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Properly documenting a Florida car accident scene is critical to establishing liability and protecting your right to full and fair compensation. Taking photos or videos, gathering witness information, and recording your recollections are important steps to take following a crash. Equally important is avoiding statements that admit fault or minimize injuries.
Florida law requires drivers to report certain crashes, including those that involve injuries, fatalities, suspected DUI, or significant property damage. Drivers may exchange information and self-report a minor collision instead of waiting for law enforcement but protect yourself and your right to recover compensation by documenting vehicle damage, exchanging insurance information, and gathering witness information.
Florida law presumes that a driver who rear-ends another vehicle is at fault, but that presumption can be challenged. Unexpected stops, sudden mechanical failures, or illegal driving maneuvers may rebut the presumption of fault in a rear-end crash. To avoid a rear-end crash altogether, slow down and leave plenty of room between you and the vehicle ahead of you.
If you use your personal vehicle to drive for a rideshare company, such as Uber or Lyft, or to make deliveries for Instacart, Walmart, or even a local restaurant, you should take the time to review your liability insurance policy because you may find that you are not covered in the event of an accident. [...]
Florida is one of several states that have what is commonly referred to as a “no-fault” insurance law; however, the term “no-fault” can be misleading to motorists involved in a collision. As attorney Paul Reed explains in a recent segment of Lawyer Podcast, a more accurate term for Florida’s insurance law would be “regardless of [...]
Whether you are a resident or a visitor to the State of Florida, you are required to abide by the "Move Over Law" that underwent some important changes that took effect on January 1, 2024. Failing to understand and obey the Move Over Law could result in points against your license and a hefty fine.What [...]
In Florida, human error causes over 90 percent of the car crashes. Momentary lapses cause a few of these wrecks. A few others happen because the driver was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the vast majority involve either negligence, which is a lack of ordinary care, or negligence per se, [...]
Every year, car crashes seriously injure or disable over two million Americans. Nearly all of these incidents trigger some kind of legal proceeding. Contrary to the message in TV ads, the insurance company is not “on your side” in these proceedings. In fact, their lawyers use every means at their disposal to reduce or deny [...]
The Sunshine State has the highest number of uninsured drivers in the country. Over a fourth of Floridians have no auto insurance at all. Moreover, Florida has one of the lowest auto insurance minimum in the country. So, thousands of other drivers in the state are dangerously underinsured. When these individuals cause accidents, there may [...]
Over the last several decades, police have developed aggressive new tactics and began using advanced technological tools to combat drunk driving. At the same time, legislators have passed strict new laws which are designed to do the same thing. Florida’s controversial refusal-to-submit law is one of the more recent examples. Yet despite all these efforts, [...]
