ST. PETERSBURG - The teenage daughter of Paula M. O'Conner, who was found strangled in July, has filed a lawsuit against a sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base to determine whether he is the father of O'Conner's infant son, who was found asphyxiated alongside her. The daughter, Victoria Goodin, 18, wants Ralph Wright Jr. to pay retroactive child support for Alijah Jordon O'Conner from July 2005, when the boy was conceived, to July 6, when he was found dead with his mother at their home in St. Petersburg, according to a copy of the suit. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Bay area auto insurance agents still don't know what to tell customers about changes in coverage that went into effect this morning. ...more

October 1, 2007

House and Senate negotiators reached a general agreement to extend the state's no-fault car insurance law rather than letting it expire as scheduled Oct. 1, key members of both chambers said. ...more

September 23, 2007

For the first time in more than four years, the Federal Reserve appears ready to lower interest rates to prevent a housing meltdown and a painful credit crunch from driving the economy into a recession. ...more

September 17, 2007

In less than a month, Florida's 36-year-old no-fault auto insurance law will die. ...more

September 7, 2007

TAMPA - In less than a month, Florida's 36-year-old no-fault auto insurance law will die. ...more

September 6, 2007

To truly appreciate the impact of allowing Florida's Personal Injury Protection (PIP) law - also known as mandatory 'no-fault' automobile insurance - to expire, one must understand what it was like before the law was enacted in 1971. As an auto-insurance claims adjuster in Florida prior to the implementation of PIP, I know exactly what it was like and why PIP was such a welcome relief. ...more

September 6, 2007