Automobile Accidents

• Safety Advocates Get a Victory for Stronger Roofs

  Jeffrey Meldon | June 01, 2009 9:44 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Good news for automobile safety advocates – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently passed a new rule requirin light vehicles to have stronger roofs. According to...

• The Never-ending Debate: The Legal Drinking Age in the U.S.

  Jeffrey Meldon | April 20, 2009 11:40 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  As an accidet attorney in Gainesville, a resident of a university and college town, and as a parent, the debate over the legal drinking age in the U.S. is of importance and interest to me. The...

• Text Messaging: Armed and Dangerous

  Jeffrey Meldon | March 30, 2009 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Imagine driving down the road. In your car, you not only have yourself, but your young child, your spouse, or your friend. You know you’re a safe driver and you take all the precautions. But,...

• 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...

• Car Damage due to Gustav, Hanna, Ike or Josephine

  John Salter | September 03, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Many consumers in Florida purchase "FULL" coverage for their automobiles. The problem is the legal definition of that word. Under Florida law, consumers are only legally required to have PIP...

• Gainesville Florida Law Enforcment Cracks Down on Drunk Driving

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 16, 2008 4:02 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Gainesville, Florida law enforcement has joined a nationwide effort to increase DUI arrests and hopefully reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths caused by drinking and driving. The...

• Shands Hospital at UF is an elite Level 1 Trama Center

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 04, 2008 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  If you have a life threatening injury caused by a automobile accident the trauma center at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida is the place to go. Since 2004, the Shands Trauma Center has...

• 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...

• Gainesville Move Over Law Crackdown

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 05, 2008 6:53 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Gainesville/Alachua County will begin a crackdown on enforcing a five year old law requiring drivers to move over to avoid police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks on the side of the road. The move...

• Two Remain in Critical Condition After Saturday Crash

  Jenny Albano | February 21, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Two people remain in critical condition after a fatal two-car accident on Saturday, February 16. The drivers of the vehicles are still at Orlando Regional Medical Center.Authorities said one of the drivers, Jeremy Leon Halfcare, 20, of Eustis, refuses to speak with troopers about the accident, which claimed the life of his passenger and cousin, 18-year-old Ray Edward Jenkins.The authorities are...