It seems that every day we are reading in our newspapers about deadly auto accidents here on the Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Stuart). Any loss of life in a car accident or otherwise is a tragedy, but some during 2018 here in St. Lucie County have been especially horrific. None will forget the multiple fatality …
You’ve probably seen the headlines. Riders on electric scooters are having accidents, suffering serious injuries and being admitted to hospitals in record numbers. Technology companies like Bird and Lime have placed thousands of scooters across hundreds of US cities. Not surprisingly, people are being injured. Types of injuries which can occur in an electric scooter accident can include severe head …
Last month, Amazon purchased PillPack for just under $1 Billion. The purchase seems to make sense for Amazon. Pharmacies are a highly regulated business and Pillpack had undertaken the effort to have itself approved in some 49 states. Pillpack’s niche is that they sort the medication by the dose and package it into easy to open packets which fit into …
In 2015, a charity called Old White Charities, Inc. conducted a “hole-in-one” contest at the Greenbriar Classic Pro-Am golf tournament. As part of the promotion, Old White promised to pay each fan at the 18th hole $100 for the first hole-in-one and $500 if there was a second hole in one. As with all of these kinds of promotions (hole-in-one …
On June 15, 2018 a roller coaster at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk derailed and two (2) riders fell 34 feet when their roller coaster car was left dangling from the track. It was reported that the riders suffered traumatic injuries banging their heads on the ground. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/Coaster-that-derailed-in-Daytona-Beach-had-reported-safety-issues-in-2017_169177236 We remember when the incident occurred and, because as far as we knew, …