Two and a half years after the death of their 17-year-old daughter, Andy and Melissa Fernandez are pushing lawmakers to consider critical updates to Florida’s boater safety laws.

State lawmakers in Tallahassee opened up their legislative session, Tuesday, with hundreds of bills filed for ...

The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in ...

Lucy's Law was proposed by Miami residents whose 17-year-old daughter died in 2022 after the driver of the boat she was in hit a channel marker.

Legislators propose stiffer penalties and boater education. Florida leads the nation in boater registration and crashes. 83% of boating crashes occur by drivers with no boating education.

See also: Enough fentanyl to kill nearly 1M people off the street after Florida drug ring dismantled After losing the ability to operate the boat profitably, McCabe allegedly turned to fraud.

This week, a federal jury found a boat owner guilty of seaman’s manslaughter and fraud.The U.S. Department of Justice Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida announced Thursday ...

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TWO PEOPLE WERE HURT AFTER A BOAT EXPLOSION ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ... at the incident.The incident is being investigated by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and ...