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Florida Today-August 18, 2009-This tracker-trailer crash caused one lane of Interstate 95 in Brevard County to be blocked. Fortunately there were no immediate reports of injuries. The single-vehicle accident was in the southbound lanes at mile marker 181, just south of US-192 in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida.

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Florida Today-July 21, 2009-An 18-month-old child remained hospitalized Monday after nearly drowning in a family swimming pool. The unfortunate incident occurred at a home near the intersection of Lee Road and Kittle Street in Mims, Brevard County, Florida. A nearby Brevard County Sheriff’s office deputy responded and performed CPR on the child who, according to this article, was under water “an extended period of time.”

The child was taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville and transferred to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando.

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Florida Today- July 21, 2009-Cocoa Police Department personnel rescued a man who jumped off the Hubert H. Humphrey Bridge and into the Indian River in Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida. Apparently, the man was rescued after he started swim. The man was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

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Florida Today-July 21, 2009-Keyonna Summers-According to this article, a Titusville teenager accused of shooting an air conditioner repair man for target practice pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder. Under a plea agreement the Brevard County 15-year-old will be sentenced as a “youthful offender” to four years in prison and two years probation in connection with the January 12^th, 2008 shooting of 32-year-old man at a bar in Titusville, Brevard County, Florida.

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Florida Today- July 20, 2009-According to this article a 25-year-old Palm Coast was killed in a rollover crash recently on Interstate 95 about one mile north of the Palm Bay Road exit. An SUV driver lost control and struck the rear of another SUV driver by a Melbourne resident. The first SUV then veered off the right shoulder and over turned several times. One person was killed and three others suffered serious bodily injury.

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Florida Today-July 20, 2009-Keyonna Summers-Jury selection in the Justice Heyne murder trial begins at 9:00 a.m. on July 20, 2009, before Circuit Judge O.H. Eaton at the Moore Justice Center in Viera, Brevard County, Florida.

According to this article Justice Heyne has spent more than three years in a cell at the Brevard County Detention Center, awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his roommates and their daughter. 28-year-old man is to go to trial on three counts of first-degree premeditated murder in connection to the March 30, 2006, shooting deaths of three people in their Moon Road home in Titusville, Brevard County, Florida.

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Yamaha Rhino is a popular utility terrain vehicle (UTV) manufactured by Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA. It is the subject of numerous lawsuits claiming serious injuries and deaths have resulted from accidents, most of them roll overs or “tip overs,” involving the vehicle. The Rhino is a relative new comer to the all-terrain vehicle UTV market, having been in production only since 2003. According to Yamaha about 120,000 of the 450 and 660 model Rhino’s have been distributed since the fall of 2003.

First product liability against Yamaha as the result of Rhino roll over was filed in 2005. At present it is estimated that an additional 200 cases have been filed throughout the United States. The lawsuits filed against Yamaha generally claim the Rhino contains multiple design and engineering flaws that make fundamentally unstable. The complaints allege the Rhino is prone to tipping or rolling over, even when driven on flat terrain at low speeds, because it is too narrow, has a high center of gravity and very narrow tires. Many lawsuits also claim the doors, seatbelts and roll cage of the Rhino are defective.

On February 2009, all Rhino cases that were pending in Federal courts in the US, which including over 50 cases, were consolidated in multi district litigation in the Western District of Kentucky. Consolidation was sought by various plaintiff’s counsel to eliminate the various discovery battles being raged by Yamaha throughout the country and resulting in consistent rulings on discovery.

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www.motorcycle.com742009 – Bombardier Recreational Products submitted a recall notice for 2008-2009 Can-AM Spyder Roadster due to a problem with the steering. According to the article some Spyders may require more force than expect to adjust the handle bars to correct vehicle drift from a straight line path. This problem can cause the vehicle to overshoot and stray into other lanes. Apparently Bombardier received 14 reports from dealers and Spyder owners about unexpectedly strong steering resistance. The article states that dealers will inspect and replace or repair the dynamic power steering systems on affected vehicles. Potentially this recall affects 9,932 Can-AM Spyders.

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