Charpentier Law Firm, P.A. , Personal Injury Attorney - Blog

Attorney Stephen G. Charpentier

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Attorney Hubert Childress, Jr.

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Attorney Andrew L. Waks

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Common name misspellings:

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Hubert Childriss

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Hubert Childruss

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Steven Charpentier

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Stephen Sharpentier

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Stephen Charpentiye

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Andrew Wacks

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Andrew Wax

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Latest Honda Recalls

Motorcycle Consumer News-January 2012-Honda is recalling certain model year 2010 NT700V motorcycles manufactured from NOvember4 26, 2009, through November 27, 2009. A tire information label applied to the swingarm may display incorrect tire size and air pressure specifications. Improper inflation of tires may affect vehicle handling and lead to premature tire failure, increasing the risk [...]

Posted on 02/06/2012 17:40:15

WOULD DRIVERS OBEY A BEHIND-THE-WHEEL PHONE BAN?

December 15, 2011 article in FLORIDA TODAY by Jamie Stengle of the Associated Press discusses the topic of banning phones in vehicles.
The article reports that millions of Americans use their cars as a mobile offices, rely on phones almost every hour of every workday to stay productive and earn a living. So would drivers [...]

Posted on 02/03/2012 20:30:05

MORE DRIVERS TEXTING AT WHEEL, DESPITE STATE BANS

An article by Joan Lowy in the December 12, 2011 edition of the CLAIMS JOURNAL, reports that despite all the criticism and new legal bans, texting by drivers just keeps increasing, especially among younger motorists.
The article goes on to report that about half of American drivers between 21 and 24 say they’ve thumbed messages or [...]

Posted on 02/02/2012 13:10:56

DOT CHIEF URGES BAN ON TEXTING AND DRIVING

An article by Larry Copeland published in the December 8, 2011 edition of FLORIDA TODAY reports that
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says distracted driving is still under-reported, and he is urging Congress to enact a national law against texting while driving. “We have to be able to get people to understand that this is very, very [...]

Posted on 02/01/2012 15:03:07

Four Injured in Early Morning Accident on State Road A1A

Florida Today-January 30, 2012-According to the article a 39-year-old Melbourne man crashed into the back of a pickup truck just south of the main gate at Patrick Air Force in Satellite Beach, Brevard County, Florida. The accident occurred around 2 a.m. on State Road A1A, just north of Jupiter Street. Florida Highway Patrol state that [...]

Posted on 01/30/2012 19:54:38

I-95 Reopens After Motorcycle Wreck in Melbourne

Florida Today-January 30, 2012-According to the article, a 19-year-old man is in stable condition after being thrown from his motorcycle in a crash that occurred on Interstate 95 near the Wickham Road exit in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida. The accident occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 just south of the Wickham [...]

Posted on 01/30/2012 17:41:56

Mini Coopers, Recalled After Fires

The Detroit News-According to the article th Turbo charged Mini Coopers are being recalled because they can catch on fire. BMW is recalling select Mini Coopers, the Cooper S and Clubman models including convertibles, after receiving 12 complaints about fires. These fires occurred in the 2007 and 2008 models. Five of these vehicles were completely [...]

Posted on 01/25/2012 15:11:17

Woman Crushed by Her Own Pickup Truck

Florida Today-January 24, 2012-J.D. Gallop-According to the article authorities are awaiting autopsy results to find out how a 63-year-old Rockledge, Brevard County, Florida woman ended up crushed by her own Ford F-150 pickup truck Sunday. The woman was found Sunday by her son around 9:30 p.m. lying bloodied and unconscious in the driveway of her [...]

Posted on 01/24/2012 14:04:23

A Pedestrian Dies After Cocoa Traffic Accident

Florida Today-January 23, 2012-J.D. Gallop-According to the article, a 25-year-old man was struck by two vehicles while trying to cross a heavily driven road in Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida. The accident occurred on Industry Road near the State Road 528 overpass in Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida. The accident occurred at about 6:45 p.m. today while [...]

Posted on 01/23/2012 20:41:09

Gunshot Victim Flees Attack and Collapses at Eatery Lot

Florida Today-January 23, 2012-Rick Neale-According to the article, a man bleeding from a gunshot pulled into the parking lot of the Del’s Freez ice cream stand in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida and collapses on a picnic table outside. Several patrons at the U.S. 1 ice creamy eatery applied basic first aid to the victim until [...]

Posted on 01/23/2012 14:16:06

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