If you have been physically injured by another person’s acts or omissions, you should immediately contact the Cloud Law Firm for a free consultation.  Personal injury litigation is a broad area of the law that generally covers lawsuits where a Plaintiff, the person who brings the lawsuit, seeks recovery for physical injuries and sometimes for psychological injuries.  As the famous jurist William Blackstone wrote, for every wrong the law provides a remedy.  So to, Florida law generally provides a recovery to a person who is physically injured by another person’s wrongdoing.  A personal injury lawsuit can essentially be broken down into two portions, liability and damages.  With regard to liability, the injured person must demonstrate that the wrongdoer is legally responsible for the injuries.  Similarly, with regard to damages, the injured person must put forth competent evidence demonstrating the injured person’s legally compensable injuries.  While this may sound simple, rest assured that each area of personal injury litigation is complex, fraught with nuances, and riddled with exceptions to the rules.  As such, we invite you to explore some of the liability and damages issues presented below, and recommend that you immediately seek our free consultation from the Cloud Law Firm. 

AREAS OF PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION:

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS:

If you have been injured in an automobile accident, truck accident, or motorcycle accident, you may have a motor vehicle negligence claim against the at fault driver.  You should know that under Florida’s dangerous instrumentality doctrine, you may also have a claim against any person or entity who was an owner of the at fault vehicle.  If the at fault driver was an agent or an employee of a business who was operating the vehicle within the course of the business, you may also have a claim against that business.

With regard to automobile accidents, the Florida legislature has passed special statutes requiring every driver to maintain $10,000 in Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance.  PIP is frequently referred to as No-Fault Insurance as it covers you, and sometimes your family members, in the event of a motor vehicle accident, regardless of who was at fault in causing the accident.  Generally, your PIP insurance provides coverage for a percentage of your medical bills, lost wages, and some out of pocket expenses, up to the limit of coverage.  You should know that if your PIP carrier does not provide you with the benefits to which you are legally and contractually entitled, you may have a claim against your PIP insurance carrier. 

There is no such thing as a run of the mill “red car hit blue car” motor vehicle accident.  Each accident is different and requires special attention to detail.  We find that automobile accidents are often fact intensive and require significant investigation.  Often there are multiple relevant witnesses, including the drivers of the vehicles involved, the investigating officer, the paramedics, multiple treating physicians, and other third-party witnesses.  Sometimes a proper investigation of a car accident requires the assistance of a specialist in the fields of accident reconstruction and/or biomechanical engineering, who can help explain to the jury how the accident occurred and the injuries that resulted.  In addition, proper evaluation of injuries often requires the assistance of medical specialists.  We can help you investigate your accident and assist you in seeking appropriate medical attention.  Contact us now for a free consultation.