Auto Accident

Ways We Work For You

A serious personal injury can change your life. If you’re reading our personal injury lawyer blog because a serious accident or personal injury has disrupted your normal life, then we hope you will find information here that can help you. We do have other websites with comprehensive information to help you on your journey.

Accident injuries are certainly painful, but your experience becomes more stressed when you’re fighting alone. Do you want, or feel you need, an experienced personal injury attorney on your side to deal with huge insurance companies that do everything possible to delay paying your claim? Or denying it altogether?

That’s where my law firm steps in. After you’ve had time to “shop around,” we’re confident you will, in the end, turn to us. We are routinely consulted and retained by people who hired a large law firm, only to find that the the law firm was unresponsive, kept the client in the dark, and ultimately failed to deliver on its promises.

At the Harris Law Firm, P.A., we listen to your concerns and quickly identify how you might be able to solve your problems through the legal system. Then we start working on your case immediately. Contact us to speak to an experienced, dedicated, and caring personal injury attorney right away. It’s convenient — you can use the contact form on the side panel, call us, or online chat with us (online chat is on the side panel, too).

Why Not Contact Personal Injury Attorneys Florida Residents Turn to in their Time of Need?

Unfortunately, many people simply hire the first lawyer they see on television or the lawyer with the biggest phone book advertisement without checking his or her background. At our office, we believe knowledge is power. Before you hire an attorney to handle your injury case, you should ask questions about education and experience — and importantly — who will handle your case. Hire the attorney only if you’re satisfied you’ve gotten honest and direct answers to your questions.

Compare Education, Training, and Experience to Other Injury Lawyers

I’m attorney David Harris, and I have been practicing trial law since 1995 (and clerked for trial lawyers before that). After reviewing my credentials on the “About” page here on the site, I’m sure you’ll agree that my experience speaks for itself.

I Prove Personal Attention and Service to Each Client

Importantly, I set myself apart from other law firms by promptly returning phone calls, moving my clients’ cases forward as quickly as possible, and providing each client with personal attention and service. I handle your important case from beginning to end.

How do I do this?

I accept only valid and legitimate personal injury cases, ranging from auto accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability, medical negligence, and defective products. Because I represent good, decent people who have employment history, and have suffered permanent injury because of others’ negligence, I do not accept every case. My clients and I choose each other.

Compare this policy to other law firms, which sometimes seem to scramble to accept every case — no matter how bizarre the claim may be — usually to pay for their large law firm bureaucracy. Not me. Not here.

How Our Office Works for You — 20+ Ways Right Here

How will my office handle your serious personal injury case? This list doesn’t cover everything, but it will give you a sense of how we can work together to seek the best result for your case.

Our Pledges to You

We don’t collect a fee unless your case settles or we win at trial
Our firm does not accept or receive more money than our client in a personal injury claim or wrongful death claim.
We provide an initial consultation, free of charge.
You can meet with an attorney for free to discuss your legal options for your claim.
Your attorney will investigate your case by obtaining police reports, interviewing witnesses, using our investigator, and gathering medical records.
I am available to discuss the progress of your case — including after normal business hours and on weekends.
We have our doctor/surgeon review your medical records to ensure comprehensive review of the details.
We will contact you regularly to get an update on your medical treatment.
You will remain involved in your case.
If you don’t have a doctor, we can provide you with the names of respected medical providers who can help you recover from your injuries.
We will perform legal research to strengthen your case.
We will notify all insurance adjusters of your claim through letters of representation. This ensures that you will not be bothered anymore by the at-fault party’s insurance company.
After compiling all medical bills and records, we will send a letter to the at-fault party’s insurance company that details your injuries and demands fair compensation. The demand letter will include an impact statement on how the injury has affected your life.
Your attorney will negotiate your settlement with the insurance company to ensure maximum recovery.
Our office will negotiate with your medical providers to reduce the amount of money you have to pay for your medical bills.
Your attorney will keep you updated about any offers that are made to settle your case.
At the end of your case, you will be provided with a full explanation of all case expenses, medical expenses, and legal fees so you can see exactly how much money you’ll receive from a settlement or jury verdict.
At your direction, we will use a portion of your settlement or jury award to pay outstanding medical bills.
If a settlement cannot be reached, your attorney will consult with you about whether a lawsuit is the next step you want to take.
Your attorney will help you prepare for your deposition.
Your attorney will conduct depositions of defendant and key witnesses as needed.
Your attorney will consult with you to prepare your case for trial.
Your attorney will be at your side during the trial, protecting your rights and fighting for fair compensation.
After your case is completed, we like to stay in touch by sending you our regular newsletter.
Free special reports will be available to you on subjects such as vehicle accident injuries, wrongful death, slip and fall, burn injury, child injury, and other types of claims. Keep in mind some of these materials are still works in progress.

Contact Us Today

If you have suffered a serious personal injury, or lost a family member to wrongful death, as the result of a serious auto accident, car accident, motorcycle accident, trucking accident, or other incident caused by others’ negligence or wrongdoing, then contact us today.

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Auto Accidents and Auto Insurance: The Basics

Because clients who have suffered serious personal injury often ask to explain the basics of Florida auto insurance coverage, I outline the basics for you here, including bodily injury coverage, PIP, UM, and med pay.

Florida law does not require you to buy any insurance except PIP and PDL, but other insurance products can offer increased protection. In fact, to protect their interest in your vehicle, your lender can require you to carry comprehensive and collision coverage until your loan is paid off. The most common types of additional insurance include:

Bodily Injury Liability

This coverage pays for death or serious and permanent injury to others when you are legally liable for an accident involving your automobile. Your insurance company will pay for injuries up to the limits of your policy and provide legal representation if you get sued. Your policy may also cover others who drive your automobile with your permission, and it may cover you or others named in the policy if operating someone else’s vehicle.

Collision

This coverage pays for repair or replacement of your vehicle if it collides with another vehicle, flips over or crashes into an object, regardless of who causes the accident. It does not cover injuries to people or damage to property other than your covered automobile.

Comprehensive

This coverage pays for losses from incidents other than a collision, such as fire, theft, windstorm, vandalism or flood. It also covers damages caused by falling objects or hitting an animal.

Your insurance company will not charge you a deductible for windshield replacement under comprehensive coverage. Florida law requires this waiver to encourage drivers to replace cracked or broken windshields immediately to avoid a major driving hazard.

Uninsured Motorist | Underinsured Motorist | UM

This coverage pays for bodily injuries to you, your family members and any other person occupying your covered automobile, should they be caused by the negligence of an uninsured or underinsured motorist. The following are examples in which UM coverage may apply:

If the at-fault party has no liability insurance
If the at-fault party has inadequate liability coverage or
If injuries result from a hit-and-run vehicle

UM pays for medical expenses and lost wages (after your PIP coverage is exhausted) that you and your passengers may incur. This coverage also includes payment for pain and suffering if you have a permanent injury or death. Uninsured motorist insurance comes in stackable and nonstackable coverage. Companies must offer stackable coverage, but may or may not offer a nonstackable option.

Stackable UM

Stackable coverage means that you may combine the coverage limits for each automobile insured under your policy. For example, you may insure three autos and obtain stackable coverage with limits of $10,000 per person and $20,000 per accident for each auto (known as 10/20 limits).

Your stackable, or combined, coverage will total $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident (see example). If these policies were nonstackable, then the limit of coverage for each vehicle would be $10,000 per person and $20,000 per accident. Insurance companies may offer nonstackable coverage at a reduced cost, since they will only pay the maximum amount allowed for one insured automobile.

Example:

Three automobiles insured with stackable coverage:

$10,000 x 3 = $30,000 per person

$20,000 x 3 = $60,000 per accident

Medical Payments | MedPay

This coverage pays for medical expenses for accidental injury up to the limit of your policy. It covers your medical expenses, plus those of your family members or passengers, regardless of fault (unlike bodily injury liability insurance). It applies whether you are in your automobile or someone else’s, or if you are hit by an automobile while walking or bicycling.

Since PIP covers only 80 percent of medical expenses, medical payments insurance could cover the remaining 20 percent, and possibly the PIP deductible, depending on the policy provisions. Medical payments will also cover the amount in excess of the PIP limit, up to the limit specified in the policy.

In the event of a auto accident injury settlement, however, MedPay may have to be paid back whatever it paid on your behalf.

Towing

You may add towing and road service to your auto insurance. But your insurance company may cancel your policy for too many towing claims, even if you have no accidents.

Rental Reimbursement

You may receive reimbursement for auto rental up to a specified limit, which is contained in your policy. It applies if you get into an accident with your own automobile and can no longer drive it.

If another driver causes an accident, the at fault party’s liability coverage may reimburse you for renting a vehicle similar to your own. However, the other party’s insurance company might have a maximum amount per day that it will pay. In most cases you must buy collision coverage before you can buy rental reimbursement.

Contact Us If You Have Been in an Auto Accident

If you have been injured in an auto accident, motorcycle accident, or trucking accident, then contact an experienced personal injury lawyer at the Harris Law Firm, P.A. today to review your circumstances.

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Attorney David Harris Receives 10/10 Rating from Avvo

Highest Rating For Fort Myers Florida Personal Injury Attorney David Harris

FORT MYERS, FL — June 7, 2010 — Avvo, a free service that rates and profiles licensed lawyers, has given attorney David Harris of the Harris Law Firm, P.A. a score of 10, which is the highest rating that an attorney can achieve.

“I’m very pleased to have this highest rating from Avvo,” said attorney David Harris. “While every client has to reach their own conclusion, it’s nice to be recognized by fellow lawyers for the hard work you have done and continue to do on behalf of seriously injured persons. The road I chose in gaining experience and helping people was certainly not the easiest, but that experience has certainly helped to shape my views, values, and advocacy for good, decent people who have suffered serious personal injury.”

The rating is designed to help consumers make informed decisions when choosing an attorney. Avvo provides a rating for every licensed attorney in Florida and uses a mathematical model to determine the final score. A variety of factors are taken into account, including the number of years in practice (experience), areas of practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry recognitions, among other elements that are relevant to assessing and reviewing a lawyer’s qualifications. Avvo has been approved for use in attorney advertising by The Florida Bar.

About the Harris Law Firm, P.A.

The Fort Myers-based, Harris Law Firm, P.A. was established by founder and consumer justice attorney, David Harris in July 2009. David founded the firm to be different from other law firms in its approach to personal attention and service to clients, limiting the number of clients he represents and focusing on clients whom he believes have serious issues to be addressed resulting from serious Florida car accidents, Florida truck accidents, Florida motorcycle accidents, Florida premises liability claims, and more, including wrongful death. David has been practicing law since 1995.

This Florida injury law firm represents individuals and families injured in serious auto accidents, pool accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability accidents, and more, throughout Florida. Attorney David Harris is experienced in handling cases ranging from herniated discs, broken bones, and serious fractures to more complex involving traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, head injury, child injury, burn injury, wrongful death, and more.

For legal help, injured persons seeking a Florida personal injury lawyer or Florida accident lawyer can call us, online chat, or use the convenient contact form on the right-hand side of this site.

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Accident Lawyer in Fort Myers

Accident Lawyer in Fort Myers

As a local and experienced Fort Myers personal injury attorney, I am prepared to handle your serious Ft. Myers personal injury claim.

It has been my honor and privilege to serve Fort Myers families over the years. I have pursued and prosecuted virtually every type of serious traffic accident case throughout Southwest Florida (and beyond), including:

trucking accident Florida
car accident in Fort Myers
bicycle accident Florida
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auto accident in Fort Myers

Unfortunately, serious traffic accidents throughout Lee County and Fort Myers have been on the rise in recent years, particularly during season. Surprisingly, when things seem to slow down and the snowbirds return home, serious roadway accidents in our area appear to increase in their severity.

Whether on Tamiami Trail/Cleveland Avenue, Daniels Parkway, Colonial Boulevard, Fowler, Summerlin, Gladiolus, College Parkway, Hancock Bridge Parkway, and many more of our local roads, there have been very serious Ft. Myers auto accidents, Ft. Myers motorcycle accidents, and Ft. Myers trucking accidents. Tragically, we have all read or watched the news stories of tragic fatal car crashes in Fort Myers in just the last few months.

If you are involved in a Fort Myers auto accident, even if you only initially feel bumped and bruised, you should probably seek medical attention as soon as possible as a health precaution. More bodily injury may have occurred than you may have initially thought. If not, then be thankful, and chalk up your seeking medical attention is good prevention.

Accident Injury Claim in Fort Myers

If you were injured in a car accident in Fort Myers due to someone else’s carelessness, then you may pursue a claim for damages from the insurance company of negligent driver, depending on how you and your family’s life are affected by the incident. If an insurance settlement is denied or unfairly delayed, then you may be interested in filing a personal injury lawsuit against the parties at fault or with liability for the car accident for your permanent personal injury and losses.

Accident Settlement Possibilities

At Harris Law Firm, P.A., a Fort Myers injury law firm, we proudly serve the families of Fort Myers, Florida and throughout Florida. I have been honored that seriously injured persons throughout Florida and outside Florida have asked me to serve as their lawyer. While I am committed to serving the seriously injured outside this region, I never lose sight that I am here for good, decent people just like you.

In choosing me as your lawyer, you are selecting an experienced accident attorney who has personally been involved in serious and catastrophic auto accident claims, whether a Florida highway accident, Fort Myers auto accident, Fort Myers motorcycle crash, or other serious Fort Myers traffic collision.

Ethically aggressive, compassionate and prompt, I pride myself on providing personal attention and service to each client (I limit the number of clients I represent to make this possible).

I will be glad to answer your questions about your Fort Myers roadway accident claim in a way you can understand, investigate your accident claim, prepare the insurance paperwork and forms with you, and move forward with a comprehensive settlement demand on the at-fault driver’s insurance company (and your uninsured motorist insurance carrier, too). Many times in serious accident injury claims, a fair and reasonable settlement may be negotiated to compensate you for your harms and losses. Achieving this shared goal, however, often draws upon an injury lawyer’s experience, skill, and preparation — avoiding what doesn’t work, and focusing on what does.

Injured in a serious Fort Myers accident? Then contact us today for a free and confidential discussion about your rights and how we can help.

If we agree to advance your personal injury claim or wrongful death claim, then we will quickly investigate the case, gather evidence, and comprehensively negotiate with the insurance company toward a prompt personal injury settlement.

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Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Offering Legal Services for Injured Persons

I’m lawyer David Harris, an experienced personal injury lawyer of the Harris Law Firm, P.A., having its principal office in Fort Myers, Florida. I handle serious accident injury claims and personal injury cases throughout SW Fla. (Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Port Charlotte, Naples, La Belle, North Port, Venice, Bradenton), as well as outside the region in catastrophic injury cases.

I provide legal services for injury victims who have been involved in serious crash cases, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, and similar personal injury claims. Just a sampling of accident claims I pursue on behalf of the seriously injured:

auto accident in Fort Myers
motorcycle accident in Cape Coral
truck accident in Labelle
traffic crash injury on I-75
slip and fall Lehigh Acres
car accident in Naples
semi accident in Port Charlotte
medical malpractice in Venice
defective product claim in Sarasota
highway accident in Bradenton
motorcycle accident Ft. Myers
semi accident
tractor trailer crash
motorcycle crash
pedestrian accident

My services are designed to help accident injury victims who have suffered serious or permanent accident injury caused by the negligence of others to secure compensation for pain and suffering, medical bills, income loss, and other applicable money damages warranted by the case circumstances.

Accident victims who fail to seek out the help of an experienced accident lawyer often find themselves in over their heads when it comes time to discussing settlement directly with the negligent driver’s insurance company. Additionally, because gathering relevant evidence is an important step in the process of preparing the serious accident injury claim, do it yourselfers may find it difficult to know what evidence and information may help advance their cause.

Unfortunately, most highway accidents and traffic accidents are caused by automobile drivers who are simply not paying attention to the road and their surroundings. As a result, your life is turned upside down. Emergency medical services, hospitalization, doctor visits, surgery, physical therapy.

My law firm’s accident attorney services are meant to help serious accident injury victims secure compensation for their harms and losses.

About Harris Law Firm accident lawyer services:

To help those who have suffered serious or permanent personal injury as the result of a car accident, motorcycle accident, trucking accident, or other accident injury caused by others’ negligence to achieve prompt and fair settlement of their accident injury claims.
I limit the number of clients I will take on at any given time, to better promote personal attention and service to his clients.
I have been practicing law since 1995, the majority of which has been dedicated to personal injury litigation.

For legal help, personal injury victims can call the Harris Law Firm, P.A.

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Personal Injury Lawsuits: Forms of Compensatory Damages

Personal Injury Lawsuits: Forms of Compensatory Damages

Compensatory damages are one of many categories of damages that could be awarded in a personal injury claim, whether that claim is the result of a car crash, motorcycle accident, truck accident, or product liability lawsuit. The aim of compensatory damages, to the extent possible, is to make a person “whole again.”

In other words, the law attempts to restore the injury victim back to the position he or she was in prior to the injury. The law does this through money damages, because there is no other way the law can make up for, or fix, the harms and losses sustained by a victim of personal injury caused by negligence of others.

Compensatory damages, depending on the facts of the case and the law which applies under those circumstances, include the following:

Medical Expenses

A personal injury plaintiff needs to demonstrate that bills and fees for medical treatment are associated with the injuries caused by the negligent event, i.e. traffic crash, motorcycle accident, semi crash, etc. Even if medical expenses are paid for by health insurance, such as private health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid, these insurers have the right, by contract and by statute, to be paid back what they spent on behalf of the injury victim. (Note: Medicaid generally claims a lien of everything it has ever paid out on behalf of the injury victim, regardless of whether the payments were related to the accident injury.)

Future Medical expenses

The personal injury victim may make a claim for future medical expenses related to the accident injury. This type of recovery is allowed if the injured party can prove that continued health care for the injury condition or pain is required. A medical opinion, such as the treating doctor’s opinion, is often required to permit the jury to create an approximate estimate on the costs.

Scarring or Disfigurement

If an injury or crash leaves scars or other personal outcomes on private look this kind of being a deformity or disfigurement, the plaintiff might collect damages to the psychological enduring that arises out of his or her awareness of this sort of. Disfigurement may perhaps from time to time be integrated as an element of a different kind of harm, this sort of as mental anguish.

Lost Income (Past)

Compensation for the amount of earnings (whether hourly wage or salary) the plaintiff would have earned from the time of the accident injury to when the judgment or settlement was reached.

Loss of Future Earning Capacity (Future)

the plaintiff ought to show that his or her ability to earn cash in the potential may be curtailed by the injuries. While previous earnings are deemed in identifying an suitable amount of compensation, the focus is on what the plaintiff might have earned had it not been for your harm or trauma. Other components used in finding out an appropriate amount include things like the plaintiff’s talents, expertise, skill, occupation, training, age, well being, and existence expectancy.

Value of Household Services (Past & Future)

A stay-at-home mom or dad provides household services. These services have value, as after a serious accident, another person may have to be hired to help around the home, including cleaning, food preparation, and various other household chores and tasks. Under the law, the value of these services are compensable. Often, the court looks to what it would cost to pay someone (hourly rate) to perform these household duties.

Loss of Enjoyment of Life

The noneconomic harm of the diminished capacity to appreciate the daily pleasures of life, is often a form of pain and suffering damages.

Loss of Consortium (Spouse)

The physically uninjured spouse may often make a claim for loss of consortium, or in other words, being deprived of the benefits of married life because of the personal injury. The benefits of marriage include things like affection, comfort, solace, companionship, assistance, society, and sexual relations.

Loss of Consortium of the Child

Damages can be recovered by parents whose child’s injuries are severe enough to have significantly impacted the parents’ relationship with their child.

Loss of Consortium of the Parent

Damages can be recovered by children whose parent’s injuries are sufficient to have significantly impacted the child’s relationship with their parent. There is no distinction between adoptive children, stepchildren, and biological children.

Pain and Suffering

This general category of non-financial damage includes past and future physical pain suffered in the accident in question. The jury determines that length and severity of the injury which a plaintiff is likely to endure into the future.

Mental Anguish

Emotional distress, trauma, or mental anguish the plaintiff experiences as the result of the physical pain or from the auto accident, motorcycle crash, defective product, or truck crash, such as fright, apprehension, terror, nervousness, worry, anxiety, humiliation, embarrassment, shock, and grief. This is often subsumed in the pain and suffering category of damages; however, physical manifestation of the emotional distress may give rise to a separate claim.

Do You Need Legal Help to Overcome Your Harms and Losses?

At the Harris Law Firm, we represent those who have been harmed through the wrongful conduct of others, including negligence, carelessness, and recklessness. The person or company whose misconduct which not only creates harms and losses, but results in interference in one’s ability to pursue his or her life’s dreams, can often be held accountable to make up for those injuries through payment of money damages.

We are experienced, principled, and dedicated to the law and the clients we serve. Contacting us couldn’t be easier — email, online chat, or by phone. Speak to an experienced injury lawyer and trial attorney today.

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Some Auto Accident Do’s and Don’ts

If you have been in a auto accident involving property damage (more than just a fender bender) and personal injury, then here are some accident tips you should know and be prepared following such an event:

Right After the Accident

The negligent driver’s insurance company is not your friend, and shouldn’t be on your list of the first persons to notify about your traffic accident. Your own insurance company will want a statement, and you may be required to give them one depending on your policy.

Soon after an auto accident you might be overwhelmed, scared, or even angry, and this can influence what you try to remember and how you say it. If you’re injured, then have the ambulance transport you to the hospital. After the shock of the crash, it is probably wise to have medical professionals, including EMTs, evaluate you at the scene and take you to the hospital to a full evaluation of your injuries. There’s time to contact your own insurance carrier to put them notice of the accident and injury after you have received your hospital treatment.

Tell the Truth — Do Not Need to Editorialize (i.e. “In my opinion…” “I feel…”)

When it comes time to discuss the accident with your own insurance company, don’t guess. If you know you were travelling the speed limit, then say so.

Don’t imply that you were traveling too fast or had sufficient time to stop if this was not the case. While your own insurance company may ask questions for you to generate an estimation, the fact is you don’t have to guess. Just supply the facts you know.

Recorded Statement to the Negligent Driver’s Insurance Company

You do not have an obligation to supply a recorded statement to the negligent driver’s insurance carrier, even though they’ll surely ask for it. Like almost everything else, when you talk to the at-fault driver’s insurance company, they are seeking to get information to use against you in your accident claim. This is the time, in serious accidents especially, to consult an experienced accident lawyer.

“I’m not hurt.”

Some injuries might take time to manifest. You could possibly not be bleeding noticeably soon after an crash, but may well develop bruising after. Or, your neck or back might not begin hurting until the subsequent day immediately after the adrenalin from your initial shock has subsided. You may have a herniated disk, a very painful and debilitating condition which may not be immediately apparent to you right after the car accident.

If you feel soreness you have to go to the doctor so discomfort may be investigated and documented.

“I accept your offer.”

Many crash victims aren’t fully aware from the value of their claim and jump at the initial provide you with produced to them. Remember, the insurance company is trying to pay out as little as possible and close their file as fast as possible. If the property damage is several thousand dollars, or the car is totaled, and you have suffered personal injury, then now you should be contacting an experienced lawyer.

If you want to avoid being a number or statistic, then you may want to avoid:

mega-size firms, where your case is handled by non-lawyer staff, and your luck to even speak with a lawyer; these are “volume” firms, where they seek to handle as many small claims as possible for quick, often small, settlements to pay for their large overhead
some TV referral service which is trying to send you to a chiropractor and lawyer who are “on their list” — the fact is you don’t anything about these attorneys and chiropractors, their experience, or backgrounds, and must wonder if they put themselves before your interests
blindly going with some lawyer who has paid thousands of dollars for large phone book ads (probably a volume operation which depends on large numbers of clients for small settlements)

“I do not have a lawyer”

Hiring an experienced accident attorney may provide your claim additional respect and attention from the negligent driver’s insurance company. An attorney can use the facts from the law to push the insurance company into acting promptly.

By understanding how to calculate and prove both immediate and future damages of one’s injuries and expenditures like: healthcare bills, time missed from work (now and future), loss of earnings, impact of an injury on your own life style, pain and suffering, and any other out-of-pocket expenses you could have incurred being a result of being involved in an car accident, a qualified accident lawyer can help you obtain the maximum compensation you might be owed.

If you want our Free Special Report: How to Avoid Wrecking Your Accident Case, then just contact us and request this free report.

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Pedestrian Accident

Pedestrian Accident Attorneys

Incidents to pedestrians struck by motor vehicles may be catastrophic. Pedestrian accidents usually involve little children not knowledgeable on the danger on a street or elderly individuals with decreased faculties. Each year, 100,000 pedestrians are injured and 5,000 are killed in accidents involving motor vehicles.

A pedestrian crash lawyer, or more generically known as a personal injury lawyer or accident attorney, may be able to assist you in your time of need, of loss, and of challenge, to recover compensation from the negligent driver.

Both pedestrians injured in the auto accident plus the driver may be fully or partially at fault for the crash plus the resulting injuries. Pedestrians may be a minimum of partially at fault if, for instance, the pedestrian attempted crossing the street during a “no walk” signal or outside in the crosswalks. A driver who strikes a child who rushed onto visitors without searching for oncoming traffic might have numerous degrees of responsibility, based on numerous elements.

A pedestrian who is deemed partially liable in a car accident can still be entitled to damages, although the compensation might be reduced proportionally by the degree to which the pedestrian is deemed at fault for the traffic accident. If the pedestrian is killed by an auto incident, then the pedestrian’s loved ones may be entitled to compensation through a wrongful death claim.

Certainly, you should also seek representation from an seasoned accident attorney as quickly as practicable in order to safeguard your rights. A statute of limitations is deadline by which you must file a lawsuit — or your right to sue is lost forever. Of course, you must also be aware that a accident injury claim can be quite complex if your pedestrian accident involves a government vehicle or is being operated as part of the business.

Get in touch with our experienced personal injury lawyers to help.

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I-75 Fatal Accidents – Decreasing?

While I-75 traffic fatalities dot our news headlines every week, according to a report in the Naples Daily News, highway accidents on our local Interstate may be decreasing. Notably, in contrast, the overall traffic crash rate is up in Southwest Florida (a local TV news investigation starting on Monday, Feb. 8 (we’ll post about that as it occurs)).

I-75 has been littered recently with a series of serious and fatal auto accidents, including motorcycle accident, car accident, truck crash, semi crash, and vehicle rollovers. And it’s not I-75, the following roads have been identified as prone to serious car crashes and traffic accidents:

I-75, Collier Blvd. to Lee line
I-75 in Lee County
Alligator Alley
U.S. 41 in Collier County
U.S. 41 in Lee County
Collier Boulevard
Airport-Pulling Road
Immokalee Road
Pine Ridge Road
Davis Boulevard
Bonita Beach Road
Alico Road
Corkscrew Road
Old 41 Road

Maybe there is a decrease in fatal highway accidents on I-75 since the I-75 widening. Only time will tell.

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