7-year-old Calder Sloan was in his swimming pool with Gary, the son of his nanny, who was watching Calder and his younger brother Caleb in their home in North Miami Beach when the unthinkable happened. Gary felt a shock and jumped out of the water yelling for Calder to do…
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Tivoli Park Management is to blame for drowning of twin toddlers say residents
Last week, two year-old twin sisters Harmony and Harmani West tragically drowned in the swimming pool of their apartment complex, Tivoli Park, in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Since the incident, while the parents are attempted to cope with their brutal and unfair loss, residents and neighbors have clearly and unequivocally placed…
Ventilator-dependent twin brothers die during power outage
In Northern California’s Calaveras County last night, twin brothers Ryan Hall and Joshua Hall died during a local power outage. The two 22-year-old brothers were ventilator dependents and the early investigation revealed that their respective ventilators’ back-up system systems failed when the house lost power. Ryan and Joshua Hall suffered…
Fatal Car2Go Accident downtown Miami
At dawn this morning in Miami, a Chevy pick-up truck traveling eastbound on Northeast 15th Street, in downtown Miami, was t-boned by a white Daimler SMART car traveling southbound on Biscayne Boulevard. One of the investigators told the media that it is believed the driver of the SMART car failed…
What are the responsibilities of a resort towards guests who use the resort’s swimming pool?
Florida law is clear. The owner of a resort owes its guests the duty to exercise ordinary care in providing a safe and proper place to bathe or swim. In the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care, the owner of a resort which offers swimming pools as attractions or amusements…
Jack3d at center of lawsuit filed by family for son’s wrongful death
Last year, we reported on the military investigation into the death of two soldiers during on-base exercises and the link with the two men’s ingestion and consumption of a dietary supplement called ‘Jack3d’ (pronounced Jacked) This week, the parents of 22-year-old Michael Sparling, who died on the morning of June…
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning kills elderly woman in Miami
After being alerted by the landlord that something was wrong, Paulette Campbell arrived at the apartment of her grandparents, Wylene and Bobby Floyd of Miami Gardens. Upon entering their home, she discovered the body of her grandparents. Wylene had already succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Her grandfather Bobby was still…
Construction Site Accident in Doral: Collapse of Parking Garage Results in 2 Fatalities
At around noon on Wednesday October 10, 2012, a large portion of a five-story building collapsed without warning, killing 2 construction workers, injuring several others, and another man is still missing at this hour. The cause of this tragic incident is not yet known, but the police, construction investigators, and…
Awareness of Florida Resort Torts heightened in fatal electrocution case of young child
Ira Leesfield pushes for national attention as he appeared on Nancy Grace.
Leesfield leads Resort Tort fight for family of electrocuted 11-year-old girl
Media attention focuses on miniature golf resort defects: