Month: January 2016

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Uber Accidents Explained: What To Do When Your Rideshare Car Wrecks

So what happens when someone is injured, or worse killed, in an Uber or another rideshare vehicle? A story in the Orlando Sentinel points out that the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating who failed to stop at a red light in a December collision at the intersection of State Road 434 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard …

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Sinkhole Fraud: Brooksville couple lies about $200K

(via WFLA) Christopher and Kristie Jernigan thought they found the perfect home in Brooksville. They agreed to pay $229,000. Then, sinkhole. But the sellers, retired Brooksville police officer Rick Shew and his wife, Frances, kept a big secret. They had already collected $240,000 in an insurance settlement for sinkhole activity underneath the house. Nothing about …

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Florida Man Attempting ‘Time Travel’ Crashes Into Casket Shop

(via Yahoo!) Florida Man strikes again, this time crashing his Dodge Challenger into a tax services building and casket shop while attempting to “time travel.” What a great start to the New Year. On December 20th, a driver in Pensacola careened a Dodge Challenger muscle car into two local businesses—Advanced Tax Services and Pensacola Caskets—breaking …

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