Florida Personal Injury Laws

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.

What is the value of my car accident claim?

Well, that really depends on things like: How bad is your injury? Did you need surgery? What are your medical bills? Did you lose time from work? How long were you out of work? What are your wages? What is the amount of money that you’ve lost as a result of the accident? So, all those factors work together to value your car accident case. If you’d like to discuss the value of your case, give me a call. I’m Ron Gilbert, with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter, 180049 legal.

By: Ron Gilbert

Determining Fault For Auto Accidents

The fault is not always easily determined in an automobile accident case. Sometimes it will be clear-cut such as a rear-end collision, although even a rear-end collision is not always as simply as straight forward as it may seem. An attorney is going to investigate the cause or causes of any automobile accident and determine who is at fault, and sometimes it’s one party, and sometimes multiple parties can share responsibility for an accident. The starting point usually is looking at the traffic crash report included by the law enforcement officer at the scene. It will also be determined by interviewing the drivers or occupants of the cars, and interviewing any independent witnesses. In certain situations, it may also be necessary to hire an engineer or an accident reconstruction expert to help piece together exactly how the accident happened and who is responsible for it.

Premises Liability Claims in Orlando

Here at Best & Anderson we handle a multitude of cases and kinds of cases. One of those is premises liability. It’s probably the one concept in the law that most people don’t know or understand. Clearly, if you were walking down the sidewalk and a pit bull dog runs out of somebody’s yard and bites you, you would probably figure you have a case – and you probably would. But the rest of the concept is a little more complicated.

Business Premises Liability

If you go to a business – let’s say a convenience store, a bar even, a restaurant, or even an apartment complex – and you’re the victim of a crime, and the criminal is not even related to the business, most people think that’s just a criminal matter for the police. But, in fact, it may be a matter that can be handled in civil court, and you may be entitled to damages for your injuries.

You hear about people that have been abducted and attacked sexually at a business, and no one would ordinarily think they’d have a case because the business owner didn’t cause that directly. But if the business allows a condition to exist, a danger zone to exist, and they knew or should have known that there’s a danger there and they do nothing to correct it, they can be liable. That’s called a foreseeable zone of risk. So, if reasonable people that own a business know of prior criminal activities or the likelihood of disorderly conduct, they have to correct it.

Investigation & Litigation

If someone gets injured even by a criminal unrelated to the business, they could have a case. And you really don’t know ahead of time whether the insurance company or the business has told the truth. You don’t know whether there’ve been prior incidents on that property or not.

Even if you file a claim, you can’t find out what happened without doing investigation. That’s what we do. We get crime grids and we find out how many crimes have been committed on their property. Then, if we can establish that they knew or should have known that there was a danger and someone got injured from that, you could have a good case. Thank you for listening to me.

By: David Best

Who can you sue if you are involved in a car accident in Florida?

There are many options. Of course, you can sue the other two drivers involved in the accident. If you are a passenger, your host driver or the other driver. If you are driver, you can sue the other driver. But it’s deeper than that. You also have potential claims against automobile manufacturers, property owners for obstructions division, auto-repair companies for falling to maintain cars. There are many options options available and many potential parties at fault. Hire an attorney, and call us if you have questions like these. We get them all the time at Colling Gilbert Wright and Cater.

By: Mel Wright

Do you need a lawyer for a car accident claim that was not your fault?

You should have a lawyer any time you’re injured in any kind of accident, but especially a car accident in Florida. If you don’t report your accident to your own insurance company and get medical treatment within 14 days you could lose valuable insurance benefits. I’m Mel Wright. I’m a partner at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. Call us at 1800-49 LEGAL.

By: Mel Wright

What is Medicare fraud?

Well, basically, it’s billing fraud and if you think that a healthcare provider, a hospital, or anyone has been inappropriately billing Medicare give me a call. I’d like to discuss that in more detail with you. I’m Ryan Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter, 1800-49 LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

If you’re not wearing your seat belt and you’re injured in an accident in Florida can you still recover money damages?

Of course you can. The seat belt didn’t cause the accident. It may have contributed to some of your injuries, but you’re still entitled to recover from the person who caused the accident. Call us at Colin Gilbert Wright & Carter at 1800-49 LEGAL with any questions about your car accident claim.

By: Mel Wright

The Amount Of Time To Get To Trail

In Florida a personal injury case generally takes anywhere from about 18 months to three years to get to trial from the date the accident happened. It sometimes can be shorter, sometimes can take a little longer, and it depends primarily on the Judge assigned to the case, the size of his or her docket, and other factors including the complexity of the case and any scheduling conflicts with the attorneys and the parties.