Category: Car Accidents
Car accidents can cause many kinds of injuries, even death. Those accidents can create long-term problems or even late-appearing problems. The head, neck, and spine are particularly at risk for those common late-appearing problems, such as whiplash, which can result in the problem we are talking about today—a herniated disc injury. Jobs that require heavy lifting…
Of the more than 2 million car accident injuries that occur each year, many survivors are immediately aware of their injuries. However, there are also cases where injury symptoms can take hours, days or weeks to materialize. Some delayed injuries can result in permanent disability or death without prompt treatment. Intracranial bleeding is a good example. This…
Call Our Car Accident Attorney in Daytona Beach to Learn More Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics show that car accidents are a leading cause of brain injuries in the United States. Only falls are responsible for more brain injuries each year. Additionally, brain injuries are far more likely to affect adolescent car accident survivors. Parents…
The short answer is, yes, car accidents very often make arthritis and other pre-existing conditions worse. Car accidents can even cause arthritis in people who did not suffer from the condition before. This is called post-traumatic arthritis and can sometimes take months or even years to manifest. Say you have recently been involved in an accident, and…
Florida has long been known as a retirement paradise for aging seniors across the country. According to the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward County, nearly 5 million seniors call Florida their home and seniors over the age of 60 make up 23% of the state’s population. By 2020, they are expected to make up…
Low impact accidents are often treated like no big deal. Accident victims often refer to these types of accidents as fender benders and they are often just grateful it wasn’t worse. Even though these accidents are relatively minor, compared to other types of accidents, it is important to know that even low impact accidents can result in…
On Thursday, February 14, 2019, emergency personnel responded to a serious multi-car accident that occurred on Interstate 75 in northern Marion County, Florida. At first, authorities believed that they were responding to a 5 car accident, but investigations showed that it was actually two accidents minutes apart in the same area. The first accident involved…
Florida is a no-fault insurance state, which means that in the event of an auto accident, both parties must file a claim with their respective insurance provider regardless of fault. That’s not to say that fault is irrelevant in the Sunshine State. If your accident included a “no-doubt liability” action, then you could be awarded…
Finding fault in a Florida car accident is essential to receiving maximum damages from a personal injury lawsuit. In some states, you only have to prove a reasonable amount of fault to be considered the victim. Florida is not one of them. If the party that struck you is fully at fault, then you are…
Uber and Lyft represent the brilliance of forward-thinking technology companies. The two ridesharing giants also display aspects of negligence common with many companies. Many adults may not think about Uber or Lyft’s policy or negligence deficiencies as long as the ridesharing services provide a safe journey for them and their kids. Now, Uber and Lyft…