Florida Personal Injury Laws

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.

How long do you have to file your car accident claim in Florida?

Generally four years, but there are exceptions. Don’t take any chances. You need to hire an experienced Florida car accident lawyer.  I’m Mel Wright. I’m a partner at Colling, Gilbert, Wright, & Carter. Call us at 1-800-49-LEGAL.

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Time Limit To File A Wrongful Death Claim

In Florida, the time limit, or statute of limitations for filing a wrongful death case, is usually two years from the date of the death.

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.

Entitled To File A Lawsuit

The way you will learn whether or not you’re entitled to file a lawsuit due to your accident, will come as a result of your obtaining the advice – the input of an attorney, once he or she has investigated and evaluated the case. That attorney will then tell you whether or not you have a viable case, and if so, when the time is to file that lawsuit.

Insurance Company Requests A Recorded Statement

If you’ve been injured in an accident, you do not have to give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company. You may have to give a recorded statement to a representative of your own insurance company, and that is totally dependent upon the wording or the language in your own insurance policy.

At-Fault Driver Is Uninsured

All too often in the state of Florida, automobile accidents occur and the at-fault driver who caused the crash is uninsured. It’s important in the state of Florida, because there are so many uninsured or underinsured drivers that you carry uninsured motorist coverage under your own automobile insurance policy. So if it happens where somebody causes a crash, causes you injuries or damages, but does not have adequate insurance to cover your loses and damages, you can then turn to your own underinsured motorist coverage to help compensate you for injuries and your loses.

What factors should you consider when hiring a car accident attorney in Florida?

You should consider mainly their experience level. Make sure you hire an attorney who’s experienced in handling auto accidents in Florida. You don’t want to hire a bankruptcy attorney or a probate attorney to handle your car accident case. We get questions like this all the time. Call us at Colling Gilbert Wright and Carter, 1800-49 LEGAL.

By: Mel Wright