Category Archives: Auto Accidents
Common Types of Injuries in Florida Car Accidents
Every year, over 60,000 pedestrians are injured and 4,000 killed in car accidents. A pedestrian is injured every eight minutes and is killed every 113 minutes. Individuals most likely to be hit in pedestrian car accident cases include children, elderly individuals, and people of lower socioeconomic status. Pedestrian accidents are a lot more common… Read More »
Contributory Versus Comparative Negligence
Determining who is at fault for an accident is often a complex and lengthy process. It begins with the person filing the claim (typically the accident victim and referred to as the plaintiff) proving that the other party was negligent. However, even if the plaintiff can prove that negligence exists, the defendant still has… Read More »
What to Do When You Cannot Afford Medical Bills Post-Car Accident and Pre-Settlement, Pt. 2
If you were in a car accident and your damages exceed your insurance policy limits, you may be wondering how you are going to pay the medical bills that keep showing in your mailbox. Part one of this series explored the various insurance options you can use to help foot the expenses. This post… Read More »
What to Do When You Cannot Afford Medical Bills Post-Car Accident and Pre-Settlement, Pt. 1
When you are injured in a car accident, one of the first things you will do, without even thinking about the financial consequences, is seek medical attention. After all, your physical health is more important than your financial health. Unfortunately, however, the financial consequences of caring for yourself will eventually creep up on you…. Read More »
Can You Recover Compensation For A TBI Sustained In A Car Accident?
A TBI, or traumatic brain injury, is one of the most catastrophic of all types of injuries that a person can sustain in a personal injury accident. TBIs occurs when a person hits his or her head on an object with excessive force, or when a person’s neck snaps back and forth hard enough… Read More »
What Damages Can I Recover In A Drunk Driving Case?
If you were involved in a drunk driving accident in Miami and if you sustained serious injuries as a result, you likely feel angry, frustrated, and hopeless. Car accident injuries can result in significant medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, and lost wages. Then there are the damages that cannot be calculated, such as emotional duress,… Read More »
Punitive Damages In Florida DUI Cases
We recently published a post discussing the types of damages one may collect in a Florida DUI accident case, but while we touched briefly on punitive damages, we did not expand on what they are and when they might be appropriate. At Spencer Morgan Law, our goal is to help victims of negligence recover… Read More »
Hands-Free Devices: Are They Really Safer While Driving?
Distracted driving has quickly become the number one cause of accidents in the U.S. today, outranking those caused by drunk drivers and reckless drivers. This is wholly thanks to technology, which has enabled us to do more from just about anywhere with an internet connection. To cut back on the number of distracted driving… Read More »
What to Expect When Your Car Accident Case Goes To Trial
In most car accident cases, a lawsuit will never be filed, and of the few for which a lawsuit is filed, most will have reached a settlement before the case actually goes to trial. However, as with any other human affair, sometimes an agreement cannot successfully be reached, and it may be necessary to… Read More »
What Is Maximum Medical Improvement?
When you are injured in an accident or at work and file a personal injury claim, you are bound to hear a lot of foreign terminology from your attorney, the insurance company, and even your own doctor. One such term that you might hear is “Maximum Medical Improvement.” Maximum medical improvement, or MMI, is… Read More »