Category: Child Injury

July 27 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

UCF Football Uses Statutory Caps to Play Defense in Student Death Lawsuit

In 2008, Erick Plancher, a student and football player at the University of Central Florida (UCF) collapsed and died on…

July 13 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

There may be nothing more difficult for a parent than watching their child suffer. When a child is ill or…

June 8 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Spring break is a welcome release of the tensions of college studies for many American students. Many students head to…

June 8 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Motorcycles are often invisible to cars. Many fatal accidents are caused by drivers who are unaware of a motorcycle and…

June 8 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

The CDC estimates that 638 children ages 12-years old and younger died as passengers in automobiles in 2013, more than…

May 25 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

In October 2015, DaVinci brand cribs expanded an initial recall from July of 11,7000 units to include another 6,000 cribs.…

September 16 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

In 2010, one of our clients was involved in a major auto accident in Palm Beach County in which she…

September 16 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

A new Florida law has just raised the age for child restraint device use in motor vehicles. Once a child…