If you’ve been injured due to someone else’s negligence or misconduct in Florida, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. To pursue a successful personal injury case, though, you need to establish liability. At Flaxman Law Group, our personal injury attorneys work to establish liability in each case and to gather strong evidence to build strong claims.
If you’re injured in a car accident, bike collision, workplace injury, or any kind of incident in Florida, you will need to visit a medical professional or hospital to get treatment. This means that almost immediately there will be documentation of your injuries.
In Florida, if you have been injured because of someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, pain and suffering, and other losses. To succeed in your case, you need to provide evidence of your injuries and the treatment you received. This is where medical records come in. The legal team at Flaxman Law Group routinely works with injured claimants in Florida, and we’ve put together this guide to help you understand the role of your medical records in your personal injury claim.
Social media is a big part of our lives. Most people spend time every day posting updates and sharing pictures, Most of us use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other services to connect with friends, family, and work.
However, if you’re involved in a car accident, workplace injury, or any potential personal injury case in Florida, you need to be careful about what you post. The legal team at Flaxman Law Group has worked with thousands of clients and we advise our clients to pause online activities or to abide by a few rules because the reality is that social media use can impact or even harm your case.
There’s no law requiring you to hire a Florida personal injury attorney if you’ve been injured in Hollywood, Miami, or any other Florida community. You can simply absorb the costs of your injury or submit a claim with your insurance company yourself.
Despite this, many injured people call the attorneys at Flaxman Law Group if they’re injured in a workplace accident, car collision, or other situation. Our clients tell us that working with an attorney is important to them.
It’s hard to put a price tag on a serious injury. A catastrophic injury, such as brain trauma, spinal cord injury, an amputation, or any serious injury may cause severe trauma as well as physical pain and suffering. It’s hard to put monetary amount on that.
However, whether you file a legal claim or seek compensation through an insurer, determining the correct cost of your injuries is important. Knowing how much your claim is worth allows you to pursue fair compensation, so more of your injury is covered. This is important to help avoid high medical bills you can’t pay, lost income that leaves you unable to pay your living costs, and other financial disasters that unfortunately can happen to Florida plaintiffs.
Florida follows a pure comparative negligence rule and you need to understand the basics of this rule to understand how negligence could impact your claim and the compensation you can seek. When you sit down with an attorney from Flaxman Law Group at our Miami, Homestead, or Hollywood offices, we’ll be looking at comparative negligence and how it could impact your potential case.
It doesn’t matter whether your injuries were caused by a workplace injury, car accident, slip and fall, or other situation. Comparative negligence needs to be considered.
Serious injuries in Southern Florida and across the country are more common than many people realize. According to the CDC, 24.8 million Americans visit their doctors each year due to an injury and another 24.2 million. Unintentional injuries result in 224,935 deaths each year.
Flaxman Law Group has represented many people in personal injury claims in Southern Florida through our offices in Miami, Homestead, and Hollywood, and we’ve seen many types of injuries, from amputations to hip fractures to life-changing head injuries and other types of harm. In all cases, we advise people who have been injured to do the following to protect themselves and their finances.
While the situation may be frightening, whether you’ve been in a boating accident or have suffered a workplace injury, try to stay calm so you can get the help you need. Evaluate the situation if you can so you can determine how seriously you’re injured and what your next steps should be.
Many Americans live with a medical condition, whether it’s back aches, type 2 diabetes, migraines, or other conditions. If you’re injured in a workplace accident, traffic collision, other incident, your insurance may refuse to cover your injuries or may make a lowball offer.
According to Florida law, you may still have a claim if you’re injured and suffer an injury. For example, if you have osteoporosis and suffer a fracture in a slip and fall, you may still be eligible to file a claim against the property owner if they were negligent and their actions led to your injury. How much you may qualify for in such a case will depend on how much the injury worsened the existing medical condition.
Unfortunately, Florida has some of the highest rates of bicycle accidents and injuries in the nation. While the warm weather makes the state ideal for biking, road design, driver inattention, and other issues can result in serious injury.
We go to clinics and health facilities to get medical care and to heal from illnesses and injuries. Most of us don’t expect to get injured or ill in a doctor’s office or hospital, but it does happen.
Medical facilities of all kinds are expected to care for their patients and visitors. This means taking care of building maintenance, hiring security guards where needed, and working to provide a safe facility for patients. When they fail to do this, they can be held liable if someone is injured.
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