Can Your Personal Injury Lawyer in South Florida Use the Defendant’s DUI Conviction in Court?

If you’ve been injured in a drunk driving accident, you’re going to be furious. After you manage to recover from your injuries, you’re going to want someone to pay. In this day and age, with companies like Uber and Lyft, there’s no excuse for drunk driving. When someone decides to put their life and the … Read more

Does Car Insurance Cover the Car or the Driver in Florida?

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A lot of car accident victims get scared when they find out the person who caused their accident has no insurance. Maybe the person driving is a teenager and they haven’t even had their license more than a few weeks. Or, it could be someone who borrowed their neighbor’s car. The last thing we think … Read more

What are Your Options if Your Car Accident Insurance Claim is Denied in Florida?

Car Accident in Florida

If you’re injured in a car accident in Boca Raton, the first thing you’ll have to do is file your insurance claim. If you’re lucky, your claim will be approved and you’ll get your check in a week or two. However, if your claim is denied, you’re going to need to contact an experienced car … Read more

RETURNING TO WORK AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT

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You’ve been involved in a car accident in the Boca Raton area. Your injuries were significant. Even so, you kept your wits about you and acted wisely. Your knowledge of what to do and what not to do after an accident paid off. Swiftly contacting a top Boca Raton personal injury lawyer was a great … Read more

DELAYED SYMPTOMS AFTER CAR ACCIDENTS

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Pain is a survival tool. It lets us know when we’re suffering harm. Tells us we need to do something about it.  There are people with medical disorders which make them unable to feel pain. This condition, called Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) leaves victims at great risk. Many die in childhood from injuries they … Read more

WALKING THE WALK

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Car vs. Pedestrian.  No contest.  When the two collide – well, it’s difficult even to think of that as a “collision”. We think, rather, that the car struck the pedestrian. That the driver of the car did a terrible thing. The pedestrian, of course, is nearly always the one injured or killed. Surely the driver … Read more

Whiplash Injury

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No car accident lawyer’s blog is complete without a post about whiplash. This is undoubtedly the most common of all the injuries from car accidents.  In this post, we’ll go over what a whiplash injury is, how they’re sustained, and what to expect in the way of compensation. WHIPLASH Whiplash is a general term for … Read more

WHEN IS AN EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS IN A COMPANY CAR?

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Let The Master Answer. This legal principle can apply to accidents with company cars. An employer can be held responsible for an employee’s acts. The term for this is respondeat superior. The key is the employer-employee relationship. Not the company car, per se. Thus, the doctrine can apply to employees driving their own cars for work … Read more

WHEN CAN YOU SUE FOR DAMAGES FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING?

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Car accidents can damage more than our bank accounts. After a serious injury, people may lose the ability to spend time doing what they love. Playing with their children, for example. Or being a good companion to a spouse or life partner. Thus, the physical pain due to the accident is made so much worse … Read more

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

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There’s been a serious traffic accident. People were gravely injured. Or killed, as were 37,133 people in the US in 2017. The injured have arrived at hospitals. Wreckage has finally been cleared, roads re-opened. Afterward, the questions loom before victims and their families: How could this have happened? Who’s fault was it? That’s when the … Read more