Florida Personal Injury Laws

Personal Injury Lawyers in Orlando

If you’re looking for an attorney to handle your car accident case, why should you choose Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter? Well, we’re experienced trial lawyers. We’ve been around for 30 years. We’ve been handling nothing but personal injury claims in that period of time. So give me a call. I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

What is a Deposition?

Hi. I’m Julia McGrath, an attorney here at the Dolman Law Group. Often times I’m asked by clients what is a deposition and what do I need to do? A deposition is your testimony given under oath. You’ll have a defense attorney who’s asking you questions and you’ll be answering those questions in the presence of a court reporter or a stenographer who is taking down the testimony. Your attorney will be there with you to ensure that no inappropriate questions are being asked. A deposition is nothing to be too concerned about, as long as your attorney thoroughly prepares you.

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By: Julia McGrath

Pedestrian Reasonable Care

First of all, as a pedestrian, you are required by law to use reasonable care. To walk within crosswalks. To follow pedestrian crossing signals. If you fail to do that, and you’re injured as a result of that, you can be held responsible for your injuries or at least held partially responsible for your injuries. So you have a duty to make sure that you abide by all crossing signals and to cross at proper pedestrian crossing points.

If you live out-of-state and you’re involved in a Florida car accident, do you need a Florida attorney or do you need an attorney from your state?

The truth is you need an attorney who knows Florida law, an experienced Florida car accident attorney. I’m Mel Wright. I’m a partner at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. Call us at 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Mel Wright

Defective Product Claim

Oftentimes you may not realize that an injury or catastrophic injury has been the result of a defective product. But if you believe that you have been injured by a defective product, you want to contact a reputable law firm: has a good track record of getting good results, and going to trial and product liability cases. That law firm has to assess whether or not there is a causal link between the defective product and your injuries.

And oftentimes even people that have been in automobile accidents may just think, “Well, the driver that hit me is the person at fault.” Well it’s important – even in automobile accident cases or trucking accident cases – that you also assess whether or not there are product defect avenues of recovery in a case. Oftentimes you are hit by a driver and you’re not necessarily injured by the impact from the at-fault driver but, for example, a seat belt doesn’t work properly or an airbag doesn’t go off and you want to have a law firm that can assess those potential product liability issues.

Alternatives To Court

Before filing a lawsuit and taking your case to court, your attorney most likely is going to make a reasonable attempt to try to settle your claim first with the insurance company for the at-fault driver or at-fault party. That typically involves putting a demand package or claims package together which includes the crash report, photos, medical records, wage information and any other documents or information supporting your claim. And that’s an effort typically made to avoid litigation. Trying to resolve the case directly with the insurance company without the need to go to court. If that doesn’t work then your attorney will file a lawsuit, your case will then go into litigation will be handled over the courthouse. But you will still have opportunities to try to resolve the case before it gets to trial through such things as mitigation and sometimes arbitration.

Who Do I Hire Following an Auto Accident

Hi, I’m Julia McGrath, an attorney here at the Dolman Law Group.  Oftentimes, people ask me, “What kind of attorney do I need after I’ve suffered an injury?” What I tell them is that you need a personal injury attorney. Now there are a lot of attorneys out there that handle criminal law, family law, bankruptcy, but only a personal injury attorney knows how to deal with an insurance company and knows how to maximize the value of your claim.  For more information, call me – Julia McGrath – here at the Dolman Law Group.

By: Julia McGrath

Orlando Wrongful Death Negligence Case

If your loved one has died due to the negligence of another person in the state of Florida, you may very well have a wrongful death claim. If you think that you have a wrongful death claim, if you have a loved one who has lost their life because of the negligence of another person, call Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

Valuing A Personal Injury Case

Well unfortunately there’s no magic formula to determine exactly how much your personal injury cases worth. An experienced attorney is going to draw a number of sources to try to help make that determination. No matter what, making that determination early on in the case is often very very difficult because that assessment generally can’t be made with any reasonable degree of certainty until a tremendous amount of information is obtained about the case including the strength of the evidence involving the liability of the parties and the nature in extent of any damages that you may have suffered. The value of the case can often very or differ from the beginning of the case to the end as additional information is obtained. The most important thing is you should communicate with your attorney throughout the case regarding his or her assessment of the value. An attorney is going to look at various sources including verdicts and settlement reporters to see what other cases have settled for, and what the jury verdicts have been in other similar cases. An attorney will also draw his or her personal experienced in handling other similar cases to help give you a better idea of what your case may be worth.