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Nursing homes across Florida have seen a dramatic increase in violations, ranging from inadequate staffing levels to reports of abuse…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 17, 2023
Tragedy struck St. Petersburg one Sunday morning when a 13-year-old was hit and killed by a motorcyclist on 28th Street…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 23, 2023
Floridians across the state have been dealt a heavy blow as staffing shortages in nursing homes lead to dangerously low…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 16, 2023
A tragic accident occurred in Dunedin, Florida on Saturday evening when a 79-year-old woman was struck and killed by a…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 2, 2023
Tragedy struck Florida's Pasco County on Monday after an 18-year-old driver from Land O' Lakes and a 19-year-old passenger from…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 20, 2022
Recently, survivors, families, and safety advocates joined together in Pinellas County to observe the World Day of Remembrance for Road…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 13, 2022
The law firm of Beltz & Beltz is pleased to announce that it has secured a $285,000 judgment on behalf…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 23, 2022
The neglect of patients in nursing homes has been going on for decades, and now President Biden is pushing for…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 16, 2022
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 39-year-old woman driving a Honda Civic died after a crash with another vehicle.…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 11, 2022
A 36-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday morning following a crash with a Honda sedan. The motorcyclist was speeding south on…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 4, 2022
If you have been hit by a drunk driver, it can be a confusing and scary time. The personal injury…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 28, 2022
On Friday, August 26, 2022, three pedestrians died in unrelated crashes across the Tampa Bay area before sunrise. Source. The…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 21, 2022
On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, a Florida man was killed in a crash involving a semi-trailer on State Road 674.…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 14, 2022
If you have been injured in a car accident, one of the first things you should do is contact a…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 7, 2022
If you have been in a car accident, it is important to call a personal injury lawyer as soon as…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 30, 2022
On August 20, 2022, a crash on U.S. Highway 19 in Palm Harbor, Florida, left all southbound lanes closed for…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 23, 2022
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle near West Hillsborough Avenue and North Lois Avenue in Tampa,…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 16, 2022
If you have been injured in a car accident, the first thing you should do is hire an experienced personal…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 9, 2022
If you have been in a car accident, you may be wondering if you need to hire an auto accident…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 26, 2022
If you have been injured in a car accident, you need an auto accident lawyer who will fight for your…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 19, 2022
An 84-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Pinellas county. He was biking south…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 12, 2022
Raydiant Health Care of Brandon recently became the latest Florida nursing home formerly associated with Consulate Health Care to lose…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 5, 2022
No matter how young or old you are, or whether or not you have health issues, it is a good…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 29, 2022
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by at least one driver on Morris Bridge Road. According to investigators, the…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 22, 2022
Three bicyclists were seriously injured and taken to the hospital following a crash with a motorist in Pinellas. The cyclists…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 15, 2022
A woman was killed following a semi-tractor trailer crash on Interstate-75. Two semi-trucks collided on Friday, June 17, 2022, causing…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 8, 2022
On Tuesday, July 14, 2022, two men were involved in an all-terrain vehicle crash where one was killed and the…
Beltz & BeltzJune 30, 2022
A pedestrian who was trying to cross 34th Street South in St. Petersburg was killed on Sunday, June 12, 2022,…
Beltz & BeltzJune 24, 2022
On Monday, June 13, 2022, a motorcyclist died following a crash with an SUV in Largo. According to investigators, the…
Beltz & BeltzJune 17, 2022
Five children and one adult were seriously and/or critically injured following a crash on Interstate 75 in Pasco County. According…
Beltz & BeltzJune 10, 2022
On Monday, May 16, 2022, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the funding of a five-year plan for a Safe Streets…
Beltz & BeltzMay 27, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has approved a bill enforcing new rules regulating and restricting visits at health care facilities. This…
Beltz & BeltzMay 20, 2022
A sixteen-year-old girl died after colliding with another car in Plant City. The girl was driving a pickup truck east…
Beltz & BeltzMay 13, 2022
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed forty-two bills into law, including a heavily debated measure that…
Beltz & BeltzMay 6, 2022
House Bill 1239 cleared the Legislature on Monday, March 7, 2022, with bipartisan support. The bill is now on the…
Beltz & BeltzApril 22, 2022
President Biden has announced a plan to boost nursing home staffing and oversight after more than 200,000 nursing home residents…
Beltz & BeltzApril 15, 2022
Pedestrian deaths in Pinellas county rose from 49 in 2020 to 85 in 2021. The last time there were this…
Beltz & BeltzApril 8, 2022
Proposed Senate Bill 804 aims to loosen staffing standards at nursing homes in Florida. Initially, the bill was drafted by…
Beltz & BeltzApril 1, 2022
During a State of the Union address, President Biden formally announced an initiative aimed at regulating nursing homes more aggressively,…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 25, 2022
The sixth-largest nursing home chain in the nation, Consulate Health Care Services, has divided its Florida facilities into three separate…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 18, 2022
In early January 2022, a four-vehicle crash killed a mother and her six-month-old infant son. A Brooksville man was driving…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 11, 2022
On Saturday, January 8, 2022, at around 9:58 pm, a tractor-trailer changed lanes and collided with an SUV in Pasco…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 4, 2022
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, a 44-year-old driver was killed after another driver ran a red light and collided with…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 25, 2022
Creating an estate plan and will is one of the most critical things you can do for your loved ones.…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 18, 2022
The number of COVID-19 cases is once again rising, especially in nursing homes, with the spread of the new Omicron…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 11, 2022
A 71-year-old woman crossing U.S. 41 was struck and killed by a car on Sunday, December 26, 2021. A 20-year-old…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 4, 2022
On Monday, December 13, 2021, a nurse at Care Center of Pinellas Park was accused of sexually assaulting a patient…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 28, 2022
As the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus continues to become the dominant strain, Florida is falling behind with nursing home…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 21, 2022
At around 1:45 in the morning on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, a fatal car crash killed two people and shut…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 14, 2022
A motorcyclist in Spring Hill has died after colliding with a vehicle on Sunday, December 12, 2021. Early in the…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 7, 2022
On Sunday, November 28, 2021, two motorcycles collided in Pasco County. One of the motorcyclists died following the accident, according…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 28, 2021
On Friday, November 12, 2021, a pedestrian was hit by a pickup truck in Pinellas County. The pedestrian did not…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 17, 2021
A motorcyclist died after colliding with an SUV on U.S. 19, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Source. The sport…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 10, 2021
A woman was killed after a tanker truck carrying 2,000 gallons of chlorine flipped over onto her car while making…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 3, 2021
A 65-year-old man died in a crash on I-4 after a pickup truck failed to slow down for stopped traffic…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 26, 2021
As the Coronavirus continues to spread and new variants continue to rise, Florida accounted for twenty-one percent of all nursing…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 19, 2021
Wet conditions on Keene Road resulted in a crash that led to two fatalities on Monday, August 23, 2021. Source.…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 12, 2021
According to Florida Highway Patrol, a motorcyclist died after a collision with a box truck that turned into his path…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 5, 2021
Are you worried that your loved one is experiencing abuse in their nursing home? It's not surprising since surveys show…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 22, 2021
During a four-week period from June to July, the state of Florida had the highest percentage of nursing homes reporting…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 15, 2021
As COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the state of Florida, nursing homes are beginning to once…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 8, 2021
With the new, more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 spreading quickly, information on Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and assisted…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 1, 2021
On Wednesday, July 21, at 8:35 in the morning, a woman was driving east on I-4 when her car was…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 24, 2021
The Biden administration has announced that all nursing home and long-term care facility staff members will be required to be…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 17, 2021
Genesis Healthcare, which has around 70,000 employees in nearly 400 nursing homes across the country, has officially announced that its…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 10, 2021
As the Delta variant of the Coronavirus continues to spread, more and more nursing homes in the state of Florida…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 3, 2021
The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home facility is typically a difficult one. Often, families place…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 25, 2021
You are taking decisive action. Your father's nursing home neglected his infected bedsores. You hired a nursing home abuse lawyer.…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 18, 2021
About 15% of Americans are older than 65. By 2060, experts think that number will rise to almost 25%! An…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 11, 2021
The Watermark at Trinity, a senior care facility in Florida, has been fined $10,500 after allowing three residents infected with…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 4, 2021
In the state of Florida, there are no laws stating that you must get an attorney after a car crash.…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 29, 2021
On Saturday morning, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. The pedestrian, a 53 year old…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 16, 2021
What started as a temporary program to help with nursing home care during the COVID-19 pandemic is now a permanent…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 10, 2021
If your loved one has experienced nursing home abuse, it is important that you seek legal help from an experienced…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 1, 2021
Over a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and months after the rollout of a vaccine, outbreaks of the virus…
Beltz & BeltzJune 23, 2021
When your loved one is in a nursing home, you would like to believe that they are residing in a…
Beltz & BeltzJune 16, 2021
Each year, there are nearly five million car accidents in the United States. Over half of these crashes are caused…
Beltz & BeltzJune 8, 2021
If your loved one has suffered from nursing home abuse, it is important that you find a nursing home abuse…
Beltz & BeltzJune 2, 2021
Picket Fence Manor, located near Bartlett Park, recently had its operating license suspended after the Florida Agency for Health Care…
Beltz & BeltzMay 25, 2021
Abuse in nursing homes is all too common. The sad truth is that over 20 percent of adults over the…
Beltz & BeltzMay 19, 2021
By some estimates, around 5 million older adults suffer abuse in nursing homes every year. Here in the Tampa/St. Petersburg…
Beltz & BeltzMay 10, 2021
Across the United States, there are around 1.4 million people residing in nursing homes. When your loved one enters a…
Beltz & BeltzMay 3, 2021
About 1 out of every 10 Americans aged 60 years or older have experienced elder abuse. This is an unfortunately…
Beltz & BeltzApril 23, 2021
Florida is the only state with a Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), a program that claims to “lower obstetrician’s…
Beltz & BeltzApril 17, 2021
The COVID-19 liability immunity legislation passed the House this week. It was then passed to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who…
Beltz & BeltzApril 13, 2021
In recent weeks, new legislation was passed that grants immunity to nursing homes from COVID-19 lawsuits, limiting the rights of…
Beltz & BeltzApril 5, 2021
The last year has been a difficult one, especially for people with family in care homes. Although Florida's governor has…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 22, 2021
When we talk about abuse, many people's minds automatically go to physical abuse. However, studies have shown that emotional abuse…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 15, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for over 100,000 deaths among long-term care residents. And unfortunately, the number continues to grow.…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 8, 2021
Did you know that, according to the World Health Organization, 1 in 6 people over the age of 60 experience…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 1, 2021
There are currently over 1.3 million seniors living in nursing homes throughout the country. Unfortunately, not every senior receives the…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 26, 2021
Elder abuse is hard to quantify. It is greatly underreported and much of it goes undetected. However, some research suggests…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 19, 2021
In an industry that already has a staffing shortage, the Coronavirus pandemic has been pulling at the seams of Florida’s…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 16, 2021
An estimated 1.3 million elderly people live in a nursing home in the US. Unfortunately, many of them have experienced…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 12, 2021
Senate Bill 74, which was filed last week, would grant immunity from COVID-19 lawsuits to nursing homes, hospitals, and doctors.…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 10, 2021
According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, almost two-thirds of nursing home staff in Florida chose not to get…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission is warning nursing home residents and their families to “beware of ‘grabby’ facility administrators” as the…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 9, 2021
Do you have injuries sustained on the property of a business? Have you been criminally attacked on the property of…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 1, 2021
Sometimes, scale makes all the difference. When a pharmaceutical company releases a toxic drug, or an oil company spills its…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 25, 2021
Your injury case may be omitting thousands of dollars in lost wages. In the whirlwind of litigation, do not let…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 18, 2021
Ridesharing may very well be the future of transportation. In the United States alone, Uber completes over 40 million rides…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 11, 2021
In the three weeks surrounding Thanksgiving of 2020, the death rate from COVID-19 doubled among nursing home residents in the…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 7, 2021
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reported that 4,889 buses and large trucks were involved in fatal car crashes in…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 5, 2021
Freedom Square of Seminole, Florida, has had one of the most devastating outbreaks of COVID-19 in the state since the…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 10, 2020
Were you injured on someone else's premises due to a property owner's negligence? You are not alone. In fact, over 53,000…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 11, 2020
Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday, October 22, that Florida will loosen its restrictions on visiting nursing homes and long-term…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 4, 2020
There are about 135,221 personal injury attorneys and 56,494 law firms throughout the country. Personal injury lawyers handle everything from…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 3, 2020
Dog bite injuries are more common than you might think. Over 800,000 Americans seek medical treatment for dog bites each…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 28, 2020
If you spend time walking, especially in Florida, you are at risk of being hit by an automobile and sustaining…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 19, 2020
Were you in a motorcycle accident in Tampa Bay recently? If you are healing from injuries, you will want to…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 14, 2020
In America, 1 in 10 elders has experienced some type of abuse. Although elderly abuse is more common than people think, many…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 8, 2020
There are over one million slip and fall injuries in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 2, 2020
Most of us do it every day, but we never think about how dangerous it is. Driving leads to about…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 25, 2020
On Tuesday, September 8, at around 5:00 am, three people were killed in a crash after a driver ran a…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 10, 2020
An 18-year-old Armwood High School student was killed on Tuesday after an SUV lost control after hitting a speed bump…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 8, 2020
Did you know that almost 1,800 elderly adults living in nursing homes die as a result of fall-related injuries? These…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 6, 2020
When it comes to voting, there is usually a debate about the safety of casting votes via mail-in ballot. This…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 2, 2020
Road traffic crashes could become the fifth-leading cause of death by 2030. If you were in a motorcycle accident recently,…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 26, 2020
When you order an Uber of Lyft, you expect a level of professionalism and care for your safety as a…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 17, 2020
At around 2:20 am on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, a driver was killed when a semi-trailer hit his car on…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 13, 2020
If you were injured by a dog, you might have legal recourse. Even though it may have been an accident…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 10, 2020
Patients should be able to trust medical professionals. Protections for the integrity of doctor-patient relationships have existed for thousands of…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 3, 2020
In America, 29 people die every day as a result of drunk driving, and 28% of all traffic accidents involve a…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 29, 2020
Slip and fall injuries are so common that they account for one million emergency room visits per year. Hiring a slip and…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 20, 2020
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has ordered the Alafia Village assisted living facility in Brandon, Florida to close…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 15, 2020
Apollo Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, is under scrutiny from families who claim they have been left…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 14, 2020
Getting a lawyer for your whiplash injury may not be your first thought in the event of an accident, but…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 14, 2020
There are roughly 3 million people in the Tampa Bay area. With an area this size, it is important to know how…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 8, 2020
A 41-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed on Sunday night in Sarasota after an accident with a sedan. Source.…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 6, 2020
Ten employees and forty-one residents have tested positive for Coronavirus at Apollo Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg. Source.…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 1, 2020
A 34-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries after a head-on collision in Wesley Chapel on Friday night.…
Beltz & BeltzJune 29, 2020
Bon Secours Maria Manor nursing center in Pinellas was recently hit by an outbreak of Coronavirus, with nearly half of…
Beltz & BeltzJune 26, 2020
Consulate Health Care, along with five other Florida nursing homes, received a letter from House Majority Whip James Clyburn demanding…
Beltz & BeltzJune 22, 2020
Six staff members and fourteen residents at the Grand Villa of St. Petersburg, a long-term care center, have tested positive…
Beltz & BeltzJune 22, 2020
On Monday morning around 9 am a motorcyclist from St. Petersburg was killed after being hit by a truck in…
Beltz & BeltzJune 22, 2020
Early Monday morning, at around 3:15 am, a collision occurred between a wrong-way driver and a tractor-trailer, resulting in a…
Beltz & BeltzJune 22, 2020
A crash involving an SUV and a motorcycle driving on US 41 North left 2 dead on Saturday night in…
Beltz & BeltzJune 22, 2020
June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a day in which communities around the world work to promote a…
Beltz & BeltzJune 15, 2020
If your loved one currently resides in a nursing home, it is likely that you have been (and continue to…
Beltz & BeltzJune 11, 2020
In December 2017, Nicholas Capogna, a police officer in Clearwater, rolled through a stop sign while driving an unmarked Chevrolet…
Beltz & BeltzJune 8, 2020
As hard as it is to believe, nursing home abuse is a major problem in the world today. In fact,…
Beltz & BeltzJune 3, 2020
Is your loved one being abused? Sadly enough, 10 percent of seniors over the age of 60 have experienced elder…
Beltz & BeltzMay 19, 2020
Placing loved ones in the care of strangers is difficult and, sometimes, frightening. If family members need more support than…
Beltz & BeltzMay 15, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recalled the sale and consumption of prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine (commonly referred to…
Beltz & BeltzMay 6, 2020
88,000 motorcyclist injuries occurred in a single year. If that is not bad enough, 5,286 people died after a motorcyclist…
Beltz & BeltzApril 25, 2020
When it comes to car crashes, over one million people die on the road every single year. On top of…
Beltz & BeltzApril 21, 2020
Every year in the United States, nearly 30 million people visit emergency departments as a result of personal injuries. Another…
Beltz & BeltzApril 17, 2020
The Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing home in Seattle, Washington, has been fined over $600,000 by both state…
Beltz & BeltzApril 6, 2020
In the span of a few seconds, a car accident could change your life. The damage to your car is…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 14, 2020
Those that are involved in a pedestrian accident may be left feeling helpless. If you were hit by a car,…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 10, 2020
Life is full of unexpected surprises, some good and some tragic. Getting hit by a drunk driver falls pretty close…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 3, 2020
Everything we put into our bodies impacts our overall health. When a licensed physician hands us a prescription, we are…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 29, 2020
You might think that old age is a time that should bring honor and dignity. Sadly, as many as 10%…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 25, 2020
Shortly before 9:30 pm on Thursday, February 20, a head-on crash occurred at North Betty Lane and Springdale Street in…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 21, 2020
Medical errors claim the lives of an estimated 250,000 to 440,000 people in the US every year. That makes medical…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 21, 2020
On February 11, 2020, a 12-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries after he was body-slammed by a school staff member…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 20, 2020
If you are currently involved in a personal injury claim, you know that the process can be hard. Knowing who…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 17, 2020
Being the victim in a drunk driving accident can be one of the most life-changing and scary moments of your…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 14, 2020
A 32-year-old Tampa man was hit by a semitrailer on Wednesday morning at approximately 3:11 am. The accident took place…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 13, 2020
You now have the option to use apps such as Uber and Lyft to give you access to a rideshare…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 11, 2020
Driving a motorcycle is one of the most exciting ways to hit the road. Unfortunately, it's also one of the…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 9, 2020
It is normal to feel a cascade of emotions when deciding to place a loved one in a nursing home.…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 7, 2020
Thinking of going out for a bike ride? Do not forget your helmet. In a single year, there were 45,000…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 4, 2020
There are almost 130,000 people employed in the personal injury legal industry. The majority of them are lawyers and their…
Beltz & BeltzFebruary 1, 2020
In the United States, nearly 37,000 people die in road crashes each year and another 2.35 million come away from…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 29, 2020
An average of 6 million car accidents occurs in the United States every year. Meanwhile, 3 million people are injured…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 26, 2020
For adults older than 65, at least 10% will experience elder abuse at some point. This is awful enough, but…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 24, 2020
When you are driving your own car and end up in a car accident, it's not always easy to know…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 17, 2020
More than 700,000 personal injury lawsuits are filed each year in the United States. If you have recently been injured,…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 15, 2020
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, near the intersection of Belcher Road and Catalina Drive in Clearwater, Florida, a crossing guard…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 10, 2020
Every year in the United States, some 214,000 people die from an injury. That comes out to one person every…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 10, 2020
According to the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle, there were 402,592 crashes in Florida in 2018. This number includes…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 3, 2020
Beltz & Beltz is proud to have been named one of the Best Car Accident Lawyers in St. Petersburg. St.…
Beltz & BeltzDecember 3, 2019
The Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department was dispatched to a fire at an assisted living facility in Clearwater. Source. After…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 29, 2019
On Saturday, November 9, at approximately 8:20 pm in New Port Richey, a multi-vehicle crash occurred. One man involved in…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 18, 2019
On Monday, November 4, at approximately 1:33 pm, a motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Dale Mabry Highway. Source.…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 11, 2019
A fatal crash that occurred at Tampa Road and Lake St. George Drive in Palm Harbor is currently being investigated…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 24, 2019
At approximately 10 pm on Thursday, October 17, 2019, a crash involving a wrong-way driver occurred in Hillsborough County. Source.…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 22, 2019
On Thursday, October 17, 2019, at approximately 8:45 pm, a crash occurred in Clearwater involving a pedestrian and a vehicle.…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 21, 2019
School zones and construction zones are now officially hands-free areas in regard to texting and driving. Effective October 1, 2019,…
Beltz & BeltzOctober 3, 2019
A Florida man with Down Syndrome died in a hot car after his caregiver fell asleep. 35-year-old John LaPointe was…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 24, 2019
On Thursday afternoon, shortly after 12pm, a northbound SUV struck a bicyclist in the 2800 block of Dr. Martin Luther…
Beltz & BeltzSeptember 23, 2019
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at approximately 7:03 am, a vehicle crash occurred on the Howard Frankland Bridge. Witnesses reported…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 30, 2019
On Monday, August 26, 2019, at approximately 11:15 am a multiple-vehicle crash occurred in Pinellas Park. The Pinellas Park Police…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 29, 2019
On Friday, August 23 at approximately 8:44 pm a pedestrian was killed in a crash in Largo. The Largo Police…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 28, 2019
O’Nesha Cherdele Cummings, 24, was arrested on Sunday night after leaving the assisted living facility she was working at. Cummings…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 8, 2019
On Monday night, a stolen vehicle crashed into a police car at the intersection of 18th Ave. South and 7th…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 16, 2019
A 19 year-old driver has been arrested in St. Petersburg with charges of vehicular homicide after a pedestrian was hit…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 1, 2019
On Thursday, May 30th, a motorcyclist was fatally injured after being thrown from his bike, according to the Florida Highway…
Beltz & BeltzJune 10, 2019
Florida law enforcement agencies are preparing for the enforcement of the new distracted driving law. This new law is going…
Beltz & BeltzJune 4, 2019
A 7-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in the parking lot of the Arbors at…
Beltz & BeltzMay 9, 2019
Facebook has over 1 billion active users. It is the third most popular website in the world, behind only Google…
Beltz & BeltzMay 7, 2019
Courthouses throughout the U.S. lack the appropriate accommodations for nursing lawyer moms on the job. They have to turn to…
Beltz & BeltzMay 1, 2019
The Beltz & Beltz Law Firm is proud to announce that we will be once again sponsoring Movies in the…
Beltz & BeltzApril 24, 2019
On Sunday evening, a pedestrian was struck and killed while he was attempting to cross Belcher Rd in Clearwater with…
Beltz & BeltzApril 8, 2019
A nursing home or assisted living facility should be a safe place where your loved one is cared for when…
Beltz & BeltzJanuary 26, 2018
Most Floridians are familiar with the phrase “No-Fault State” but most do not fully understand the impact of the phrase.…
Beltz & BeltzNovember 13, 2017
After you are injured in a motor vehicle collision, preserving evidence of the accident and your injuries can help support…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 10, 2017
These days there are constant reminders about the dangers of cigarette smoking at almost every turn; radio and television public…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 5, 2016
Recently, you may have noticed more people buried in their cellphone screens than usual. There is a new mobile game…
Beltz & BeltzAugust 1, 2016
E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that contain cartridges of nicotine, chemicals, and flavorings (such as pineapple or peppermint). The electronic cigarette…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 27, 2016
On July 1, 2000, Florida repealed the legal requirement that all motorcyclists wear protective helmets. State law now requires motorcycle…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 25, 2016
You might not realize that something seemingly innocent, like sharing a photo from your favorite band’s concert Saturday night, or…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 15, 2016
Despite laws that compel the purchase of auto insurance, many people choose to drive without it. According to the Insurance…
Beltz & BeltzJuly 8, 2016
Summer has officially arrived for Tampa Bay area students. While students, parents, and teachers are celebrating the beginning of an…
Beltz & BeltzJune 26, 2016
We are midway through the year and there have been 160,142 auto accidents in Florida so far in 2016. 103,581…
Beltz & BeltzJune 11, 2016
Lawyers many times have to get creative in representing their clients. An excellent example of this is occurring this week…
Beltz & BeltzMarch 13, 2016
