Car Accidents
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The insurance industry determines and assesses Florida car accident claims by evaluating certain key elements: liability, causation, damages and permanent injury.
Obtain a free consultation with an experienced, qualified Florida Accident Lawyer to learn how each of these elements apply to your accident case.
Prompt consultation with a Florida Accident Lawyer can help you establish convincing evidence on these important elements of car accident cases to maximize your monetary recovery.
Here is what the insurance industry looks at:
Liability is fault-assessment regarding how the accident happened
Rear end and intersection collisions are the most frequent types of car accidents. Even though your car is rear-ended or another car may run a stop sign or red light, insurance companies for the at-fault driver often try to claim that you -- the injured victim -- are somehow responsible.
Prompt contact with a Florida Accident Lawyer, as soon as possible after the accident occurs, can assist you in fighting the insurers.
An experience, qualified Florida Accident Lawyer can help you gather and preserve valuable evidence, vastly improving your chances of winning the liability issue and enhancing your recovery of money compensation.
Causation usually involves assessing four questions:
a. Whose negligence caused the accident?
b. Did the accident cause the injuries claimed by the victim?
c. Did the accident cause permanent injuries?
d. Did the accident cause damages?
Often, the insurance industry hires doctors and engineers to help them destroy the causation elements of your case, thereby reducing the amount of money you deserve.
Prompt contact with a Florida Accident Lawyer can assist you in gathering and preserving evidence to establish necessary causation and entitle you to proper monetary compensation.
Damages are the losses which can be recovered from the at-fault party. They include:
a. Past wage loss and loss of future earning capacity
b. Medical, hospital and therapy expenses.
c. Past and future pain and suffering, bodily injury, scarring, permanent impairment, scarring, loss of an important bodily function, mental anguish, loss of capacity to enjoy life, emotional distress and aggravation of a preexisting condition.
d. In death cases, pain and suffering of the deceased's survivors, medical, hospital and therapy expenses, funeral expenses and net estate accumulations.
Prompt contact with a Florida Accident Lawyer can provide you with legal assistance in determining your case's value and maximizing your monetary award or settlement.
Permanent injury is an important element of a car accident case under Florida Law. The existence of permanent injury, caused by the accident, establishes an injured victim's right to obtain intangible damages for pain and suffering which are far different than tangible economic damages.
Tangible damages involve economic loss, such as lost wages and medical expenses. Intangible damages are just as real but cannot be added up like a medical bill.
Intangible damages are past and future pain and suffering, bodily injury, scarring, permanent impairment, scarring, loss of an important bodily function, mental anguish, loss of capacity to enjoy life, emotional distress and aggravation of a preexisting condition.
Under Florida Law, a car accident victim is not entitled to intangible damages unless the car accident victim sustains a permanent injury, scarring, disfigurement or loss of an important bodily function.
Obtain free consultation with an experience, qualified Florida Accident Lawyer to assist you in evaluating your tangible and intangible damages and advising your about your entitlements under Florida Law.