A young woman suffered a spinal injury during a vehicle accident. While being transferred from the vehicle to the ambulance one of the EMTs accidentally put pressure on her vertebra. The result was her spinal cord broke, and she became…
Ben Vinson Jr. has been selected to the 2018 Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this…
The following factors are necessary in order to have a successful motorcycle accident insurance claim: Availability of adequate insurance - one of the most important keys to a successful motorcycle accident injury case is having the correct insurance policy for…
If you are involved in a car accident you will certainly need to get the names, addresses and phone numbers of any witnesses to the accident. Getting the contact information of witnesses may be easy but determining the witnesses' credibility…
Whiplash is defined as “a non-medical term used to describe neck pain following an injury to the soft tissues of the neck (specifically ligaments, tendons and muscles)”. It is important to note that damages in a whiplash case are normally…
As with any other personal injury matters if someone else’s negligence causes an accident and injuries or property damage the injured has the right to file a personal injury claim. This also applies to where a person riding a bicycle…
According to the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute discovery is defined as, “in civil actions, parties use the pretrial discovery process to gather information in preparation for trial." Basically, discovery is a pre-trial investigation process where both sides to a…
There are a number of scenarios that require the expertise of a car accident attorney, some include the following: You have permanent or lingering injuries Moderate or severe car accident injuries may result in lingering or permanent damages that require…
Negligence and the Reasonable Person Standard This article will discuss the application of negligence with regards to the reasonable person standard. According to the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute negligence is defined as “a failure to behave with the…
A person who causes someone else to suffer personal injury can be held liable if found to be negligent by law. It must be noted that negligence has a specific legal definition. However, it is necessary to understand this definition…
