FAQs

The total amount of money that will cover the damages suffered from your injury is determined using several factors. These factors may include:

• Doctor and hospital bills (past and future)
• Pain
• Chronic suffering
• Lost wages (past and future)
• Mental concerns and anguish
• You feel that you have lost the enjoyment you felt for life
• emotional trauma
• You have suffered disfigurement
• You have acquired an impairment due to the accident
• Among others

All of these ailments allow accident attorneys to build a strong case that we can effectively use to help you in court.

Accident attorneys will not charge you anything unless they win your case. Attorney fees will be collected from the money the attorneys are able to recover from your lawsuit.

If you were the victim of a crash while driving a motor vehicle or motorcycle, orient yourself with our accident attorneys. You have every right to claim financial compensation.

In Florida it is mandatory to have personal injury protection (PIP) coverage included in your car insurance policy. The policy allows the driver to be self-covered in the event of an accident, regardless of fault. PIP can cover up to $10,000 of your medical expenses that are determined to be necessary. The driver has up to 14 days after the accident to seek medical attention, otherwise the insurer will not be obliged to provide the PIP. If the person does not seek medical attention within 14 days after the accident, you may have to cover the medical expenses associated with the crash.

After a crash, make sure everyone is safe and has received proper medical help. Next, be sure to document the crash scene thoroughly. Take pictures of the crash and the scene in general. These photos should include the vehicles involved in the accident, any peripheral damage, any physical damage sustained by the people involved, and also photos of street and traffic signs.

Be sure to write down important information. This information should include the license plate number of all vehicles involved in the accident, as well as insurance company information for the other vehicles involved. You should ask the police officer who is attending the scene when they will give you the accident report, and where you can find it. If the police officer informs you that there will be no report, ask for their name and license plate number as evidence. Take important information from any witnesses at the scene, as well as note businesses that are close to the scene of the crash.

Be sure to collect all information pertaining to the hospital where you received medical help, as well as the names of the health professionals who treated you. It is vital that you save all documents related to the crash, including any correspondence from the insurance company.

Save everything. This includes correspondence with the insurance company, medical receipts, from doctors, pharmacies, and laboratory tests. It is also important that you keep a record of wages lost due to the crash.

Although each case is different, the process can usually be divided into several facets. The first step includes the period in which the victim is recovering. This period includes the moment in which the person suffered the accident, until the moment in which the doctor indicates that the point of “Maximum Medical Improvement” has been reached. This is followed by the time documents are submitted to the insurance company (documents such as evidence of lost wages and medical bills). Then an adjuster representing the insurance company will verify the case and make an offer to the crash victim. If the attorney determines that this offer is not adequate, the insurance company will be offered a counter offer. If it is determined that the amount is still not adequate, or an agreement cannot be reached, the case will be taken to court.