Legal Rights For A Trucking Injury

There’re a number of steps you need to take in order to protect your legal rights after you have been injured by a semi-tractor trailer truck in an incident. Number one is you’re going to want to make sure you seek and obtain the best medical care to get better. Number two you want to seek the services of a qualified lawyer who has experience in handling big rig tractor trailer truck cases. Number three, you must take steps to preserve the evidence and that means preserving any of the vehicles which were involved in this incident. Number four, you must put your own insurance company on notice immediately. There’re certain requirements there and you don’t want to give up any rights in terms of your own insurance.

Partial Fault In A Car Accident

Yes, you can in the State of Florida. There are some states where if you’re involved in an automobile accident and you’re found to even be a small percentage at fault, you are completely barred or precluded from recovery even though the other driver may have also been at fault. Florida, however, is a pure comparative negligence state. So, if there is a determination that both both drivers are at fault, regardless of the percentage, you are still permitted in Florida to recover for your damages even if you are determined to be at fault or partially at fault. So, you want to hire a lawyer that is reputable in handling claims to assess comparative fault issues in an automobile accident case.

Defective Product Case With Limited Evidence

It is very difficult to pursue a product liability case without having the actual product that is alleged to be defective. Unfortunately, all too often, folks will approach our law firm about pursuing a product defect case or a dangerous medical device case, but that device itself or that product itself has been destroyed or is no longer in existence. If you believe that you’ve been injured by a defective product, you must take all steps to preserve that evidence which will become crucial in the case because both the defense and your own lawyers will have experts that will look at that device and determine whether or not it’s in fact defective. So, it’s very difficult to pursue a product defect case without the actual device that is alleged to be defective.

Damage Recovery For Missed Work in Orlando

Another question that I get asked frequently is whether you can recover damages for the time that you’re out of work when you’re injured in a car accident. The answer to that is absolutely. Lost wages, lost earning capacity, those are elements of your damage recovery in a case.  Give me a call. I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

Complicated Pedestrian Accident Cases

Pedestrian accident cases in Florida are typically complicated cases. Often times you don’t have surveillance of the incident itself. If there’s no witnesses, it can often times be your word against the word of the other driver. Obviously drivers in a vehicle who may have caused or been at fault for a pedestrian accident case– they’re always going to try to blame you or blame the pedestrian. So it’s important that you have a law firm that has handled pedestrian accident cases, that can get the proper experts, that can access the vehicle that was involved, because often times the black box data, or the event data recorder within that vehicle can prove critical evidence to speeds, braking, throttling, maneuvering. You want to make sure that that evidence is obtained before that it goes stale.

Passenger Compensation in Orlando Auto Accident

If you’re injured as a passenger in an automobile accident in Florida, you can expect to recover damages from any responsible driver involved in the accident, including your host driver and any other involved vehicles. We get questions like this all the time at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. If you have questions about similar cases, call me. We’ll be happy to talk to you about your case. I’m Mel Wright, I’m a partner at Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter. Call us at 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Mel Wright

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.

Suing The Driver As A Passenger

If you were hurt while riding as a passenger in a car, that was involved in a car accident, you may have a basis to sue the driver of the car that you’re riding in, but only if the driver was negligent, and that negligence cause or contributed to the accident. You may also have a basis to pursue a claim against the driver of any car involved in the accident to the extent that that other driver’s negligence cause or contributed to the accident.

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