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Leesfield & Partners retained in case of 83-year-old woman attacked by neighbor’s pet bird. What happened?

An 83-year-old Marathon, Florida, woman retained Leesfield & Partners to represent her after a neighbor’s pet bird attacked her while she folded towels at the community pool. The woman lives alone in the Marathon community in a two-story condominium and was watching her granddaughter swim in the pool the day…

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Driver allegedly asleep at the wheel crashes into two marathon runners in Key West weekend race.

Two pedestrians running in a weekend race on U.S. 1 near mile marker 17  in Key West were hospitalized after being hit by a car whose driver had allegedly fallen asleep at the wheel.   The driver, 23, was heading north when officials say she fell asleep at the wheel, eventually…

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Key West’s Fantasy Fest coming to a close with a rash of traffic accidents

Yesterday, the annual Fantasy Fest was drawing to a close, but countless visitors and locals will not forget several terrible accidents which caused Overseas Highway to be shutdown for several hours by police. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Becky Herrin told the Sun-Sentinel that they “expect heavy traffic, possibly with a…

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Number of fatal accidents in Florida Keys a serious concern

In its most recent issue, the Key West Citizen inserted a photograph of the driver of a scooter laying in the middle of the road, on a stretcher, receiving emergent care from Key West firefighters. That scene is all too common in Key West and repeats itself several times a…

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