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WHEN IS AN EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS IN A COMPANY CAR?

Let The Master Answer. This legal principle can apply to accidents with company cars. An employer can be held responsible for an employee’s acts. The term for this is respondeat superior. The key is the employer-employee relationship. Not the company car, per se. Thus, the doctrine can apply to employees driving their own cars for work … Read more
damages for pain and suffering in car crash

WHEN CAN YOU SUE FOR DAMAGES FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING?

Car accidents can damage more than our bank accounts. After a serious injury, people may lose the ability to spend time doing what they love. Playing with their children, for example. Or being a good companion to a spouse or life partner. Thus, the physical pain due to the accident is made so much worse … Read more
Social Media and Car Accidents

HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN RUIN YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CASE

If you’re like many, many other Americans, you ‘re in the habit of updating friends and family through social media. Friends, family, and “friends”, too. Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and so forth. The stork brought a new member of the family? Facebook post! Landed that great new job? Instagram it! Let’s face it: social media … Read more
insurance adjuster

Should You Talk To An Insurance Adjuster After a Car Accident?

You’ve been injured in a car crash. That sentence reads very drily. As Boca Raton car accident attorneys we well know the turmoil and distress it represents. At this instant, your life changed. You didn’t expect this. In the aftermath of a car crash, the world seems unfamiliar. The unexpected just seems to keep on … Read more
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

There’s been a serious traffic accident. People were gravely injured. Or killed, as were 37,133 people in the US in 2017. The injured have arrived at hospitals. Wreckage has finally been cleared, roads re-opened. Afterward, the questions loom before victims and their families: How could this have happened? Who’s fault was it? That’s when the … Read more
Negligent repair

NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

Car accident lawyers know that sometimes a negligent party wasn’t present at the scene of an accident their negligence caused. When Silver Injury Law, PA investigates a client’s accident, all possibilities are on the table. One of the avenues that can be fruitful is the maintenance and repair histories of the vehicles involved. Sometimes, a … Read more
damages for pain and suffering in car crash

OLD AGE AND ROAD ACCIDENTS

Florida is a haven for the elderly. Some, of course, are native Floridians aging at home.  It’s interstate migration to Florida, especially of retirees, that swells their numbers. In terms of elderly percentages, 3 of the top 5 US counties are in Florida. Not surprisingly. old age and road accidents are front and center here. … Read more
brain injury

BRAIN INJURY CLAIMS

About a quarter of a million Floridians live with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Our emergency rooms diagnose about 120,000 cases each year. Of these, 23,000 are hospitalized. About 10,000 suffer long-term disabilities. Nearly all these brain injuries were caused by accidents of various kinds. Consequently, brain injury claims are a mainstay of personal injury law. … Read more
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YOUR SOUTH FLORIDA PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY

In the aftermath of a car crash, the first concern is prompt medical care as needed by the injured. This saves lives and shapes the best recovery possible under the circumstances. Most victims grasp this necessity. Pain and suffering are strong motivators. So is our survival instinct. Once the medical ducks are in a row, … Read more
clearing personal injury thresholds

FLORIDA PERSONAL INJURY THRESHOLDS

The State of Florida, contrary to some opinions, doesn’t encourage lawsuits over personal injuries. Nonetheless, these are still the most common type of lawsuit in Florida, by far. Even though about  95% of personal injury claims settle out of court, the courts’ caseloads are heavy. They’d be even heavier without personal injury thresholds. Florida’s so-called … Read more

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