You want to feel safe while you are out and about in your neighborhood. The owners of the properties you visit, according to Florida State Statutes § 493.6301-493.631, must provide you with a reasonable degree of security, or else any incidents you suffer on their properties can become their responsibilities. If you have suffered injury …
Drunk driving in Florida brings grief to all manner of families and can leave you feeling helpless. You can take legal action against the party who chose to get behind the wheel in no condition to do so. Florida Statute § 316.193(1) details the legal definition of “driving under the influence” for the state. This …
Head-on collisions in Melbourne, Florida do more than jolt you out of your day-to-day responsibilities. These accidents can cause significant property damage and severe personal injury. Florida State Statute § 316.061 describes the state’s definition of a head-on collision accident and those accidents’ legal consequences. The team with Ben Crump Law, PLLC can help you …
A car accident can cause serious injuries, including broken bones, concussions, whiplash, and severe cuts and bruises. If you suffered injuries in a motor vehicle collision in Brevard County, emergency personnel might have pulled you from the wreckage and transported you to the nearest hospital in an ambulance. You may have undergone surgery and spent …
Injuries can occur for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, when an accident happens, no one is at fault. For example, you might lose your footing while walking down the street or in your own home and slip and fall. However, in some cases, someone’s negligence clearly caused the accident. The Legal Information Institute (LII) defines …
Drunk driving claims the lives of over 10,000 victims nationally each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Florida had the third-most drunk driving fatalities of any state, behind only Texas and California. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 7,500 people lost their lives in drunk driving …
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), 4,900 people lost their lives in head-on collisions with another vehicle in 2018. Nearly 30 percent of all traffic fatalities occurred in head-on crashes, second only to side-impact accidents overall. Also known as frontal crashes or wrong-way accidents, head-on collisions typically occur quickly, giving the approaching vehicle little …
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) data shows that one out of four crashes statewide involves a hit and run driver. While many hit and run accidents cause property damage that a victim can typically repair, others cause injuries and fatalities that one cannot ignore. Drivers can face serious consequences for leaving …
Fort Lauderdale is a proven hotspot for car accidents. According to data compiled by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), Broward County saw 41,106 motor vehicle crashes in 2019. Although Florida law requires drivers to carry minimum property damage and personal injury insurance coverage, not every driver does so. If you …
Whiplash is a serious soft tissue injury that can result in severe pain and long-term disability for some people. While common in motor vehicle accidents, this injury can occur in several ways. Like with any injury, you could receive financial compensation if another person’s negligence caused your whiplash. Unfortunately, these claims can become challenging to …
Whiplash is a kind of neck injury often associated with car accidents. It happens when a strong impact makes your head jerk back and forth with a sudden force, straining the muscles and tendons in your neck. While you can typically recover from whiplash after a few weeks with proper treatment, it is also possible …
Although all car accidents are dangerous, the location of the impact can affect the extent of vehicle damage and the severity of victims’ injuries. Side impact collisions—also called T-bone or broadside collisions—are potentially more dangerous than other motor vehicle crashes. Serious injuries can occur when the front end of a vehicle hits the side of …
While the seatbelt and airbags can secure a driver or passenger and reduce the impact between your body and the car interior during a rollover crash, you could still suffer severe injuries. The impact of a rollover accident on the human body often causes neck and spinal damage, broken bones, and internal injuries. Other symptoms …
Transportation network companies (TNC) or ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft are convenient ways to commute in Orlando, Florida. Unfortunately, they do not make you any safer from road accidents in the city. If you are driving a car, you might still get caught in a collision with a rideshare driver’s vehicle or experience an …
Slip and fall accidents happen when a facility leaves hazardous conditions in a public walkway that lead to an injury. If you are injured in a slip and fall, you may be able to file a lawsuit against the owner of the facility to recover financial compensation for expenses related to your recovery. Work out …
According to a study published by Johns Hopkins, the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. is medical malpractice. These errors occur when a medical care provider causes injuries to patients due to negligence or failure to meet the standard of care. Medical malpractice often leaves victims with severe injuries and unexpected expenses. Even with …
Class action lawsuits are used to take on entities that cause injuries on a large scale. For example, companies that sell defective products that hurt many people may become the target of a class action lawsuit. If you are injured by an entity responsible for hurting many other people in the same way, your lawyer …
Head-on collisions pose some serious risks. The angle of the collision, when combined with high speeds, has the potential to cause life-altering injuries for anyone involved. A Miami head-on collisions lawyer from Ben Crump Law, PLLC can represent your legal position and go after any forms of compensation that you may be owed. We do …
Head-on collisions are not the most common type of accidents, however, they are one of the most deadly, according to the Insurance Information Institute (III). Head-on accidents made up over ten percent of fatal crashes in 2017 alone. A head-on accident can be a traumatic and life-changing experience, and result in lifelong disabling injuries. If …
Drunk driving costs many lives every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 29 people die every single day due to an impaired driver in the U.S. Drunk driving is not only unacceptable, but it is also unlawful. According to the Florida Statute § 316.193, it is illegal in Florida to …
