Questions for that Big Time TV and Billboard Lawyer

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As a personal injury lawyer I get very tired of seeing TV commercials with big multi-law office TV lawyers telling injury victims that they alone can handle their injury case, and if they hire a smaller firm they just may not have as good a result. Here’s a real life example of what a smaller firm can do for injured folks from my own practice. This happened just earlier this summer but some facts have been slightly changed to disguise identities: A woman was in Read More +

Is Driving with a Hands-Free Cell Phone Really Safer Than Holding a Cell Phone?

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In a word: No. If there are degrees of danger, driving while reaching for your cell phone or dialing your phone while driving or texting on your cell phone is very dangerous. People die every day when their eyes are diverted off the road and end up in some hideous crash. And as we know in Florida you can get a citation while driving and texting. But a common belief is, if I’m in my car on my cell phone but talking through a blue-tooth Read More +

Will Your Family Physician See You After Your Car Wreck?

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Will Your Family Physician See You After Your Car Wreck
So, you’ve been in a car crash and you’re achy and sore. You didn’t go to an emergency room because you knew you didn’t have any broken bones, internal injuries or bleeding. Will your long term family doctor now see you to assess the injuries? Well, of course, my family doctor will see me. Why wouldn’t he? I’ve been a patient for years! There’s about a 50-50 chance your primary care physician will want nothing to do with you after a crash. Is it because they can’t Read More +

Do You Have Enough Car Insurance? Don’t Find Out After The Crash.

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Do You Have Enough Car Insurance? Don’t Find Out After The Crash.
When I sign up a new client injured from a car crash, one of the first questions I ask is: “Tell me about your own car insurance coverage…..” I’m never surprised when a client responds: “I’m fully covered.” The problem is this is a fairly meaningless statement. Do you know about your car insurance coverage? It’s really important and you should. So, let’s break it down in easy language. Insurance in Florida is complicated and really boring, so this will be a challenge to make Read More +

Personal Injury and Bankruptcy

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PERSONAL INJURY AND BANKRUPTCY
When a debtor files bankruptcy, any potential or actual personal injury claim must be disclosed in the bankruptcy schedules.  A personal injury claim is any claim against a person, business, insurance company, or other parties, arising from the personal injury of the plaintiff, or person bringing the claim.  Such claims may arise from an automobile accident, a work related accident, slip and fall, and other forms of injury to the person bringing the claim. Usually, the debtor in bankruptcy can keep the personal injury attorney Read More +

My Catastrophic Case

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My Catastrophic Case
Imagine driving an 18 wheeler pulling a tankful of pool chemicals on I-75 southbound to Miami. It’s 3 a.m. because you hate driving in daytime traffic, and if you timed it right, you’ll arrive in Miami at dawn. Of course, it’s dark except for the street lights disbursed along the highway – and traffic is very light given the hour. As you approach a lane merging onto 75 near Ft. Myers, you see the vague outline of……..is that a mini-van without its lights on? In Read More +