Florida Personal Injury Laws

Children’s Medical Malpractice Cases in Orlando

Unfortunately we’ve handled a lot of cases, medical malpractice cases that involved children or infants. And for me, those were the hardest kind of cases to handle because I have three young children at home. So I found that I’ve gotten more personally invested in those cases and gotten to know the families. I think those kind of cases are probably the hardest kind of medical malpractice cases for the families, because when a child or an infant gets hurt, it affects the whole family, you feel helpless. So I think those are the kind of cases that I’ve really personally identified with the most and fought the hardest on. If you have any kind of question about a malpractice case involving a child or an infant, feel free to call me. Nathan Carter at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter, 1-80049-legal.

By: Nathan Carter

Key Information On Medical Device Injury

It’s important if you believe you or a loved one have been injured by a medical device. As in other product liability cases, you want to make sure that you preserve the evidence. Often times the laboratory at a hospital during perhaps a revision surgery and a hip surgery, when a defective hip is removed and a new one is put in, it’s important that that evidence be preserved. A lot of times it takes an attorney or a least a loved one to make sure that gets coordinated through the hospital’s laboratory so that evidence can be preserved. As in other cases, not only is it important to preserve the evidence that will become relevant to prove the product is defective later, but it’s important that the injuries are documented. That’s photographs, video documenting of the injuries that a person may be going through, which obviously they will heal over time. If that’s not documented in the beginning, that’s obviously crucial evidence that’s lost.

Defective Product Case Time Limited

If you believe you or a loved one have been injured by a defective product it’s important that you contact an attorney right away. You know that the manufacturer or designer of the defective product – especially once they’re on notice that an injury has occurred – they will do everything they can to investigate you and to investigate the incident itself to start mounting their defenses to defend any claims brought against them. It’s important because evidence gets stale, people forget things over time. It’s important if you or a loved one have been involved in an incident where you believe you were injured by a defective product that you contact an attorney or a law firm that handles product liability cases, and that you contact them sooner rather than later, because critical evidence can be lost over time.

Medical Bill Expenses

If you’ve been injured in an accident, there are a number of ways your medical bills will get paid. One is, of course, through your own insurance company. Another might be through some governmental agency or governmental aid program. Another might well be through what is commonly referred to as an LOP or letter of protection. The most important thing regarding the payment of these medical bills, is get an attorney and have that attorney assist you in navigating your way through making sure these bills get paid, or that you at least have an agreement with the medical provider.

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

Value Of A Case

Most clients or most consumers always want to know how much their case is worth, but most lawyers will tell you that they don’t know what your case is worth. There’s two values to your case: the amount that an insurance company is voluntarily willing to pay to settle your case, or the amount that a jury will later tell you your case is worth after hearing all the evidence in your case. And while most cases do settle before trial, the overall economic and non-economic damages in your case must be assessed by not only your attorneys but also the insurance company or the defense lawyers and then hopefully the parties can come to a reasonable compromise or an agreement on the value of the case for settlement purposes. If not, the case will go to trial and a jury will determine what they believe the case is worth after hearing all of the evidence presented by all sides of the case.

Car Accident Process in Ft. Lauderdale

After a car accident it’s important to always call the police and make sure you get a police report, and have an opportunity to speak with the officer to give your version of what happened in the accident. Also to the extent as possible, take photographs of the accident scene, including all damage to your car and the other cars there were in the crash.

Leifer Law Firm

Leifer Law Firm has extensive experience handling injury cases involving motor vehicle accidents. Some of the cases we handle include truck, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, and drunk-driving accidents. What separates Leifer Law Firm from other firms that handle these cases, is the personal attention we provide to all of our clients, not just the cases that have the largest value in the office. Our goal is to seek compensation for our clients that includes pain and suffering, past and future medical expenses, and recovering any out-of-pocket expenses including lost wages if any.

By: Cory Leifer

Medical Malpractice Injury

If you believe that you’ve been injured as the result of medical malpractice, you should talk to a medical malpractice attorney about who may be legally responsible for those injuries. Typically, you’d be looking at any of the healthcare providers that provided medical care or treatment to you but it’s important to keep in mind that a bad outcome does not necessarily equal medical malpractice. You have to be able to demonstrate that the healthcare provider that provided medical care to you was negligent, meaning that he or she somehow fell below or deviated from the acceptable standard of care in providing that treatment to you.

Alternatives To Court, Auto Accident

There are alternatives to going to court in an accident case. Obviously, one alternative is to settle your case, and then you will not be going to court at all. But other than having a jury trial with a judge presiding over the trial, there are certain things that can be done. You can have a mediation, which, if it works, your case would be settled. You can have an arbitration, which means one or perhaps three individuals hear the case and make a decision. So the answer is yes, there are other options in your case other than going to court.