crash...

• Legal Reforms and Tougher Juries Make Winning Slip & Fall Cases Difficult

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  In the last six years, the number of people winning a slip and fall injury case has decreased. Juries are putting much more personal responsibility on the plaintiff, especially after some very high profile cases with large awards. The biggest one to date is the woman who spilled coffee on her lap and was awarded $2.9 million. Lawyers are becoming pickier about what cases they take on;...

• Craig J. Cannon, Trial Attorney

  Staff Writer | December 07, 2006 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Craig J. Cannon grew up in Ocala and graduated from Forest High School in 1980. He attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he graduated cum laude in 1984 with a B. S. degree in Geology. After working for several years, he attended law school at the University of Florida College of Law where he graduated in 1991.Since graduating from law school, Mr. Cannon has been...