Florida Injury Lawyer BlawgJack Doherty, a YouTuber with over 14 million subscribers, is under fire for allegedly texting while driving before violently crashing his McLaren 570S over the weekend in Miami. The crash, live-streamed in a since-deleted video on Kick, shows the 20-year-old looking down at his phone while rain poured down on the Florida Turnpike. The video […]
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Florida bans texting while driving – Law in effect October 1, 2013
On October 1, 2013, the first law banning texting while driving comes into effect in the State of Florida. This law is a half step in the right direction, but a half step nevertheless. The Florida legislator has advocated for a ban on cell phone use while driving for several years. The best compromise Tallahassee […]
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Florida’s ban on texting while driving – A toothless law in need of more bite!
On May 2, 2013, the State of Florida approved a bill named the “Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law”. The new law, which is to come into effect on October 1, 2013, will ban all drivers from texting and driving. We have previously reported on the new bill earlier this year in our post […]
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Florida on its way to ban texting-while-driving? How a worthless piece of legislation will keep roads unsafe
On April 8, 2013, the Florida Judiciary Committee approved by unanimous vote a bill (SB 52) that would ban texting while driving statewide for the first time in Florida. The bill cleared The Senate Transportation Committee last February, cleared the Senate Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Committee in March and this week cleared the Senate […]
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Make the right call on texting and driving
TEXTING AND DRIVING Make the right call on texting and driving By Ira H. Leesfield After years of false stops and starts, a bill to curb texting while driving is finally building momentum in the Florida House. The current bill would impose a $30 fine for anyone texting while driving, and a $60 fine for […]
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Driving and Texting finally recognized as Reckless and Offensive by Florida Court
Texting and driving has been and continues to be one of the leading causes of fatal car accidents in the State of Florida. Easily explaining the reasons for the situation is the ever standstill of the Florida legislator on this issue. For several years Ira Leesfield and the personal injury lawyers at Leesfield & Partners […]
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NY prosecutors charge woman with vehicular homicide for texting while driving
Last month, 25-year-old Alicia Westgate killed Richard Webb, an avid 68-year-old bicyclist. New York prosecutors charged Westgate with reckless operation, use of a portable device for texting and failure to use due care. The defendant will answer those charges in Newfane Town Court on August 14. The state of New York is one of the […]
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Jail time if you kill someone while texting and driving … in Massachusetts
Last week we reported on the ongoing criminal trial of Aaron Deveau in Massachusetts. Today, the 18-year-old was found guilty of vehicular homicide, and causing a fatal traffic accident while texting on his cell phone. This landmark case is the first time in the state of Massachusetts that such charges have resulted in a conviction. […]
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Florida still refuses to ban texting while driving
Aaron Deveau is currently on trial, facing criminal charges including motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, being an operator under 18 using a mobile phone, being an operator reading or sending an electronic message, driving over marked lanes, and two counts of negligent operation and injury from mobile phone […]
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Florida driver faces charges after deadly crash Sunday
A Florida driver is facing felony charges after police say he was driving drunk, causing a fiery crash that killed the other driver. The crash happened around 3 a.m. Sunday between a Dodge Durango and a Chevy Silverado pickup truck in Pasco County. The driver of the Dodge was going the wrong way down State […]
