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Miami Jury Orders Bar That Served Drunken Driver to Pay $96M in Damages

A Miami-Dade jury has returned one of the largest verdicts ever in an automobile accident case, awarding $95 million in damages plus attorneys’ fees to a South Florida family whose daughter was killed and whose son was catastrophically injured by …

Drunk Driver Hits 5 Students At Florida School Bus Stop, Kills 1

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sleeping Thursday afternoon when his 11-year-old daughter called and asked him to pick her up at her school bus stop. Seconds later, his daughter screamed into the phone. “Dad, help me, help me!” Polk County …

Florida Woman Tells Social Media Followers ‘I’m So Drunk’ Before DUI Arrest

“I’m so drunk,” a Florida driver repeatedly tells followers on the social media app Periscope, staring at her cellphone’s camera, mounted on the dashboard, before she is arrested and charged with driving under the influence. The Lakeland Police Department released …