Orlando Car & Truck Accident Attorney

5 Ways I Can Help You With Your Injury Claim Today

1) Download my free e-books, Sharing the Secrets, Learning the Lies: A Guide to Florida Personal Injury and How to Get Medical Treatment After a Florida Car Accident Without Spending Thousands of Dollars. These books will help answer many of your questions about your injury claim.

2) Listen to my free audio book of Sharing the Secrets, Learning the Lies: A Guide to Florida Personal Injury.

3) Browse my online library of articles, FAQ’s, and blogs about injury cases. 

4) Can’t find the answer to your question? Click here to submit your question to my team today. We’ll review your questions and tell you how we can help.

5) Call my office today at (407) 648-4940 to speak with one of my expert team members about your injury case. We’ll review your case and schedule a free consultation with one of our attorneys, If we do not take your specific type of case, we will refer you to someone who can best assist you. We will NEVER pressure you into hiring us for your case if that does not benefit you.

The Life-Altering Effects of Car Accidents

One person’s carelessness behind the wheel can mean a lifetime of pain for someone else. If you have been in an accident, it is possible you have sustained life-long injuries. Cars can easily be repaired or replaced, but humans cannot. Injuries can also causes all sorts of issues: affecting work performance, creating issues with spouses, and even depression when a former activity or hobby is no longer possible.  

5 Claims You May Have After a Car Accident

Depending on your car accident, you may be able to recover benefits for:

1) A property damage claim if your vehicle was damaged.
2) A lost wages claim if the injuries you sustained in the accident made you miss work.
3) A pain and suffering claim if you have experienced hardships in your personal life. This could include depression, physical scarring, inability to care for children, and serious changes to one’s lifestyle.
4) A loss of consortium claim if the injuries you sustained are creating issues between you and your spouse.
​5) A medical payments claim if you have had to seek medical treatment fo your injuries.

4 Steps to Take After a Car Accident in Orlando, Florida

Car accidents on East Colonial and the major intersections along it—John Young Parkway, Orange Avenue, Semoran Boulevard and others—can be particularly serious.

You may feel disoriented, but it is important to understand the steps you should take. Here are 4 crucial steps to take after a car accident in Orlando: 

1) Call 9-1-1 and File a Police Report

After an accident on the road, you should call 9-1-1 and request a police officer. The accident report that a police officer writes is a crucial starting point for personal injury claims since it usually includes information about…

• The drivers involved.
• The driver’s insurance information.
• The types of vehicles involved.
• Who the witnesses were.
• The name of the police officer who reported to the scene.
• All other pertinent information from the scene of the accident. 
• A police officer may also issue a traffic citation to the at-fault driver.

2) Take Pictures of the Scene 

Take as many as you can of your car and any other car and from as many angles as possible

3) Exchange Driver Information 

Be sure to exchange information with other drivers or pedestrians involved in the accident. Get their contact information and insurance information. 

4) Go to the Doctor 

If you’re in pain, get to a hospital right away. Waiting too long to go to the doctor can be irreversibly damaging to your case. Insurance companies will use your delay against you, claiming that your injury “must not have been that painful” if you waited so long to seek medical care, or claim that something else happened during the two weeks delay that caused your injuries.

Who Will Pay For Your Damages?

Florida is a no-fault state, which means that no matter who is at fault, if the driver is injured in the car accident, their own insurance company will pay for the injuries and lost wages.

The No Fault insurance (also known as Personal Injury Protection or PIP) system is sometimes confusing. Instead of the at-fault driver or their insurance company paying for a victim’s injuries, the victim’s own insurance company pays for them up to the required minimum coverage of $10,000. 

In addition to PIP coverage, an additional $10,000 is expected to cover a driver in the event of property damage. This system is designed to make the payment faster and allow the victim to recover faster. The system, however, limits the victim’s rights to pursue lawsuits. Florida requires drivers to carry insurance with at least $10,000 of personal injury protection and $10,000 of property liability damage.

Protect Yourself with Uninsured Motorist Coverage

If an at-fault driver does not carry bodily injury coverage or only has minimal coverage, your harms and losses from their carelessness will only be paid for if you have uninsured motorist coverage.

Uninsured Motorist coverage, also known as UM or UIM (for Underinsurance Motorist), helps to fill in coverage gaps when a driver needs additional benefits in a car accident claim. This coverage is optional and some drivers may think that it is unnecessary.

Even though UM is not required by law in Florida, it can be a very valuable asset in the case of a serious car accident.