Florida Personal Injury Laws

Partial Fault, Catastrophic Injury

Yes we can, but that should not dissuade you from contacting an attorney or a law firm. In Florida we are fortunate because we have Pure Comparative Fault. All too often individuals who are involved in a catastrophic injury accident will just decide, “Well I think I was partially at fault so I have no case and therefore I should not contact an attorney.” You don’t want to think that way.

As I mentioned, in Florida we have pure comparative fault. What that means is even if you have been partially at fault – if someone else has been also partially at fault – you can still recover for your percentage of your damages and injuries, even if you are determined to be partially or even mostly at fault. Your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault.

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?

Hire Attorney Matt Dolman

Thank you again for listening. This is Matt Dolman of 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: Matt Dolman

Punitive Damages For An Auto Accident

In a Florida auto accident case you sometimes can recover punitive damages. These are damages that are different from compensatory damages, which are the damages that compensate you for your injuries. Punitive damages are designed to punish the wrongdoer. In Florida, punitive damages are available in a car accident case, only if you can establish that the defendant, or at-fault driver’s conduct, either was intentional or amounted to gross negligence, which is sometimes also referred to reckless conduct. So it’s a higher threshold that you have to establish in terms of the wrongfulness of the conduct, in order to be entitled to recover punitive damages in your 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

About David Best

Hi. I’m David Best. I’m one of the founding partners of Best & Anderson. I grew up in Central Florida, in Orlando, from the first grade through the 12, and then I went to Florida State where I majored in math. Then, I moved to Washington to work for the National Security Agency, and went to law school at night and graduated from American University. I came straight down and took the bar, passed it the first time.

Experience

Since then I’ve tried literally hundreds of cases in state court, federal court, all over Florida and in other states, and have even appeared and prevailed in the United States Supreme Court, which very few people have done. I hate to brag, but I’ve been rated the highest rating that the group that rates lawyers can give for 20 years.

Best & Anderson

And our firm then, Best & Anderson, has a preeminent rating by that same company. We can’t affect our ratings. Other lawyers and judges rate us just the way they think we are, and we don’t even have access to how our friends and colleagues rated us. But we are rated the highest we can be, and I’m proud of that.

You hope you don’t have to go to trial, but you want a lawyer that can do it if the case didn’t settle. I think that we have a good law firm. We can try a case, but we settle them because the insurance companies respect us. Thank you for listening to me.

By: David Best

Law Firm Overview

Hi. I’m Joe Lipsky. I’m a personal injury attorney here in Florida. My job is to represent victims who have been seriously injured in accidents. I help people throughout the state who have been involved in any kind of personal injury case, including car accidents slip and falls, and attacks on other business properties. With my team here in our office, I handle all the cases personally. Unlike many attorneys who do personal injury work, every case that comes into my office is handled solely from beginning to end by me. In courtrooms and trials is where I get justice for my clients, whether it be for your medical bills, your loss wages, or your pay and suffering. We use the latest technology. Our office is completely paperless. We use iPads at trial. We are on the cutting edge to do everything we can to maximize our recovery for you. I have more than 20 years of personal injury experience trying cases on behalf of victims who have been injured in any type of accident here in Florida. I have clients who I’ve represented from across the United States, South America, Central America, and Europe. We handle all types of cases. We get maximum results for our clients based on one thing: dedication and hard work. If you hire us, if you allow us the privilege of working on your case, you will have us working full time as your attorneys and your advocates. We fight to get you everything you’re entitled to, and we do not rest until we’re able to do that.

Finding A Brain Injury Attorney

In a Florida brain injury case, in order to begin the litigation process it is essential that you obtain the services of a very competent, qualified, and experienced trial lawyer. You need to seek out and do the proper research and your due diligence in finding a lawyer who is experienced in handling brain injury cases. And by experience I mean not only a lawyer who has litigated and handled them for years, but a lawyer who has taken brain injury cases to verdict in front of judges and juries.

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.

Pedestrian Hit By Car

If you or a loved one have been struck by a motor vehicle while a pedestrian, you very well may have a basis to pursue a claim against the driver of the car. But the basis for that claim depends on the circumstances surrounding the crash. You’d have to be able to demonstrate that the driver was negligent or careless, meaning that he or she did something wrong to cause the crash. An example would be that the driver run a stop sign or a red light, or failed to yield to you while crossing in the crosswalk.  If the car was owned by somebody other than the driver, you may also have a basis to pursue a claim against the owner of the car. And if the accident happened at the time that the driver was on duty for an employer, then the employer may also be responsible for your injuries.