I've had many car accident settlements for people who are injured while in Florida. While it can be difficult for the average person (or attorney) to know about available insurance or how much a car accident case may be worth, I look at past cases (both my own and other attorneys) to help determine the value.
Which is why I write about auto accident settlements and insurance from time to time.
If someone’s carelessness caused your injury while you were on a motorcycle in Florida, there are different coverages which may pay for your medical bills.
This article does not talk about how motorcycle riders get their lost wages paid, or whether they can get money for pain and suffering. I wrote separate articles on those topics. Also, I wrote a separate article on personal injury claims if a motorcycle rider hits you.
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If you miss work as a result of an auto accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your lost wages. This includes past and future wages, and inability to perform household services. You may also be able entitled to recover your medical expenses and pain, suffering, mental anguish, and inconvenience. However, those damages are outside the scope of this article.
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Uninsured motorist (UM) coverage may provide compensation to an insured who is injured while on a motorcycle.
Compensation may be for medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, etc.) or wrongful death damages caused by the negligence of an uninsured motorist. [Read more…]
If you’re a New York (“NY”) resident who is hurt in a Florida auto accident, different laws may apply to your case than if you’re a Florida resident.
Different laws may also apply if you’re making a claim under a New York auto insurance policy (even if you live in Florida) and you’re hurt in a Florida auto accident. [Read more…]
Lyft drivers may be entitled to compensation if they’re hurt in an accident. Each state has different laws that apply to Lyft driver accidents.
This article focuses on a Lyft driver’s claim for an accident in Florida. [Read more…]
On July 30, 2018, Shankeva was a passenger in her boyfriend’s (Ken) car. They were stopped at a red light in Holly Hill, Florida.
(Holly Hill is located in Volusia County, near Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach.)
In the diagram below, Shankeva was in vehicle 3 (V3). Terry was driving vehicle 1. Terry crashed head on into vehicle 2. Vehicle 2 then hit Vehicle 3.
Sadly, the driver of vehicle 2 in this crash died on impact. Our prayers are with her family.
Here is the actual diagram from the crash report. [Read more…]
Windhaven Insurance insures lots of Florida drivers.
Here, I’ll share my thoughts on claims and settlements with Windhaven Insurance. You’ll also get to see my Windhaven car accident settlements. [Read more…]
The tort threshold is the requirement that an injured person must have a certain type of injury in order to recover damages for pain, suffering, mental anguish, and inconvenience in certain types of vehicular accidents in Florida.
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If a car, truck or other motor vehicle hits you, or if you hit something in the road, while you are riding a motorcycle in Florida then you may want to make a claim to get paid for your damages (e.g. medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, etc.).
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Someone’s carelessness may cause a motorcyclist to get hurt in a Florida accident. Find out the many aspects to a Florida motorcyclist accident case. [Read more…]