Florida Injury Attorneys Blog

A lot has been written in Tampa about two cases that involved fatal traffic accidents and how they were handled differently. The case in Brooksville has taken a new turn on the civil side. The family of sheriff’s Capt. Scott Bierwiler has filed a lawsuit against the teen driver and his family for an accident that cost the officer his life. (read more)

The lawsuit is seeking damages in excess of $15,000 and alleges negligence against the teenager and his parents, who owned the SUV the teen was driving. The lawsuit seems to fly in the face of the criminal proceedings as it alleges the parents are liable for knowing their son was driving the SUV. The teen was charged with stealing the car by prosecutors.

If you or a loved one has been harmed due to someone else’s negligence, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter.

While the investigation into the death of 21-year-old monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg continues, a third employee at Walt Disney World in Orlando has died due to an injury suffered while on the job. Anislav Varbanov was pronounced dead Monday following an accident rehearsing for a stunt for the “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular”. (read more)

This is the second show performer to die at the Magic Kingdom this month. Mark Priest, a 47-year-old performer at the Orlando theme park was seriously hurt during a “pirate tutorial” performance at the Magic Kingdom. Priest was sword-fighting in the show inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow and the popular Pirates of the Caribbean movies when he slipped and hit his head on a wall. Priest’s condition did not seem serious as he was improving in the hospital following the fall. His condition eventually worsened and rapidly deteriorated until he passed away.

If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter.

While the investigation into the death of 21-year-old monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg continues, another employee at Walt Disney World in Orlando has died due to an injury suffered while on the job. Mark Priest, a 47-year-old performer at the Orlando theme park was seriously hurt during a “pirate tutorial” performance at the Magic Kingdom. (read more)

Priest was sword-fighting in the show inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow and the popular Pirates of the Caribbean movies when he slipped and hit his head on a wall. Priest’s condition did not seem serious as he was improving in the hospital following the fall. On Monday his condition worsened and rapidly deteriorated. He passed away Tuesday.

If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter.

Two teenagers will receive $4 million from the State of Florida due to “horrific” abuse they suffered while in foster care in a Hernando County home. The children were straved and abused by their foster parents who are serving 25 years in prison on a 2006 conviction. (read more)

The Department of Children & Families agreed to pay John Edwards, Jr. $700,000 into a trust fund and his 15-year-old half sister $3.28 million. The girl, who was 10-years-old at the time, weighed just 29 pounds when she was removed from the home. She was kept in a locked room with only a bucket for a bathroom. An agency panel said child welfare workers missed or ignored the signs of abuse.

If you or a loved one has suffered due to the negligence of another, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter. You can also email Darren personally.

Calvin Young, a 40-year-old New Port Richey man, successfully won an $85,000 sexual harassment verdict against Golden Corral filing the suit under Florida’s Whistle-blower’s Act which protects employees who are fired for reporting something unlawful in the workplace. In Young’s case he claimed he was fired for reporting sexual harassment on the job by two fellow employees who are gay males. (read more)

In 2006 Young alleged that the two employees pestered him on an almost-daily basis with lewd remarks. He also claimed they pressed up against him from the front and back. After complaining to two managers, Young said nothing was ever done. He then claimed he was fired for as retaliation for the complaints. The jury sided with Young on all three counts. Three other cases are still pending that were filed by Young’s co-workers.

If you or a loved one has been harassed in the workplace, please contact Personal Injury Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still working its way through documents in Lake Buena Vista, FL trying to determine what caused the monorail accident at Walt Disney World that took the life of 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg. While that investigation is ongoing, officials did release the autopsy report on the monorail pilot late last week. (read more)

Wuennenberg died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest. Injuries to his spleen also played a role in his untimely passing. Orange County Sheriff’s investigators have gone on the record saying that the driver of the monorail that crashed with Wuennenberg’s was not at fault. They said that the error could have been caused by a computer or an operator who flipped a switch to put both trains on the same track. The NTSB has said that Disney has cooperated with all their requests for documents. Wuennenberg’s family filed paperwork in Orange County Courts last month looking to block Disney World from getting rid of any of the evidence in the case as there may be a potential personal injury lawsuit in the future.

If you or a loved one has been injured due to someone else’s negligence, please contact Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourinjury.com to discuss the matter.