Category: Car Accidents
The Florida legislature is currently considering a bill that provides meaningful protections for Florida drivers. The bill would provide for $25,000 in mandatory Bodily Injury coverage. Florida is one of the few states in the country that currently don’t require drivers to carry Bodily Injury coverage (BI). Bodily Injury Insurance covers the insured driver if…
Recently, we covered the most dangerous highway in the nation: Interstate 4. Since then, another highway in our backyard has been named the third most dangerous highway in America: US 27. Based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, a company named Geotab recently published a study showing that there have been 529 fatal…
After a car accident, slip and fall, dog bite, or another accident, you likely have a personal injury claim. These claims are generally handled and defended by the responsible party’s insurance company. Their lawyers will investigate your personal injury claim by various means, including your use of social media. Do you use any kind of…
Vehicles have become a necessary evil for most people in the United States. The ability to get to and from work, the store, or to the kids’ functions generally requires that people have at least one family car to transport them. Predicting when a car accident will occur is impossible. We found it interesting to…
According to WFLA, Channel 8 News, on August 11, 2017, 29-year-old Amber Perera lost control of her vehicle on Tampa’s Selmon Expressway resulting in the death of three people- two adults and one 8-year-old child. Witnesses spotted Perera excessively speeding and tried to pass at least two vehicles when she lost control of her car….
Did you know …. Every 3 hours someone in the United States is hit by a train?* Among the most dangerous states for railroad related injuries, Florida ranks 9th in the nation for railroad crossing accidents. According to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Safety Analysis, there were 2,025 collisions at railroad crossings in 2016…
Distracted driving is a major cause of car-related injuries and deaths. It’s estimated that roughly 25% of motor vehicle accident fatalities result from distracted driving. According to a Bay News 9, a 17 year old suffered minor injuries resulting from her crashing into a Town N’ Country home last night in the 7700 block of…
Car accidents can be very tricky. Logically, if you get into a car accident, you should be entitled to your fair compensation. Although insurance companies cover some expenses for your car accident, they are trained to give you as little compensation as possible. As such, understanding how insurance companies cover car accident injuries is critical…
The answer here at Brooks Law Group is … Nothing, unless and until we make a recovery for you! Whether it is a “T-Bone” or a “Fender Bender,” car accidents can be very costly, especially if you don’t know what you are doing. Understanding how claims and lawyer fees work can help increase your chances…
Every day, when we step into our vehicle, we run the risk of getting involved in a car accident. While we, most of the time, get to our destination safely, there is always a possibility that an automobile accident will stop us in our tracks. Well, what happens if that possibility turns into your reality?…
HID stands for High Intensity Discharge commonly referred to Xenon (ZEE-NON) headlamps. We have all seen these super bright blue/white headlights once reserved for the most expensive automobiles. Today many manufactures include HID or even newer technology super bright CREE LED (Light Emitting Diode) headlamps as standard equipment, even on economy cars. HID and LED…
Child Car Seat Safety Tragically every year hundreds of children are killed in automobile accidents. Motor vehicle crashes are a leading killer of children under the age of 13 in the United States. Many child vehicle deaths could be prevented if the child were properly restrained. Child safety seats greatly reduce the chance of injury…
In Florida, the only automobile insurance that is required is Personal Injury Protection (PIP), also known as No Fault coverage. If you are injured, this coverage will pay up to $10,000.00 provided your injury is diagnosed as an emergency medical condition regardless of whose fault the accident may be. If not diagnosed as such, then…
When a person becomes the victim of an auto accident or a premise case their world is turned upside. As car accident attorneys, we get calls every day from those in Tampa, Lakeland and Winter Haven from people who’ve had this happen. They are hurt, their pain is intensifying, and none of this is their…
First and foremost we always need to keep in mind auto insurance carriers are for profit businesses that exist for the sole purpose of making money for their investors. They are not here to do you any favors. They are not here to lookout for you. Their job is to make money. To do this…
