Michele Traverso, 25, of Key Biscayne, was sentenced to 21 days in prison on Friday for a drug case in 2009.

Last week, Traverso hit cyclists, Aaron Cohen, 36, and Enda Walsh, 48 on Wednesday morning.

Traverso was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury and driving with a suspended license.  Cohen and Walsh were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.  Cohen underwent brain surgery, and later died on Thursday.

According to Walsh, “We were cycling up the Key Biscayne bridge side-by-side, in the bike lane, having a conversation. We didn’t even see anything…Then there was a loud bang and the next thing you know I was on the ground and Aaron was 30 feet up the road lying on his back on the road not moving.”

A Florida man is in a hospital recovering from injuries he sustained after an electronic cigarette exploded while it was in his mouth.

The man had decided to try these electronic cigarettes in order to quit smoking real cigarettes. There are small batteries in these cigarettes, and that is what is believed to have caused the accident. The faulty battery created a fire. The man’s home office caught on fire and several people in his home rushed to his aide to extinguish the flames.

Firefighters were also called to the house, where they were able to transport the man to a hospital in order to save his life. He suffered severe burns to his face and body, lost a tooth, and a piece of his tongue in the explosion.

If you have been injured due to a faulty product, please contact the Fort Lauderdale product liability lawyers of Winston, Clark & Wigand, P.A. by calling 800-475-4206 today.

Fort Lauderdale car accident lawyers of Winston, Clark & Wigand, P.A. are excited to announce the Miami International Boat Show this weekend.

The Miami International Boat Show will run from Thursday through Monday this weekend in Miami.  The show will take place at three separate locations including the Miami Beach Convention Center, Bayside Yachting Center, and the Sea Isle Marina Yachting Center.

There will be a Discover Boating Photo Contest and the grand prize winner will receive a 12′ Adirondack Pack Boat along with a $500 shopping spree.

Boats starting at $1,000 and up to several million dollars will be shown.  Tickets are $18.  To purchase tickets and find out more information, visit www.miamiboatshow.com

Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyers of Winston, Clark, & Wigand, P.A. are saddened to announce the funeral of singer, Whitney Houston, this weekend in New Jersey.

The iconic singer, Whitney Houston, will be buried this Saturday, and the service will be held at her childhood church in New Jersey.  The private service will take place at New Hope Baptist Church, and is only open to invited guests.

Houston’s body was found inside her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Saturday afternoon just a few hours before she was expected to appear at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party.  Police have still not revealed the cause of her death, although many have speculated drugs were involved.  Results will not be released for six to eight weeks.

Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Houston’s family.  For more information, visit CNN.com

Recently, a man who filed suit against Kroger after injuring himself in a slip-and-fall accident at their store won his case with a $2.3 million verdict. The accident occurred in May 2008 when the 49-year-old slipped on a pile of spilled, crushed fruit on the floor at a Kroger in Douglasville, Georgia.

The plaintiff’s spinal cord was seriously damaged when he slipped, and he incurred $135,000 in medical bills from the treatment and surgery needed to repair it. Furthermore, the man–who worked as a commercial landscaper–was not able to work because of his injuries.

The grocer told the court that they do not keep surveillance video footage for more than 17 days and they no longer had footage from the day of the man’s accident. The defense also claimed that the surveillance cameras at their store did not capture action where the accident occurred.

However, investigations revealed that one of the cameras at the store aimed directly at where the man was injured. The court found Kroger negligent for allowing the accident to occur and destroying evidence.

To speak with an experienced attorney about injuries you or a loved one has suffered in a slip-and-fall accident, contact the Fort Lauderdale slip and fall lawyers of Winston, Clark & Wigand, P.A. by calling 800-475-4206 today.

James J. Rosini, 66, William J. Rosini, 68, and Patricia C. Rosini, 65, all of Coal Township, PA; and Deborah A. Korbich, 59, of Elysburg, PA died a car crash near Everglades City on Wednesday afternoon.

The group was driving a silver Ford Taurus northbound on State Road 29 when they did not stop at a flashing red light and were hit from the side by a van travelling westbound on U.S. 41 east.  The impact caused the car to hit the guardrail and the van overturned.

According to Ochopee Fire Chief Alan McLaughlin, “We found three people in the car. They were all expired when we checked them in the car…We found one person that was ejected from the car and was down on the canal bank.”

50-year old Gilberto Duenas passed away on Wednesday after drowning in a canal near Okeechobee Road after his vehicle was sideswiped by another car.

Duenas, his nephew, Dager Duenas Gonzalez, and his nephew’s wife, Ladys, were all driving southbound on Okeechobee Road in their Toyota when investigators believe that their vehicle was sideswiped near the Florida Turnpike Extension.

Gonzalez and his wife survived.  Duenas was rushed to Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah and was pronounced dead.  According to a firefighter on the rescue team, “The conditions were terrible because it is probably 25-feet deep and the weeds were probably a good 15-feet, so we were obviously tangled in the weeds most of the time.”

Police are still investigating the accident.  Our thoughts and condolences are with the victim’s family.

The visibility on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Florida was next to zero when car accidents began happening around 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning.

Severe smoke from a nearby brush fire coated the northbound and southbound lanes of the highway. Drivers were unable to determine any objects past the front of their own vehicles. There were 19 separate cars that were involved in collisions on both sides of Interstate 75.

Emergency personnel navigated through the wreckage to aid injured individuals. Eleven people lost their lives in the accidents, and 18 more were taken to hospitals with varying degrees of injuries. An investigation into the accidents is still ongoing, and could possibly turn into a criminal one based on evidence of the brush fire.

If you have been injured in a car accident in Florida, please contact the Fort Lauderdale auto accident attorneys of Winston, Clark & Wigand, P.A. by calling 800-475-4206 today.

Robert Glover Jr., 6, of Pompano Beach, was struck this past Sunday while riding his scooter by a car involved in a two-car accident.

Marcus Permenter, 28, drove his 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass on Northwest 5th Avenue when he ran a stop sign and hit a Toyota Camry driven by Chiledric Jacques on Northwest 8th Street.  After hitting Jacques and his three passengers, Permenter’s vehicle continued on to hit a fence, a parked minivan, a pickup truck, and six year old Glover.

The boy was transported to Broward General Medical Center and remained in crucial condition on Sunday night.

The accident is still under investigation by the Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit.  Our thoughts and condolences are with the victim’s family.

Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyers of Winston, Clark, & Wigand, P.A. are thrilled to announce the 2012 Super Bowl this Sunday, February 5 in Indianapolis.

The New York Giants will face the New England Patriots for the second time in four years.  The Giants beat the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, and this year the Patriots are back to redeem themselves.

The Patriots record this season is 15-3, and they have won 10 games straight.  The Giants record is 12-7 with 5 back-to-back wins this season.

This is the New England Patriots’ fifth time playing at the Super Bowl in 11 seasons.  Head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady lead the team hoping for their fourth victory of five Super Bowl appearances.

This will be New York Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning’s second time leading the team.  The Giants are on a winning streak now having beat the Atlanta Falcons, top-seeded Green Bay Packers, and second-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship.

The game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sun, Feb 5.  Kickoff will be at 6:30pm EST.  The game will air on NBC.  Check your local listings.  For more information, visit Super Bowl website.