An appellate court recently affirmed a Florida car accident victim’s right to uninsured motorist benefits from her insurer after successfully arguing a 12-foot ladder left in the road had fallen from a truck whose owner/ driver were not identified. This personal injury case before Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals was interesting for the fact…
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A South Florida woman has filed a car accident lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court, alleging negligence resulting in serious injury, pain, disability, disfigurement and something known as “loss of life enjoyment.” Such damages are typical to seek in Florida crash injury claims, but this last one is what we want to focus on here. While…
Continue reading ›Fort Lauderdale car accident lawyers understand that the negligence of some parties does not necessarily negate the negligence of others. This was the claim argued recently before the North Carolina Supreme Court, where the families of three people killed (including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter). Families of the decedents argued the state was negligent…
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Uninsured motorist coverage is essential for all drivers in Florida, though it is not required by law. With 1 in 4 drivers in the Sunshine State not insured, uninsured motorist coverage provides a safety net if you are struck by one of those drivers. In some situations, drivers may have more than one uninsured motorist…
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In many Fort Lauderdale car accident cases, the amount of damages available will be determined by how much insurance coverage is involved. Auto insurance policy limits are generally expressed as: Amount per person; Amount per accident. So let’s say there is a policy that allows $100,000 per person and up to $150,000 per accident. That…
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Last year, a University of Central Florida student left a friend’s house to pick up her mother and grandmother from the airport at 4 a.m. She never arrived. After reportedly falling asleep at the wheel, 21-year-old Chloe Arenas careened off the road and into an unguarded retention pond. Having lost consciousness from the impact of…
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The Florida Highway Patrol has launched an investigation into a fatal accident that involved a vehicle owned by a local car dealership. Based on the preliminary investigation, the FHP reported, it seems the vehicle was being taken for a test drive, with the employee and two passengers inside. The crash, which occurred in Stuart, about…
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