Florida Personal Injury Laws

Deadlines To Filing A Claim

There are very critical deadlines when it comes to filing suit after a big truck accident. In a death case, the statute of limitations runs two years from date of death. If it is a personal injury case in Florida, generally the statute is four years. However, there are certain time limits which may apply, which are different from that. For example, if it happens to be a big rig truck owned by the state of Florida or a governmental agency, there are certain notice requirements which have a three-year deadline, and it requires a totally different set of steps that need to be taken. The most important thing is you must have an attorney evaluate these deadlines.

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.

How Much Is My Case Worth?

Hi, I’m Matt Dolman of the Dolman Law Group. I’m a Clearwater civil trial attorney. A question I’m often faced with is, how much is my case worth? And the context I’m going to answer this question in is for an individual that was just in an auto accident. Keep in mind that the value of a case is based on a number of criteria. How much insurance is available? How big was the impact in terms of the collision itself? Was there a lot of property damage? Do you have prior injuries going into the accident? What are your pre-existing injuries, and was there an aggravation or exacerbation of your prior symptoms? Are you going to need future medical are?

Determining Case Value

Any attorney or legal assistant or paralegal or anyone that tells you how much your case is worth before you commence medical treatment, and seriously, before you have gone through a long period of medical treatment where we can ascertain what your future medical costs will be, is simply blowing smoke. They’re lying to you. The only way you can tell what the value of a case is, is based on the criteria we already spoke of. When you first are in an automobile accident, you’re not going to know what your injuries really are. They could be catastrophic, they could be minor, but until there’s a passage of time, we don’t know if these injuries will alleviate themselves. Will they heal? And what will be the permanent ramifications, if any?

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Orlando Wrongful Death Claim

At Colling Gilbert Wright and Carter, we’ve handled literally hundreds of wrongful death cases all over the state of Florida. We’ve handled medical malpractice cases, product liability cases, tractor trailer cases, chemical exposure cases, all sorts of cases that have resulted in wrongful death. It’s important to get the right firm involved early in those types of cases. A lot of times, in those cases, the hard work is done early with experts, investigations, photographs, and coming up with the right legal theory to maximize the recovery for the clients. If you suspect that you may have a wrongful death case it’s important to hire the right firm immediately. I would invite you to check out our results, settlements, verdicts on our website. If you have any questions about a wrongful death case call me, Nathan Carter at Colling Gilbert Wright and Carter, 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Nathan Carter

How does the lawyer get paid?

If you have a medical malpractice case, we handle those cases on a contingency fee bases. So if you give me a call, I will be glad to discuss the contingency fee with you and basically if there’s no recovery, there is no fee. If we get a recovery for you, our fee is a percentage of that. My name is Ron Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright and Carter, 1800-49 LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

Car Accident Injury Compensation

Hi. I’m Julia McGrath, an attorney here at the Dolman Law Group. Often times clients ask me can I be compensated or can I get money from my pain and suffering that I’ve sustained as a result of my motor vehicle collision? In order to get money for pain and suffering damages, the law actually tells us in Florida what we need to prove. And what we need to prove is that you’ve suffered a permanent injury.

What is Considered a Permanent Injury?

The law also spells out for us what can be considered a permanent injury. So that’s loss of use of an important bodily function, loss of a limb, disfigurement other than scarring, or any other permanent injury within a degree of medical certainty. For more information, contact me, Julia McGrath here at the Dolman Law Group. Thanks again for visiting our YouTube channel. I greatly appreciate your time, look forward to seeing you soon, and click on our button here to subscribe to our channel. Thank you.

By: Julia McGrath

Timeline On Pedestrian Accident Claims

It’s imperative if you or a loved one has been injured in a pedestrian accident case, that you contact an attorney quickly. The insurance company, once they’re on notice that there’s been an incident involving one of their insured drivers or vehicles, they are going to be assessing the scene of the incident and assessing the damage to the vehicle very quickly.

You, as a pedestrian, are oftentimes at a disadvantage because typically you’ve suffered injuries that have put you in a hospital. But you or a loved one should contact an attorney quickly because in pedestrian accident cases, evidence at the scene is oftentimes lost very quickly and it’s imperative that the scene of the incident be investigated properly by attorneys and experts and investigators so that, that critical evidence of what happened at the scene can be obtained.

Orlando Nursing Home Neglect

I handled a 100 of nursing home cases over the last 20 years in Florida. They’re very sad cases, they’re difficult cases. And most of the cases the nursing home resident has passed away as a result of the neglect at the nursing home. And those cases the family is still entitled to recover. A lot of families have questions about whose entitled to recover. We can sit down and look at the situation and answer those questions and talk to you about whose entitled to recover. In a case where the nursing home resident is heard and still alive that nursing home resident has a claim for the medical bills and the pain and suffering that they went through. In a case where the nursing home resident passes away the family is then entitled to recover lost of love and support and guidance and pain and suffering for losing their love one. If you have any questions about a nursing home case in Florida, feel free to call me. Nathan Carter at Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter, 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Nathan Carter

Can you recover future medical expenses when you’re injured in a car accident?

The answer is absolutely yes. Future medical expenses will be an important part of your claim. If you have questions about your car accident case, give me a call. I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert