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Published on: June 27, 2025

Generators Can Save You During a Hurricane — Unless You Make This One Mistake

With the 2025 hurricane season nearing its first full month, safety experts are urging Floridians to avoid a dangerous but all-too-common generator error.

As hurricane season continues, families all across the Sunshine State will prepare their homes and/or essential electricity devices — such as phone chargers, medical equipment and refrigerators — to be powered by generators in case of any power outages. Generators burn fuels like propane, diesel or gasoline in order to produce electricity. Carbon monoxide is a byproduct of that combustion process and, if not properly ventilated, then that can make for some pretty dangerous circumstances for unwitting residents.

Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

Published on: June 19, 2025

One Hospitalized Following Miami Gardens House Fire. How Leesfield & partners Attorneys Have Represented Florida Fire Victims for 48 Years.

By Leesfield & Partners

An investigation is currently underway to reveal the cause of a fire that erupted from a Miami Gardens home Wednesday morning, according to local media reporting.

Firefighters were called out to the home near 15221 Northwest 33^rd Avenue around 5:30 a.m.

At least one person was taken to the hospital, possibly to treat injuries from smoke inhalation, according to reporting from WSVN.

Published on: June 3, 2025

World Bicycle Day is June 3. How Leesfield & Partners has Represented Numerous Bicycle Crash Victims.

By Leesfield & Partners

While June 3 is meant to commemorate “World Bicycle Day” and the longevity of this two-wheel transportation device, at Leesfield & Partners we choose to celebrate differently, noting the seriousness of this activity and safety tips everyone should follow to avoid injury.

As a personal injury law firm with decades of experience representing pedestrians, drivers, motorcyclists, motor scooterists and bicyclists alike, Leesfield & Partners knows just how dangerous Florida roads can be.

Whether a bicycle crash is caused by another biker on a cramped sidewalk, a driver texting on their cellphone or faulty road construction, our skilled attorneys handle each case with the care and tenacity necessary to secure the best possible outcome for every client. While biking is an essential mode of transport and popular leisure activity throughout Florida, it is important to note that it can come with serious risks such as head injuries, painful bone fractures, and spinal cord injuries.

Published on: May 29, 2025

A Boat Carrying 15 People over Memorial Day Weekend Exploded in Fort Lauderdale. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

At least 11 people were injured when a boat exploded on Memorial Day with 15 people on board, according to reporting from local media.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told reporters Tuesday that the vessel was a 39-foot Sea Ray. The incident happened in the Intracoastal Waterway around 5:45p.m. near the New River Triangle sandbar. Among the injured were two children, including a 5-year-old.

Many of the injured had burns and were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s burn unit in Miami.

Published on: May 14, 2025

Washington Boy, 13, Killed in E-Bike-Related Incident; Leesfield & Partners’ Outspoken History with Micromobility Devices.

By Leesfield & Partners

A family has lost their 13-year-old son after he hit a metal cable in a “freak accident” while riding his e-bike through the neighborhood, according to local media.

Emiliano Munoz, of Everett, Washington, was playing with friends at a neighborhood field on May 2. As he left on his e-bike, he took a shortcut through a yard where he did not see a braided cable strung up between two bollards in the grass.

The boy ran into the cable and cut his vocal cords, a spokesperson for the family told local media.

Published on: May 14, 2025

Seminole County Pastor Accused of Sexually Abusing Children. How Leesfield & Partners has Represented Victims and Survivors for Nearly Five Decades in Florida.

By Leesfield & Partners

Police in Sanford, Florida, are asking anyone with information on a local pastor who they believe has sexually abused multiple children in his congregation.

Yersson David Solarte Basto, 33, was charged with sexual assault on a victim under 18 years old and lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 16, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

Solarte was a pastor at IPUL Pentecostal Church in Sanford, or Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Latinoamericana Orlando Norte, during the alleged abuse. The crimes were reported to police “after the most recent incident,” according to local media. The victim said she was abused by Solarte on multiple occasions before he “expressed his love for her” and she “refused his advances.” After that, the girl told police he “tried making her jealous” by abusing her sister.