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The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has declared the week of Sept. 12-18 National Child Passenger Safety Week, bringing attention to the need for the proper use and installation of child safety seats. Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys are advocates for child safety seats and encourage all parents to have their seats correctly fitted and installed to protect their child in the event of an accident.

Florida's legislature passed the Dori Slosberg & Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law. The law is named in memory of two Florida teens who were killed in separate traffic accidents and died as a result of not wearing their seatbelts.

The personal injury and auto accident law firm of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys successfully settled a case on behalf of our client who was severely injured in an auto accident.

Lawyers with the law firm of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys have been named as Legal Elite for 2009 by Florida Trend magazine. Combined, Scott Murray and Jason Guari have been helping clients in the West Palm Beach area for almost 30 years in matters relating to personal injuries, auto accidents, auto product liability cases and more.

The Marcus family was enjoying their Orlando vacation when Mrs. Marcus stepped onto an unsecured drain cover at their hotel complex and fell, seriously injuring her back.

The law firm of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys is a proud sponsor of this year's cocktail reception at the annual Installation Dinner and Dance for the Palm Beach County Bar Association, which will be held on June 20 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has created a new consumer program to help parents and caregivers find child safety seats that fit properly in their vehicles in a measure to improve child passenger safety and Federal Child seat standards, starting in the 2011 model year. The review was ordered by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who also commissioned the development of new side impact safety standards by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The personal injury law firm of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys is pleased to share recent news that will affect all consumers. Pres. Barack Obama has issued a directive that "preemption of State law by executive departments and agencies should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimate prerogatives of the States and with sufficient legal basis for preemption." Essentially, Pres. Obama has reversed a policy enacted by the Bush administration that allowed federal agencies to preempt state laws and regulations.

The Florida personal injury attorneys of Murray & Guari Trial Attorneys are happy to share that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has increased guidelines for roof strength on consumer vehicles.

We are all aware of the dangers of using a cell phone while driving whether you are talking or texting, but drivers continue to act recklessly . Most recently, a bus driver transporting disabled passengers in Texas caused an accident on a busy highway when he, using his phone to text, failed to notice traffic was stopped ahead.