Category: Pinellas County

Birth Injury Victim Awarded $53 Million for Hospital Negligence

Birth Injury Victim Awarded $53 Million for Hospital Negligence

NATIONAL—Recently, I was reading about an Illinois jury awarding $53 million to a young boy. The boy was born with a severe brain injury after suffering 12 hours of fetal distress during delivery. In other words, the hospital did not do its job. The $53 million award came after a month-long trial before Cook County…

PINELLAS PARK POLICE investigating fatal bicycle accident – Bryan Dairy – 118th Avenue – Belcher Road – Pinellas County

PINELLAS COUNTY – A fatal accident involving a bicycle and two cars has shut down parts of Belcher and 118th Avenue (Bryan Dairy).  According to the Pinellas Park Police Department, a person on a bicycle was hit by a car just before 5 a.m. on Belcher Road at 118th Avenue North.  Homicide investigatiors have been at…

PEDESTRIAN HIT BY CAR while trying to cross ROOSEVELT BLVD. in Clearwater ♦ Pinellas Sheriff ♦ Florida Highway Patrol investigates

PINELLAS COUNTY – Twice in a month, a pedestrian has been hit and killed as he tried to cross Roosevelt Boulevard in Pinellas County. The accident happened on Saturday night at about 11 p.m. Law enforcement officials said the man was killed when he was hit by an automobile as he tried to cross Roosevelt…

PINELLAS COUNTY CRASH ♦ UTILITY TRUCK LOST CONTROL RUNS INTO ST. PETE BEACH STOREFRONT

PINELLAS COUNTY — A Pinellas County utilities truck crashed into a Christmas supply store Monday, slightly injuring the driver and putting the one-story building in danger of collapse, authorities said. It happened at 3:26 p.m. at Blind Pass Road and 75th Avenue, when the white truck went through the plate glass window of K. Kringles…