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The Fort Lauderdale area has seen more than its fair share of injuries and deaths from auto accidents over the past few weeks. Whether it has been a freak accident where a car has careened into a hotel pool area, the death of toddler in a mobile home park, or injuries to two drivers from […]

No one thinks for a minute that 88-year-old Mary Sczepanski intended any harm to 66-year-old Luciana Porto after church in Deerfield Beach last weekend. However, in a tragic accident that involved Sczepanksi mistakenly having her car in reverse, Porto was trapped beneath Sczepanski’s car and later died from her injuries. The accident has again raised […]

A deputy with the Broward County Sheriff’s office was injured this week when another auto ran through a red light and smashed into the officer’s cruiser. The incident occurred in Fort Lauderdale at the intersection of Griffin Road and Southwest 30th Street. Both drivers were injured seriously enough to be transported by emergency personnel to […]

Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! Lawlor Winston is a full-service personal injury firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Naples, Venice and Port St. Lucie, servicing the entire State of Florida. We utilize the latest technology to assist our clients and obtain the best possible results for […]

Do not let me drive your car The annoying maintenance light in my car has been staring me in the face for weeks (imagine I drive a BMW even though I do not). I decide to waste a few hours on Saturday morning and take my car in for service. I am horrified to learn […]

A 14-year-old skateboarder was struck and killed by a Coral Springs driver last weekend. According to police reports, the boy was in or near the crosswalk shortly before 10 p.m. when a Honda Accord driven by a man from Coral Springs struck him. The driver, William Corsover, says that he did not see the boy. […]

If there’s one thing that a personal injury attorney knows better than probably anyone else on the planet, it’s that things are often not what they seem. Years of law school study combined with years of observing the way people behave gives attorneys a superior advantage in sizing up a situation or person and determining […]

The Ruby Princess has, again, returned to port in Fort Lauderdale carrying sick passengers. The Princess Cruise ship, which has had three reported outbreaks of norovirus so far in 2012, returned to port Sunday, March 11, 2012, from a weeklong Caribbean cruise with an unconfirmed number of sick passengers. A week ago, the Ruby Princess […]

Sometimes, the most severe accidents and injuries occur where you live. A recent incident in Fort Lauderdale serves to illustrate just how such an event can happen. In October, a fire engulfed a two-story apartment building, much to the shock of its residents. Though nearly everyone made it out of the building safely, one resident […]

Naples, FL, February 2012 — The Fort Lauderdale based law firm of Lawlor, Winston, White & Murphey has opened a new office in Naples, Florida.  The firm has had a presence in South Florida since October, 1997 when founding Partners John K. La…