A pair of weekend charter bus accidents on the east and west coasts created havoc that resulted in deaths and severe personal injuries to their passengers. In one case, dozens of young people suffered personal injuries in a Boston bus wreck that occurred on Saturday, February 2, as they headed home from a day of…

In Tampa, wrongful death lawsuits can be based on a variety of factual situations. Many wrongful death cases are brought in the form of a products liability claim, alleging the dangerously defective design or manufacture of a product or the failure to warn of non-obvious dangers with using the product. Many Tampa-area readers are familiar…

According to a recent Florida accident news report, a pedestrian narrowly escaped death or serious injury from a Florida trucking accident involving two dump trucks and a semi that occurred at 4:00 a.m., on Monday, January 7, in Florida City. The accident began when the first dump truck, loaded with gravel, overturned after the truck…

A 15-month-old baby and at least two others were reportedly victims of a violent Florida car accident on Monday, January 21, when another vehicle allegedly ran a stop sign while traveling at a high rate of speed and struck their car. The baby was ejected through the windshield of the car. Early reports from Florida…

As attorneys who practice trucking accident personal injury and wrongful death cases, we know that a collision between a passenger vehicle and an 18-wheeler can be devastating, causing catastrophic or fatal injuries to the people involved, but even we are left breathless by the brute force demonstrated in this video that has recently gone viral…

When you purchase automobile insurance in the State of Florida your insurance contract will likely have contractual language obligating you to submit to an EUO (Examination Under Oath) in the event you make a claim under the policy. Although you are legally obligated to submit to this examination, it doesn’t mean you have to submit…

This is the final stage (other than an appeal) of a personal injury claim. If our client (the plaintiff) and the defendant/defendants don’t reach a final agreement on a settlement throughout all of the other stages of a claim, this is the final option. The trial is when both parties go before a judge and…

In my last blog post titled “Stage Six of a Personal Injury Claim-Filing the Initial Set of Discovery,” I talked about the gathering of evidence by both parties through subpoenas and discovery requests. This post is about the next step: Mediation. Mediation is necessary before a case goes to trial, unless a settlement is agreed…

Personal Injury Attorney Stephen K. Brooks Signs Publishing Deal With CelebrityPress To Release Trendsetters Stephen K. Brooks, wrongful death and personal injury attorney, has signed a publishing deal with CelebrityPress, a leading business book publishing company, along with other leading business and marketing experts from around the world to release the book, Trendsetters. Stephen K….

In my last blog post, I talked about the fifth stage of a personal injury claim- Filing a Lawsuit. In this post, I am going to focus on Stage Six-Filing the Initial Set of Discovery. Most of you are probably wondering: “What is Discovery?” Discovery is, according to the Rules of Civil Procedure, the time…

As I mentioned in my blog post titled: “What are the Eight Stages in a Personal Injury Claim?” many clients only reach Stage 4. To refresh your memory, Stage 4 is when we come to a final settlement agreement with the insurance company/companies. If and when the insurance company denies liability altogether, that is when…

In my last blog post, I talked about reaching MMI-maximum medical improvement. This falls right into stage four, negotiating with the insurance company/companies (the demand). Without our clients’ reaching MMI, we are not able to negotiate with the insurance company/companies. You are probably wondering: “Why does the title of this stage list both insurance company…

In my last post, I talked about the second stage of a personal injury case: investigating of the accident scene, property damage, and injury. In this article, I will be talking about an extremely important part of a claim-treatment of injuries until reaching MMI-maximum medical improvement. This is the stage of a personal injury claim…

In my last blog post, I talked about the first stage of a personal injury claim, the intake process and treatment. In this article, I will be talking about the second stage: investigation of scene, property damage and injury. In this stage, the insurance adjusters are usually the ones responsible for investigating the scene of…

As I mentioned in the Blog prior to this one, there are 8 Stages in a Personal Injury Claim. In this article, I am going to be talking about the first stage, Intake Process and Treatment. At your initial intake appointment, one of our personal injury case managers will collect information about you, your injury…