A hit and run accident happens when one of the drivers involved in a motor vehicle accident does not stop to render aid or exchange contact or insurance information. If you suffered injuries or property damage in a similar incident, it becomes a personal injury case, giving you the right to recover your accident losses. …
Driving in Denver will always have its dangers. One rare but exceptionally deadly type of road accident that you could find yourself in is a head-on collision. It is when two vehicles head towards each other and crash. Head-on collisions are particularly destructive because the cars’ respective speeds multiply the force of the impact. Even …
Distracted driving claims many lives each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2,841 people lost their lives in accidents caused by distracted driving in 2018 alone. Finding out that a careless distracted driver is responsible for your accident can be frustrating and upsetting, especially if you have suffered extensive injuries or …
Trucks may generally be larger and weigh more than the typical passenger vehicle, causing more destruction when involved in an accident. You could be entitled to collect compensation if you or a loved one suffered a fatal or non-fatal injury because of a truck accident. You may qualify even if you are partially at fault …
Whether you are visiting a theme park or enjoying any other aspect of Orlando, you deserve to be protected from the danger that humans with bad intentions can present. When business owners and others with the responsibility to do so do not provide adequate security to protect their customers, employees, and others invited onto a …
Riding a motorcycle along Orlando’s roadways is fun and exhilarating until a reckless driver causes an accident. If your motorcycle ride turned disastrous the second another motorist failed to share the road, you might be entitled to compensation. An Orlando motorcycle accident lawyer can investigate your accident to determine what happened and who is liable …
Were you or a member of your family injured, or was a family member killed in a car accident in Orlando? According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) statistics from 2018, there were: 403,626 total car accidents 255,353 people injured in car accidents 3,135 car accident fatalities If you or …
If you or someone you love was injured as the result of the negligence, recklessness, or carelessness of another party, you might have the foundation of a personal injury insurance claim or lawsuit. With the help of an Orlando personal injury lawyer, you can hold the liable party financially responsible for their actions. While you …
Accidents and injuries can happen to anyone at any time. Sometimes, people are hurt in accidents that are not their fault. If this has happened to you, you are probably wondering if someone else is responsible for the costs of your injuries and other expenses. If you were harmed in a car accident, hurt by …
Side-impact collisions typically refer to car accidents that are either sideswipe accidents (when the sides of both vehicles collide) or T-bone accidents (when one vehicle hits the other vehicle’s side in a perpendicular manner). Many people believe that side-impact collisions are not as dangerous or deadly as head-on collisions or rollovers—however, the sides of vehicles …
If you or a loved one were involved in a rear-end collision, you are not alone. Rear-end collisions are the most common kind of car accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that almost half of all two-vehicle crashes are rear-end collisions, killing 1,700 people each year. Unfortunately, these frequent accidents can come with …
All drivers must share the road and adhere to traffic laws and safety rules. We all have a responsibility to share the roadway and do our best to keep ourselves and other drivers safe. Some drivers fail to obey the rules when it comes to yielding to other vehicles. Right-of-way is something that should never …
When we drive, we expect that other motorists will follow the laws and drive responsibly. However, we know this is not always the case, and sometimes drivers act in a way that causes harm to others on the road. Side impact, or “T-bone,” collisions happen when one vehicle crashes directly into the side of another …
When you get sick or injured, you turn to medical providers for professional advice or treatment. Although you cannot expect them to solve every medical problem they come across, they nevertheless must provide services that meet their profession’s standards of care. Otherwise, you could hold these medical providers liable for any damages they cause. Preventable …
Rollover car accidents are much more uncommon than other kinds of car accidents, but they also tend to be deadlier and result in more serious injuries. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) reported 149 fatalities and 820 incapacitating injuries due to rollover car accidents in 2018. You may be eligible to …
Ridesharing services, such as the popular apps Uber and Lyft, make it easy to quickly get a ride wherever you need to go. However, according to an article published in Forbes, research suggests that these companies may actually increase the number of accidents, injuries, and deaths on the road. If you or a loved one …
Head-on collisions occur when drivers traveling in opposite directions hit each other directly, often at high rates of speed. As a result, head-on collisions remain some of the most devastating types of accidents, accounting for 10 percent of all fatalities in 2017, according to the Insurance Information Institute (III). Victims involved in a head-on collision …
Suffering extensive injuries in a car accident can be painful, traumatizing, and costly. If someone else’s negligent actions caused your accident, you might have legal recourse. Some of the ways a driver can be careless or reckless, as explained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), include: Drunk driving Distracted driving Driving fatigued Speeding …
If you suffered injuries in a ridesharing accident due to your driver’s negligence or another driver’s carelessness, you have options. There are some risks affiliated with ridesharing services, and a few of them are legal. What are you supposed to do, after all, if you find yourself in an accident while riding in an Uber? …
When you see the damages that result from two cars that have collided into each other, you might notice the broken glass and pieces of aluminum or steel strewn along the ground. You might drive by and hope that no one got seriously injured. However, when you drive by an accident that involves a car …
