The LOCG staff will begin working remotely from home starting on Monday, March 23rd 2020 for at least 14 days, and possibly until further notice. For our clients, that means that the best way to get a hold of your case manager/paralegal is by email. If you have a general question or concern, using…
Three people were killed and two more were injured in a 7-vehicle pileup on I-75 in Sarasota on Monday, March 9. Authorities say the massive accident happened near Exit 210 at Fruitville Road on Monday morning. Seven vehicles were involved, including a cement mixer. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) are still working to determine exactly…
Melissa Hicks Nault, 38, of Callahan, died on Thursday night, February 27, after being struck by a car on US 301. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say the accident happened near Janes Lane. Nault was driving behind a Toyota 4Runner that came upon two horses standing in the southbound lane. The 4Runner’s driver was…
A driver was arrested on DUI manslaughter charges and striking and killing 17-year-old bicyclist Sophie Delott in Pinellas County.
On Friday, February 21, Robert M. Strickler, 83, who was visiting from York, Pennsylvania, died in a boat crash in the Florida Keys. Authorities say Strickler’s boat was anchored while he fished, and was struck by another boat running on autopilot. The operator of that boat and a passenger, as well as the operator…
Alina Palla Acosta, 27, died in a bizarre accident on Wednesday, February 19, while rollerblading in Pompano Beach. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Acosta was rollerblading down a multipurpose path along the 600 block of Northeast 10th Street. The driver of a speeding silver Nissan lost control of the vehicle and hit…
Thomas Eades, 63, of Tequestra died on Wednesday, February 19, when his motorcycle was rear-ended on the Turnpike in Palm Beach County. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say the three-vehicle wreck happened around 6:40 PM, near mile marker 81 and the Atlantic Avenue exit. Eades was riding a 2019 Harley-Davidson Road Glide behind a…
A Disney vacation ended in tragedy for a Massachusetts family on Tuesday, February 18. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say that Julie Smith, 41, of Whitman, Massachusetts, her five-year-old daughter, Scarlett, her 11-year-old son, Jaxon, and her mother, Josephine Fay, 76, all died after a pickup truck collided with the back of their van….
Two people died on Tuesday, February 18, when the car they were riding in rolled off a Fisher Island Ferry that was carrying cars and passengers off the island. Officials from the Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD) say the accident happened around 4 PM on Tuesday. Emma Afra, 63, of Miami, and Viviane Brahms,…
Maria Yohany Alvarez Jimenez, 26, was killed in Boca Raton on Saturday, February 15, after a car struck the bicycle she was riding. Officials from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBCSO) say Alvarez Jiminez was heading west across State Road 7 north of Palmetto Park Road, not long after 9 PM. She was…