·Perfect year-round weather makes Florida the perfect place to own and ride a motorcycle. In fact, it ranks second among states with 645,000 registered motorcycles. However, the Sunshine State also reported more than 8,000 accidents with 517 deaths involving motorcyclists last year. Of those crashes, 579 of them and 30 deaths took place in Hillsborough…
When it comes to the use of opioids, including illegal drugs like heroin and legal ones like the powerful new class of painkillers, many people focus on the immediate risks, namely the dangers of a deadly overdose. In many ways this intense focus on immediate danger makes a lot of sense – after all tens…
After being injured as a result of the negligence of somebody else, you might be struggling with medical bills. That’s precisely the position that the opposing insurance company wants you to be in. You need relief from all of that pressure and that insurer can help you get that. However, it’s unlikely that accepting a…
Drivers who are the cause of a blind spot accident don’t expect another vehicle or person to be in their way. They just don’t see them because their full field of vision is usually blocked by part of their own vehicle. It might be blocked by a pillar next to the windshield, a pillar between…
Many people often assume that a sidewalk is consistently safe to walk on and well-maintained to prevent injury. However, a large crack, a layer of transparent ice, or unevenness on the surface can cause a person to trip and fall. A majority of slip and fall accidents don’t result in any serious injuries, but some…
The Tampa Bay area has once again been ranked as one of the fastest growing places to live in the United States. Unfortunately, Tampa Bay, Florida, also ranks as the seventh deadliest metropolitan area in the nation in terms of pedestrian fatalities; and the city of Tampa took 31st place on a list of cities…
According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 713 pedestrians died and another 6,334 were injured when struck by vehicles in 2020. The data so far for 2021reveals the death and injury rates to be slightly ahead of last year when the state had the second-highest number of pedestrian deaths in the…
If you ride a motorcycle, you could not ask for a better place than Florida to do it. Its near-perfect weather and popular attractions explain why it ranks as the second-most popular state based on its more than 645,000 registered motorcycles. Whether you live in Florida or are driving through, you need to know and…
As exhilarating and enjoyable as driving a motorcycle may be, crash statistics prove that it’s also a dangerous activity. Of the total number of fatalities from traffic accidents, 14% of them involved a motorcycle. A rider’s ability to control a motorcycle in all types of situations, along with knowing how to recognize risky or dangerous…
The most recent survey by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) puts the dog population in the United States at 76.8 million with more than 38% of households having at least one dog. Dogs become members of the family, but complicating the relationship is that dogs will, under the right circumstances, bite. Dog bites cause…
Thirteen thousand wishes and one thousand one hundred miles combined to create one changed life. Community and service are at the foundation of everything we do at Kinney, Fernandez & Boire. Since 2009, one of our philanthropic outreach projects has included partnering with Make-A-Wish to grant the wishes of children suffering from life-threatening illnesses in…
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